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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nul0b - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
Can Linux run on this? Ubuntu? Is their driver support?I can run Ubuntu on my current NUC but was wondering w/ this new Vega GPU if it can run Linux? Any benchmarks or info? Please begin providing this.
mode_13h - Friday, March 30, 2018 - link
Um, yeah. Look before you leap, on this one. Definitely don't just assume it'll work, because AMD still seems to be running behind on getting support for their GPUs into the mainline kernel.Maybe, with proprietary drivers, on Ubuntu 18.04?
Lolimaster - Friday, March 30, 2018 - link
I wouldn't call Prime95+Furmark a load test, it's totally unrealistic.How about giving it a BF1 run + HEVC reproducing on MPC or a CB15 run?
Lolimaster - Friday, March 30, 2018 - link
Specially for gpu's, you'll never get that kind of load during a game session.ganeshts - Friday, March 30, 2018 - link
Yes, that is for sure - we adopt a power virus test to determine the suitability of the thermal solution of the system. The AIDA stress test, on the other hand, is more realistic - we have graphs for both, so that readers can understand and interpret the behavior under both scenarios.Trixanity - Friday, March 30, 2018 - link
I believe that hardware acceleration is broken in VLC on Vega. It should be fixed in 3.0.2 which seems to have been delayed to iron out a lot of bugs that has plagued the 3.0 release.M9 - Friday, March 30, 2018 - link
Hi, I'm pretty much a novice seeking advice, i find this interesting for a small computer for my 5th wheel camper. Electrial needs may be an issue? The unit has 50 amp service, but many campgrounds only provide 30 amps. Keep in mind that's what's available for the invite unit includingHot water heater, AC, fridge & an electric fireplace, LED lighting so I don't think lighting is much of an issue. No 4K UHD disc playback is a disappointment, but honestly I can't really tell it's any better on my Samsung series 6 4K TV than a regular BLU-RAY upgraded too 4K. Any thoughts or advice appreciated, thanks.
Zingam - Friday, March 30, 2018 - link
50 Amps? Are you going to power a metal smelting furnace?M9 - Saturday, March 31, 2018 - link
No, just saying I don't have as much electricity available as a typical house or apartment.HStewart - Friday, March 30, 2018 - link
Just FYI, I was able to purchase a new Dell XPS 15 2in1 but my cost was quite expensive - almost $2500.But I purchase the i7 4K version with 512G SSD. - the base i5 version was $1499 not $1299. I guess after CES 2018, Dell decided to jack the price up.
I was happy to see the 3D rendering performance high on this NUC - even though my plan is using the following applications
1. Lightwave 3D 2018
2. Photoshop CS 5 ( yes older version - don't care for new stuff )
3. Painter 2018 ( new to it )
I am suppose to get it around 18th of April - I can retry my Lenovo Y50 as my primary machine.