The Intel NUC8i7HVK (Hades Canyon) Review: Kaby Lake-G Benchmarked
by Ganesh T S on March 29, 2018 1:00 PM ESTGaming Benchmarks
The gaming credentials of the Radeon RX Vega M GH has not been evaluated by any third-party before, as the NUC8i7HVK is the first PC to ship with that GPU. Keeping that in mind, it is important to get some context on how it fares when compared with other contemporary GPUs.
For the purpose of benchmarking, we chose four different games (Sleeping Dogs, Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite and DiRT Showdown) at three different quality levels. Note that the main aim here is not to show that the Radeon GPU can play the latest and greatest games. Rather, it is to compare the NUC8i7HVK against other gaming-focused mini-PCs that we have evaluated before..
Sleeping Dogs
Tomb Raider
Bioshock Infinite
DiRT Showdown
The Talos Principle
GRID Autosport
Across almost all of the benchmarks we ran, the Radeon GPU slotted between the GTX 960 and GTX 980 in terms of performance.
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astromoose - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
How loud is it under load?ganeshts - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
If you are gaming with the volume up, then it is a non-issue. On a comparative basis, it is much better than the ZBOX EK71080, but, not as good as the liquid cooled ZBOX E-series. I would say it is as loud as the Skull Canyon - but, it doesn't enter the noisy territory as much. Some hard numbers on the Skull Canyon can be found here : https://www.reddit.com/r/intelnuc/comments/7ga2q9/...Crazyeyeskillah - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
This would be a nice 1 fit solution for an arcade emulator cabinet. No issues with lower resolution and could essentially run anything you throw at it!Crazyeyeskillah - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
nevermind, the 1700$ price tag is laughableCrunchy005 - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
"As Configured"...they put a 118GB optane drive + a 512GB SSD on top of 16GB RAM. Optane is already not necessary.So get the Kit $999
DDR4 16GB SO-DIMM 2x8GB $167
500GB SSD $125
Windows OS $100(or less depending on how you get it)
$1391 if you need to buy windows
$1291 if you already have a windows license
06GTOSC - Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - link
That's still a lot. Yes it's fairly capable. But for $1300-1400, you can build a much more capable desktop. Yes it'll be larger. But I think space is hardly the issue for most unless you're looking for a LAN machine.xeal - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
You will change your opinion *drastically* if you ever decide to live in (or even visit) Japan.TEAMSWITCHER - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
Reading the unwritten ... Not good for 4K gaming ... Got it.ganeshts - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
Even Intel is marketing this as a 1080p gaming machine - guaranteeing 60fps for most titles at that resolution.Cooe - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
I'm sorry, but what kind of lunatic expected Kaby Lake-G to be able to game at 4K??? Ridiculously stupid expectations are ridiculously stupid.