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I've repeatedly played and beaten both the original+DLC and Director's Cut of this game on pretty much every platform it's been released for except the WiiU. It's one of those rare titles where I discover something new every time I fire it up, be it some flavor text in a room I've previously overlooked or a different set of dialogue challenge options. It's probably my second favorite game of all time. I've been playing Half-Life 2 recently, and all these years later, my opinion on it has definitely soured. While it has some absolutely brilliant and memorable levels, there are several stretches of the game that feel like chores to get through. I won't be touching the episodic content again as I didn't care for them when they first came out.
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I did get the i7/3060 combo but returned it in fairly short order. It had the same Legion problem of high-pitched fan whistle, and the battery life was atrocious. For a thin-and-light with a lower 3060, it would have made more sense for them to use a P-series CPU. I sold the Blade 15 because I could still get a decent amount of money for it. I wanted to give 14-inch laptops another shot. Ideally, I'd be using a MacBook Pro, but the lack of games is a real problem. I'm hoping Apple's updates to Metal 3 will allow for much broader compatibility through Parallels and Crossover. Early signs are positive, but we'll see once the proverbial rubber meets the road. I would have given the Asus G14 Advantage Edition a try, but I the dark gray model isn't available in the US (at least not yet anyway). That left the Blade 14, which I played around with pretty extensively at MicroCenter. I love the form factor, the keyboard is nicer than on my 15, and it's amazingly powerful. The 16 GB of soldered RAM is a downer, but I've not encountered any issues with it so far. The 15-inch is supposed to get a high-refresh OLED screen later this year. Hopefully the next-generation 14 will get similar treatment along with a 32 GB option.
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Gateway Tongfang 17.3" i7 3050ti 120hz 16gb 1tb
saturnotaku replied to Hertzian56's topic in Bargains & Sales
Walmart return policy on laptops is 30 days. The i7 11800H is an 8-core/16-thread CPU so that's not a problem. I'd be concerned about the response times and color gamut of the 120 Hz screen. If it's anything like the 15-inch ones found on entry-level Lenovo and Dell laptops, it's not going to be particularly good. $900-$950 is an OK deal for a machine with these specs. If it had a 3060, it would be a no-brainer. -
Not necessarily "news," but I found a couple tricks that have helped improve my Windows 11 Home experience. When run as admin, the attached .bat file will enable Group Policy Editor so you can tweak everything in there. The other one, which IMO is more important, allows you to use Windows 11 Home with a local account. Here's what to do: Install Windows 11 as normal, but be sure you're connected to the Internet when the first welcome screen appears. Go through the setup procedure as normal, and when it gets to the screen that prompts you to create/log in with a Microsoft account, press Shift+F10, which will bring up a command prompt. Enter "ipconfig -release" (without the quotes) and press enter. This will kick you offline. Close the command prompt window. Click the back arrow at the top left of the account creation Window. There, you can enter a local user name like you could with other previous versions of Windows. Complete the initial setup process, and when you're on the desktop, launch an administrative-level command prompt window again and type "ipconfig -renew" which will restore your Internet connection. I'm sure Micoslop will eventually patch it out, but for now, the above is a pretty painless way to work around this arbitrary and stupid limitation without having to install a Pro or Enterprise license. EnableGroupPolicy.bat
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Walmart has a 5 Pro with Ryzen 7 6800H, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM, and 512 GB SSD for $1199. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-Legion-5-Pro-16-Laptop-AMD-Ryzen-7-6800H-NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-3060-16GB-RAM-512GB-SSD-Windows-11-Home-Storm-Gray-82RG0005US/197908523?athbdg=L1700
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I had actually bought one of those but returned it in favor of the new Slim 7i that Best Buy has on its site. The price to performance is awesome on this particular 5 Pro especially since it has 32 GB of RAM, and MC lowered the price to $1899. The problem is the portability aspect. My (now sold) Razer Blade really spoiled me in that department. My company has somewhat relaxed its device policy so I can now bring a personal laptop into the office, which is what I'll be doing much more often. Lugging around a 5 Pro, even a couple days per week would get really old, really fast. Side note, I never even opened the 5 Pro, but when I took it back to the store, they did. The guy was trying to power it on, but I told him that wouldn't work because there's a lock in place that requires the laptop to be plugged in for the first boot. I get that they have to check and make sure I didn't take it out and reseal the package, but they're now going to waste theirs and Lenovo's time sending it back to the factory.
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Lenovo's BIOS is about the same as most other laptop makers - not a ton of options. More than Asus but far less than the MSI Advanced BIOS that is unlockable via an "epic cheat code" to quote Jarrod's Tech. With Ryzen, 7+ hours of battery is easily achievable, but you must disable or uninstall the Corsair iCue software, which is used to control the RGB lighting. GPU undervolting is possible via MSI Afterburner, but the Legion's cooling is well up to the task so such action is not necessary. AMD CPUs cannot be undervolted. The best you can do is limit the TDP, which is possible via the Ryzen Controller software. Linux should be reasonably well supported because the performance modes and several of the lighting effects are baked into the firmware. You should watch Jarrod's Tech's review of this laptop for more complete details.
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There's also the whole portability and battery life aspect as well. Configured properly (quiet mode, no iCue), and used lightly, it is possible to get nearly an entire workday out of the Legion, and you can also power it over USB-C in a pinch. Your Clevo would be lucky to get 1/3 that under similar conditions without the convenience of Type-C power delivery. The Lenovo is a comparatively much thinner and lighter laptop so it's significantly easier to travel with, though obviously still not in the same class as models like the Razer Blade or Asus Zephyrus G15/M16. True DTR laptops like the X170 are for a subset of a subset of a niche market. For 99.99% of everyone else looking for a good value gaming laptop, the Legion will more than suffice, which is a point I'm glad you recognize.
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Of course that's not going to work because car outlets don't deliver nearly the amperage needed to power a laptop. You need to use a proper USB-C GaN adapter that can deliver at least 20V/3.5A, with 20V/5A being recommended.
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A group has modified the Steam Deck recovery software to be compatible with desktop hardware. Right now only AMD and Intel GPUs are supported, and there are a couple features that don't work because they're closely tied to the Steam Deck hardware. However, this port is 95% of the way there and with a bit of tweaking could easily be used as a daily driver operating system. Once NVIDIA support is added, and a few more of the bugs are worked out, I'll be very tempted to switch my desktop over while keeping my laptop on Windows to play Xbox Game Pass titles.
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Lenovo Legion 7 with Ryzen 9 5900HX, RTX 3080, and 1 TB SSD for $1800 from Walmart https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-Legion-7-16-Gaming-Laptop-AMD-Ryzen-9-5900HX-NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-3080-16GB-RAM-1TB-SSD-Windows-11-Home-Gray-82N600E0US/806596785?athbdg=L1300
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Do you honestly believe motherboard failures on BGA laptops are that common?
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Read and watch reviews of the Legion 7. The 5900HX can read 90C in its highest performance mode, but clock speeds are consistently above 4 GHz - up to 4.4 in many cases. The GPU comfortably runs at its boost frequencies and 150+ watts. OK, let's do that. Clevo X170KM-G from Xotic PC. Since the Legion 7 uses AMD's top-of-the-line processor and NVIDIA's highest-end GPU, we shall compare like for like - i9 11900K and RTX 3080 with 16 GB of RAM, 1 TB PCI-E Gen 3 SSD, and Windows 11 Home. The Clevo will need to use its standard 1080p/144 Hz display as that's the only high-refresh option available compared to the Legion's 2560x1600 165 Hz FreeSync + G-Sync panel. The price for the Clevo - $3726, literally almost double what the Lenovo costs.
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Neither of these is a valid reason to pass on this deal if you're in the market. The Legion's cooling is very good, and an MXM RTX 3080 + Ryzen 5800X desktop CPU by themselves would easily equal 75-90% of what the entire laptop itself would cost.
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As far as I know, Lenovo never released a Legion 7 with an 8 GB 3080.
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Product link You're not going to find a brand new laptop with a full-power RTX 3080 this cheaply. Grab one while they're still available as I expect these will sell out very quickly.
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/05/nvidia-takes-first-step-toward-open-source-linux-gpu-drivers/ Before anyone gets too excited, only part of the code is going to be open sourced. It's certainly a step in the right direction, though.
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Many more details about the 2022 Legion 7 announced here. Here are the highlights: NVIDIA GPUs will indeed only be available on Intel-based models. If you want an AMD CPU, you must take a Radeon GPU. The webcam has been upgraded to 1080p. No word on Windows Hello IR support, but the power button contains the same fingerprint reader as the Legion Slim 7. The bottom panel has been redesigned, making it much easier to open. The keyboard has been revamped with an extra 0.2mm of travel. Lenovo has brought the RGB control in house so no more Corsair iCue! Availability in the US is supposed to start this month for the 7i with a starting price of $2450. The AMD version will follow in June starting at $2050.
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Do my eyes deceive me, or did HP add charging over USB-C to the 2022 Omen lineup?
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Came across this project and thought it looked interesting: Rectify11 The coolest thing is the full system-wide dark mode. It's not perfect, but the developers are working on an updated version that should fix most of the outstanding issues.
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https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/c/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-7-series With the announcement today of Intel's new 55W HX CPUs, Lenovo completed the refresh of the Legion product line with the 7 Gen 7. Both Intel and AMD CPUs will be available in the standard and slim chassis designs. However, it would appear that NVIDIA GPUs will be limited to Intel-based models only. The AMD variants will all be Advantage Edition with Radeon 6000-series GPUs.
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Asus has announced a new round of Zenbook creator laptops for 2022. The most interesting features are the high-refresh OLED displays and availability of SDExpress card slots on the 14-inch Duo and 16-inch models. Here's Jarrod's summary:
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I used sm64pcbuilder2 to compile the game files from the ROM with SM64Plus as the front end. It is also able to integrate the sm64redrawn 4K texture pack. I also experimented with the ray tracing mod, but it looked like garbage. SM64 is bright and colorful enough to where I don't think would really benefit from the RT treatment they way Doom and Quake 2 have. MSYS2 is a required software component to make this work. You need to disable your antivirus or the installer will hang.
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Less than a month after getting my desktop repaired, my Razer Blade decided to act up. I got a WHEA BSOD error when attempting to wake it from sleep. After a clean OS install, the video decides to glitch out. Fortunately I purchased the day-one warranty from MicroCenter so I took it there today. If they aren't able to repair it, I should be getting a gift card good for the original purchase price. I'm not entirely sure what I would replace it with, but we'll burn that bridge when we cross it.
