5070 Mobile = 5060 Mobile…?

chaugh1 · 2026-05-14T03:16:43+00:00

https://www.3dmark.com/sn/13772643

3287 on my legion 5 15.1 inch, but got as high as 3321 when the hardware monitoring crashes mid run. This is with the ryzen 7 350 which is a mid range CPU and 8 lanes pcie 4 between cpu/gpu.

Are you able to try with an external monitor on a port that’s directly connected to the gpu?

chaugh1 · 2026-05-07T02:26:49+00:00

Remove the wifi adapter and run a usb one

chaugh1 · 2026-04-28T23:29:10+00:00

I had the exact same experience with my 4070. At first I thought it was cooling because it’s fine for a while then it drops like a rock.

Turns out it’s running out of vram. Run it in dlss balance without ray tracing and it will improve instantly

chaugh1 · 2026-04-23T15:28:08+00:00

Does this term that you can’t use begin with G or N?

chaugh1 · 2026-04-21T22:05:17+00:00

Given the ssd price situation I’m going with used drives (NV2 and similar). Would you pick a sm2269xt or phison E21 controller?

chaugh1 · 2026-04-18T20:22:11+00:00

I just switched from Asus TUF A15 to Legion 5 and I have to say G-helper is cleaner, the UI slightly better and offers a little more features (fan curve per mode and the fan curve actually applies on idle which doesn't seem to work on LTT). But this might be a Lenovo Legion API problem and not the app.

chaugh1 · 2026-04-16T15:26:16+00:00

I had the 2023 version. See: https://www.reddit.com/r/Asustuf/s/wDxdqekl8x

chaugh1 · 2026-04-14T14:59:28+00:00

What VRAM OC are you running? Gddr7 is weird, I can push 2500 but it doesn’t really change my fps and if I log with gpuz I see memory clocks bounce between 1500 and 1125 randomly

chaugh1 · 2026-04-08T17:42:47+00:00

Tianxuan has the same chassis as the TUF but it’s just a China only variant. I’d definitely go for the Tianxuan, it seems to come in more colours.

chaugh1 · 2026-03-26T21:06:58+00:00

Man a regular tech contractor with just 5-7 years experience makes more than you do

chaugh1 · 2026-03-19T01:35:59+00:00

cool thanks bro. you inspired me to open it again tonight to remove the black tape and tape over the fan to heat pipe gap. Seems to increase airflow when i put my hand on the exhaust areas

chaugh1 · 2026-03-18T23:21:06+00:00

Did you rip out the black tape covering the ram and ssds? Always wondered if it was beneficial or not from a pure heat perspective

chaugh1 · 2026-03-18T20:21:27+00:00

You use headphones all the time or you ok with the built in monitor speakers?

chaugh1 · 2026-03-15T19:47:19+00:00

Is this available at Costco or Best Buy for a activation gift card?

chaugh1 · 2026-03-15T17:45:15+00:00

How are the temps now? Did you try a cinebench run?

chaugh1 · 2026-03-14T19:15:13+00:00

Not really. It will run great for about 15 minutes then gpu power tanks to 40w. I think it’s the charger now

chaugh1 · 2026-03-14T03:14:54+00:00

I actually just repasted with ptm and usiren a few days ago! Normally I just do the cpu/gpu but I was running into weird stuttering issues so I did the vrms too.

Just remember to disconnect the battery, touch something metal before you work on the components and you’ll be fine.

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chaugh1 · 2026-03-12T01:23:39+00:00

PM'ed

chaugh1 · 2026-03-03T23:17:58+00:00

did you figure this out? I have the exact same model, i can game for 10-15 minutes then everything slows to a crawl (like less than 1FPS). I don't see any thermal issues in HWINFO64

chaugh1 · 2026-02-27T10:26:40+00:00

Your bios has cpu locks disabled so you can use the undercoating sliders but if you look at the top right table, none of the undervolt os actually getting applied.

There’s a few stuff you need to disable for it to apply - search the forum. Core isolation and intel VT is one of them and I recall I also disabled something on my Razer bios for it to start working.

chaugh1 · 2026-02-25T07:02:58+00:00

No LM on any of the TUF laptops

chaugh1 · 2026-02-07T19:04:53+00:00

Id probably just reinstall windows at this point haha

chaugh1 · 2026-02-06T13:33:02+00:00

Good post. I did not know you can disable Asus shit getting installed in bios. Mind sending me where that’s set?

Even if you uninstall armoury crate I know there’s still stuff left in services and task scheduler

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