![]() ![]() While the Notebook 7 Spin's screen may only put out 1080p picture, Samsung made sure to future-proof it as much as possible with toggleable high dynamic range (HDR) technology. ![]() If the laptop can get you through most domestic US flights, at this size no less, that's commendable in our book. Now, considering that the notebook's fast-charging battery can regain 2 hours of its capacity in just 20 minutes, and a full charge in 90 minutes time, that's not bad battery life at all. Whereas our PCMark 8 run rated the device for just over 4 hours of lasting time, our own local video playback test had the laptop last for 5 hours and 54 minutes. ![]() Samsung promises up to 9 hours on a single charge from its Notebook 7 Spin, though our tests didn't come exactly close to that, as per usual across all of our reviews. To put it all in perspective, however, the LG gram 15 performed markedly worse for its slightly weaker processor, half the RAM and lack of dedicated graphics. Again, it's remotely intense games that will most likely buckle this laptop. ![]() You'll be hard pressed to stress this thing with your basic workload, even if that involves several browser tabs, high-bitrate audio streaming and a constantly-updating chat app. Streaming video will be a breeze, too, both thanks to the Core i7 processor and 802.11ac Wi-Fi working in tandem. Your web browsing experience will be just fine – if you're on Chrome, just watch your tab count. The Fire Strike score of nearly 1,400, coupled with the nearly-playable frame rate in the lowest possible Grand Theft Auto V settings, tell us that this thing can play some games (and that GTA V is very well optimized). These figures indicate some speedy, reliable performance from Samsung's top-level 15-incher, and on that it delivers with aplomb. PCMark 8 Battery: 4 hours and 4 minutes.Cinebench CPU: 254 points OpenGL Graphics: 49 fps.Geekbench Single-Core: 3,245 points Multi-Core: 6,014 points.3DMark Cloud Gate: 6,072 points Sky Diver: 5,166 points Fire Strike: 1,364 points.Here's how the Samsung Notebook 7 Spin performed in our suite of benchmark tests: And, the graphics chip makes video streaming and Flash-based web gaming apps, like Roll20, smooth as butter. This is by no means a gaming laptop, but the Nvidia graphics make it a fine big-screen Hearthstone device. Most of the time, you’ll see the GPU paired with one of the Intel Core U series processors, like the i5-5200U and i7-5500U.Now, don't expect to play the next Call of Duty (but maybe the new World of Warcraft expansion) on this laptop without seriously lowering your expectations. For instance, GTA 5 is playable on mostly high settings and 1366×768 resolution, with frame rates above 30fps. YouTube lists many 940M gameplay videos by various users with different laptop configurations. In addition, the dedicated GPU improves performance of some programs, primarily video editing and photography editing software with support for graphics acceleration.Īs a side-note, the widely adopted GeForce 940MX performs very similar to the 940M and is only slightly faster. The GeForce 940M makes many of the demanding blockbuster titles playable on these machines, after you lower graphics detail settings and resolution. Many of these notebooks come with just basic integrated graphics good for only casual and totally non-demanding games. The Nvidia GeForce 940M is a lower-mid-range dedicated video card, aimed to boost graphics capabilities of the mainstream non-gaming laptops. ![]()
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