highlander

The slow ramping does hurt performance for the benchmarks as it quickly heat soaks (this can be overcome by setting fans to manual before the test, but not sure if Turbo will boost higher than manual). While the chassis never gets warm which is good, the exhaust air is not hot enough. My GS77 will get way hotter on the exhaust. While it is less performance for obvious reasons, it feels like the heat exchanger is doing a better job at extracting heat. This could have been a badass machine.

I currently have an Asus 2022 SE 17 Scar with the 12950hx. I think I will return it. The performance is nowhere near close to what Jarrod and everyone else is getting. I don't think the application of LM is correct, this processor will thermal throttle quick. With a small fan cooler it will boost to 140w and drop to 110w midway through the cinebench run and you get a mediocre 17000 on CB23. After a few tweaks and undervolt I was able to achieve a max of 21k on CB23 but lately it has been crashing with any undervolt. I think it will be returned. I hate that reviewers get binned machines or better units than the retail.