The Acer Swift 7 isn’t a gaming laptop, but the Intel HD Graphics 615 bodes well for its ability to handle at least casual gaming. After running the full-system benchmark PCMark 8, we checked out the Swift 7’s gaming chops with 3DMark and Fary Cry 2.
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PCMark 8 Benchmarks
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Productivity And System-Level Benchmarking
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We selected three tests from the PCMark 8 benchmark suite: Home, Storage and Work. Futuremark recently improved all three tests with PCMark 8 version 2. We selected the Open CL "Accelerated" options for both Home and Work.
Although we made multiple attempts to coax a better Work Accelerated score from the Swift 7, it couldn’t get past the sub-par 2834. Still, its Home Accelerated and Storage scores are about where we’d expect them to be.
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3DMark Cloud Gate
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Synthetic DirectX Gaming And Graphics Testing
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We used the Cloud Gate benchmark, which targets mainstream laptops like the Acer Swift 7 with on-processor graphics, to get a sense of how it compares to similar systems running a 3D graphics workload.
The Swift 7 didn’t fare well among the other mainstream laptops in this comparison. The laptop handled video streaming just fine, but video gaming is a weak point for this system.
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Far Cry 2
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Light-Duty DX10 Gaming
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When it comes to lush vegetation in a steaming, sinister jungle, no one pulls it off quite like Ubisoft does in its Far Cry series. Far Cry 2 uses high-quality textures, complex shaders, and dynamic lighting to create a realistic environment. The game’s built-in, DirectX 10-based benchmark gives us a good look at a system’s light-duty gaming performance.
The Swift 7 produced a playable frame rate in Far Cry 2, but it certainly didn’t take the game by storm. With unimpressive performance in a an older DirectX 10 game, the laptop isn’t well-positioned to play modern, graphics-intensive titles.
