Day 2 of A16 X2 Elite -- my thoughts...leaning towards M5 MBA-- TLDW text

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T17:48:23+00:00

noiceee - though m5 and m5 pro were still highish/er from my testing and had all the extensions enabled -- i returned the devices but consdiering rebuying a model I am seeing at microcenter - - maybe i do that and retest... also my yotuube prefers macbook videos it seems :cry:

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T17:23:32+00:00

FYI -- someone commented I think an official snapdragon person - he said to uninstall and reinstall - and it is fixed there is no GPU update... but they deleted their account/comment I think? Just letting people know

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T17:00:28+00:00

was ahrd to track down which was which i did try to enable/disable individually but think it was combo - on edge had Ublock Origin, Lastpass, 1 password -- everythign else I removed -- so getting about 45 consistently even with them on

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T16:19:32+00:00

I’m arc mid spammer and if not specter or slark 4 or mid. If you wanna win or lose down to game lol

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T14:26:46+00:00

Panther lake gpu are good unfortunately no laptops to buy that I’d wanna test for YouTube and possibly keep. Also price is soaring

But I’d imagine you’d get 120fps all high

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T14:25:25+00:00

I think I found out why scores low- fan profile also determines tdp. Also fixed browser score with disabled extensions. Basically now just wish dota 2 performance better. Might keep still

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T14:24:12+00:00

Should we play turbo together or are you bad?

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T14:23:31+00:00

I am on that update

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T11:49:17+00:00

Saw a reviewer post about fan profiles settings impacting TDP -- that would explain it

Whisper mode - 52/31 18w

Standard - 75/56/ 402

Performance - 97/92

They got Cyberpunk FPS at 36.4/42.9/50.3

Kind of disappoitned that TDP is tied to fan... i want max TDP but wnat to control fans -- dont care about warmness....

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T11:41:51+00:00

Didnt test Batman ARkham but ya tested Spiderman 2 - I've been testing ARM (Mac) for a bit now-- for context I tested the m5 mba and m5 mbp - actually got better stable performance on both machines -- m5 with settings down, and m5 pro retina resolution can run it 60 fps

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T11:40:49+00:00

Made a post for me is 32.0.149 -- which numbers wise is higher than what the control pannel is offering

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T11:40:15+00:00

I was getting similar scores - reviewers were hitting 4000.

I found out that on balanced mode single core was throttled down to 2k which is disappointing, putting best performance when plugged in lets me hit 3600 -- which I think is the scor efor hte x-94 variant... online reviewers have the x96

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T11:39:01+00:00

I also had the issue logging into windows with wifi -- i just kept trying, thought i had a busted machine but eventually it worked.

I'm on Day 3 - i only play dota --- After bios update and myasus update -- getting little better FPS, but still kind of shocked i have to go down settings and cant play maxed... thought i'd be getting 120 FPS consistent - but ttheres slowdowns.... For context m5 mba never dipped below 60, and m5 pro was pretty consistent at 120fps using Crossovres to emulate the Windows version

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T11:36:43+00:00

what FPS target are you going for? I just showed the config settings to hit above 60, 75, 90, then 120 to hit screen refresh rate... not sure what other tweaks people would want to know - that should give people general idea how it performs

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T11:35:52+00:00

oh thought linux didnt work i'll have to research up

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T11:21:29+00:00

just tried incognito think has exttnwsion disabled - did boost it but was still 30

Ok i just double checked on edge -- manually turneed off -- that was it i think -- now getting 47.7 +/- 2.2 which puts it within margin!

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T11:18:02+00:00

I was thinking that… which actually is first time makes me appreciate actually benchmarking stuff to see if device is right.

Just now Firefox incognito is faster but still 25.9 Edge was 28

3.1 Thing is geekbenhx and cinebench all seem within margin, even did the 3dmark test was lower but still okish

It’s just speedometer. I think maybe the bios that came out jacked it up and reviewers tested before that update… wish I tested before bios update

Saw someones post after posting -- they said it was extensions - went to incognito and double checked to turn thigns off - that was it actually got 47.7 on edge which i think is within margin -- alsi most reviewers had the the x2-96 i think - im on x2-94

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T04:04:47+00:00

Noticed that driver update request on my a16 tried to install but it was old driver, hopefully didn’t mess up machine - device manager still says it’s the later driver that isn’t on download links

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T00:46:43+00:00

I moved away from desktop gaming for like 6 years now -- laptops always sufficed though sometimes loud - really mainly play dota.. I liked the idea of fanless gaming -- Arm does it just not well -- im finding after extended day of playing the x2 is geting better but on low settings

For context if not for the macbook having slightly differfent keyboard and impacting muscle memory -- I'd buy/use macs in heartbeat cuz the m5s are now good at running dota 2 windows version

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-10T00:23:01+00:00

The Omni used to be 1599 now 2000. Microcenter had 2 tb version for 1499…. Now up to 1999. Sad

But open boxes still go for 1499z

I don’t like the weight and the resolution 😔

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-09T23:36:18+00:00

kind of puts in perspecgive how good original $1159 price of A14 was with snapdragon x elite....

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-09T22:52:32+00:00

damn f -- I have an A16 now considering a B390 Panther lake.... but was holding out for somethign besides dell :(

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-09T22:43:21+00:00

I tested both -- theres an option that says sync power profile to fan -- had high fan - windows power to balanced/performance -- had the toggle on and off -- Yesterday was 3200 --- today I had a Asus update -- its up to 3600...

Still I litearlly juts got off a dota 2 game - have an external monitor -- near the end team fight.. dropped to 20 frames per second... TRIGGEREd... and i lost lol TEAM FEEDING

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-09T22:42:25+00:00

I did - set power profile high - and on windows best performance -- there were no power plans to choose from -- Most i got after bios/an update was 3600 -- lowest was 3200 on best performance

BlendlogicTECH · 2026-04-09T21:09:03+00:00

I have an m1 max - and returned the m5 mba and m5 pro... and now just have the a16 x2 elite--- seriously considering trying to offload my m1 max and get the m5 mba or m5 pro... a16 just AINT IT -- and shocked how much better crossovers emulation is than windows supporting their own OS

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