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It seems like it hits near the 90's in cpu and gpu temps and fans hit pretty loud. Plus as you play games, performance of the GPU keeps dropping due to the temps. That said, gosh this thing looks smexy. Why can't more "gaming" laptops look normal? Besides looks, RGB makes me feel like I am more likely to get robbed. I would much rather my machine look like some plain workhorse.
It's smaller than my desktop GPU, by quite a significant margin.
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It seems like it hits near the 90's in cpu and gpu temps and fans hit pretty loud. Plus as you play games, performance of the GPU keeps dropping due to the temps. That said, gosh this thing looks smexy. Why can't more "gaming" laptops look normal? Besides looks, RGB makes me feel like I am more likely to get robbed. I would much rather my machine look like some plain workhorse.
I get what you mean but I think it's acceptable to use a laptop with a 3050 game rig. A lot of people don't max things out and are fine at 1080.
Idk about most laptops having as bad of thermals. There is a channel that tracks thermals on YouTube. Google jerrodtech I think. You will find an excel sheet of noise and temps at averages, min and max.
That being said, this is a s form factor and being loud and hot isn't a surprise. I just think giving a pass and calling it a sometimes-game is a bit of a cop out. It's like saying a fiat is a sometimes-car. You know what? Saying that, maybe you have a point.
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Idk about most laptops having as bad of thermals. There is a channel that tracks thermals on YouTube. Google jerrodtech I think. You will find an excel sheet of noise and temps at averages, min and max.
That being said, this is a s form factor and being loud and hot isn't a surprise. I just think giving a pass and calling it a sometimes-game is a bit of a cop out. It's like saying a fiat is a sometimes-car. You know what? Saying that, maybe you have a point.
In this laptop or some other laptops like Dell XPS 15, the GPU is configured to just 35W-40W limite and that significantly hurts the performance, over 40% sometimes. Now a days, just the name of the GPU does not mean anything, you need to check the Power level configuration. There are plenty low powered RTX 3070 laptops which get beaten by a laptop with full powered RTX 3060...and so on.
In this laptop or some other laptops like Dell XPS 15, the GPU is configured to just 35W-40W limite and that significantly hurts the performance, over 40% sometimes. Now a days, just the name of the GPU does not mean anything, you need to check the Power level configuration. There are plenty low powered RTX 3070 laptops which get beaten by a laptop with full powered RTX 3060...and so on.
Fair enough. You made great points on the limits of this 3050 that I had not realized. To be honest I didn't think they ever went that low, 35 is crazy to me.
What makes this ROG Flow different is the custom made XG Mobile Dock and the Docking port which has a full power 150W RTX 3080 in it and the best part is that that custom port is capable of PCIe 3.0x8 speed, compare to the X4 speed in Thunderbolt. As a result, that Mobile RTX 3080 in that XG Mobile dock connected with this tiny laptop, can beat other laptops with far more powerful Desktop GPU connected via Thunderbolt 3/4 port, due to the extra memory bandwidth.
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What makes this ROG Flow different is the custom made XG Mobile Dock and the Docking port which has a full power 150W RTX 3080 in it and the best part is that that custom port is capable of PCIe 3.0x8 speed, compare to the X4 speed in Thunderbolt. As a result, that Mobile RTX 3080 in that XG Mobile dock connected with this tiny laptop, can beat other laptops with far more powerful Desktop GPU connected via Thunderbolt 3/4 port, due to the extra memory bandwidth.
That is very cool. I like the dock bit. It isn't competitively priced at all, looks like at least 1300 for it right now, but it is a neat idea. I do wish it weren't custom so that the card could be swapped in the unit like we are used to with external options. Still, it is a very nice setup.
Thanks for educating me. I feel like it's an ideal setup if I could stomach the price. Like I really like the idea.
I miss the Max-Q/P designations. They made filtering results based on personal preferences so much easier. This one at 35W would be great for the dock as someone mentioned earlier or just lower spec gaming. At 13" it's got some amazing portability going on. For the right user, this price/size is golden.
Thanks for educating me. I feel like it's an ideal setup if I could stomach the price. Like I really like the idea.
Thanks for educating me. I feel like it's an ideal setup if I could stomach the price. Like I really like the idea.
Yeah, unfortunately their XG Mobile solution is one of a kind right now. They can really charge what they want for the proprietary solution. Not to mention it was designed and priced during the highs of the recent GPU price spike. GPU prices are lower now, but a bunch of these were made with the higher market price in mind. Sucks.
It looks like it gets stuck at times when a metal pin doesn't adjust when pushed.