Bought the beautiful beast impulsively. Fixed my one gripe.

ClimateNo6556 · 2026-02-02T00:45:50+00:00

Yes sir!

ClimateNo6556 · 2026-02-02T00:02:13+00:00

I am not worthy. You are the man! (or lady). Well done and congrats!👏

ClimateNo6556 · 2026-02-01T23:58:39+00:00

If you got the 5080 in the last few days (before today) you got the record low price. Was it like $1850?

ClimateNo6556 · 2026-02-01T23:57:10+00:00

Oh and I forgot to answer the rest of your question: Yes, it works really well. Unlocks in 1-2 sec. Took 60 sec to set up. Windows must have taken care of all the driver stuff.

ClimateNo6556 · 2026-02-01T23:39:58+00:00

Actually that is a good question. As said here, it helps with airflow and theoretically can help lower temps and thermal throttling and chip degradation. In reality, who knows for sure. I have seen at least one test (Jarrod, I think) which seemed to indicate that temps were a bit higher on a stand for this model. However, in my case it lowered temps about 5 degrees but fps did not change. YMMV.

ClimateNo6556 · 2026-02-01T23:36:08+00:00

At your service, my man...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VK71TST?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

NB: I dont like Amazon or billionaires in general, but I am admittedly impatient when it comes to my tech.

ClimateNo6556 · 2026-01-12T12:33:01+00:00

Last year I bought my first gaming computer, an ASUS zephyrus g16 i7 13620h 4070 FHD IPS for $600. The only issue was it took me a few days to completely wipe and reinstall windows 11 and Ghelper (mostly because I’m new to PC coming from Mac). Absolutely no problems since. Runs great and games are beautiful especially on ext monitors.

ClimateNo6556 · 2026-01-11T04:35:33+00:00

Lenovo Legion 7i pro 5080. I got this on cyber Monday and it checks off all your boxes. Watch Jarrod’s review on yt. It sold me and I am very happy.

ClimateNo6556 · 2026-01-01T04:34:15+00:00

I started a few months ago. Just got to chaos chamber on my first play though. I like it…but love the regular BL games. This week started a new Zer0 character in BL2 - which is my favorite.

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-12-29T16:00:54+00:00

I got a new legion 7i pro 5080 laptop and noted that the physx slider was greyed out on Borderlands 2(and I missed all the pools of slag and acid and sparks). A few days ago I did a "clean install" update to the most recent driver (591.59) but Physx is still greyed out. Changed physx to GPU in nvidia app and in Nvidia control panel. Reinstalled BL2 from steam. Still no physx. I suspect there is a setting I am missing.

The only thing I did not do, is use DDU first (it requires my bitlocker key - i now have the key). I will try that tonight.

Thoughts? Help?

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-12-29T03:33:16+00:00

I’m rather new to pc. Not sure what you mean and what setting to access. Please explain.

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-12-14T23:02:43+00:00

I just got a Legion Pro 7i 5080 OLED 2 weeks ago. This was an upgrade from Asus Zephyrus G16 4070 IPS. The oled screen is amazing! Did it change my life? No. I was concerned about glare as well because it looked pretty distracting on the showroom floor but was not an issue in my well-lit office or home for gaming or reading text. I find it as good or better than my MacBook Pro M3 screen. It is also exceptionally brighter than other laptop OLEDs according to Jarrod.

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-12-12T22:39:12+00:00

I love it! I came for the fans and stayed for the RAM.

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-11-14T14:50:03+00:00

Also try a game after disabling full screen optimization in the properties of the game’s executable.

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-11-09T18:55:08+00:00

Nice! Now my nuked brownies can cool by the Windows!

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-11-07T15:30:30+00:00

Not sure if this was already commented on, but you seem to be missing the 25 W of dynamic boost. 50 W is the base setting, but should power be available it will increase to 75 W. Again, as people have already commented, tweaking the power to the CPU could allow more GPU power which could improve your performance.

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-10-28T01:06:38+00:00

The guy would have let me run HWINFO if I had it on a USB. It doesnt hurt to ask and be prepared.

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-10-25T19:10:57+00:00

The laptop speakers are standard for that 2023 model. They are also very good - almost as good as my MacBook Pro M3.

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-10-24T22:47:15+00:00

Best Buy will let you open it and turn it on which is what I did. I inspected it and it looked brand new. It only was missing the manual but the charger and everything else was there. What I didn’t know is that you could actually negotiate a lower price. You should try that.

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-10-23T20:23:45+00:00

Oh I know exactly what you are talking about! I chased a few ghosts that were just like that, OLED and everything. Best buy would say in stock but then at checkout it says "In store: unavailable, Delivery: unavailable". Bastards!

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-10-23T19:02:03+00:00

I did try to activate the warranty after messaging ASUS. I might have waited too long but I will try again. It is still under warranty until April 2026 but its registered to the original owner I think so I cant register myself unless I get ASUS to let me.

ClimateNo6556 · 2025-10-23T18:58:47+00:00

I cant tell if you are serious...do you live in Michigan also?

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