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choice for intensive image editing.
Graphics Tests: 3DMark measures relative graphics muscle by rendering
sequences of highly detailed, gaming-style 3D graphics that emphasize particles
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Both are DirectX 11 benchmarks, but Sky Diver is suited to laptops and
midrange PCs, while Fire Strike is more demanding and lets high-end PCs and
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The ZenBook is the only system here with a discrete GPU, but it barely beat the
ThinkPad. Gaming laptops with GeForce GTX or RTX silicon are miles ahead of
these machines.
Next up is another synthetic graphics test, this time from Unigine Corp. Like
3DMark, the Superposition test renders and pans through a detailed 3D scene,
this one rendered in the eponymous Unigine engine for a second opinion on the
machine’s graphical prowess.