World's Most Powerful Gaming Laptop?! Lenovo Legion 7i Benchmark & Review

My Review off the Lenovo Legion 7i - is this ULTIMATE gaming laptop!? With 12th Gen Intel Core i9 + RTX 3080 TI + 16-inch QHD+ 165hz 🔥
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[@Thetechchap]

Hey Chaps! What's the 1st game you'd play on this??

[@gyt7870]

Spiderman Remastered for sure. Never played it before

[@tinfoilhat1555]

Google jumping dinosaur

[@katlego7914]

Minecraft

[@katlego7914]

Love ur content

[@bradleycochran4595]

It would be Madden. I enjoy the sporting games.

[@akiolife7198]

That’s what you call best Gaming Laptop. A premium design, peak specs and a good webcam. 👑 to Lenovo

[@taokki7586]

My favorite feature about the 7i is the screen. The colors are gorgeous and I love how bright it can get.

[@barbierbrice8452]

glossy or matte screen ?

[@DerekTechReviews]

Lenovo is really pushing it hard when it comes to gaming PCs... I love it and the redesign looks great. Great video once again Tom.

[@factscopy8196]

The instant refresh rate swap is pretty cool and the RGB looks gorgeous

[@cameronbosch1213]

3:42 Actually, the power delivery over USB-C is 135 watts, not 125. And also, that’s more than last year’s Legions, which maxed out a 100 watts.

[@Thetechchap]

Oh fair enough - good spot!

[@anpe008]

With the latest bios patch you can have the 100w+ PD too... Of course you need to wait till charged catch up to provide that extra watt....

[@TechTyrial]

This thing looks from the future. Amazing!

[@tonyn5026]

You comment about it getting warm, but how hot are you taking about? Like every gaming laptop with a I9 12900HX and 3080ti will get warm

[@iam_joshua_bcxvii]

Considering the durability of the Lenovo Y700 that I have atm thats going 6yr old this December. I'd definitely get a Lenovo once again like this one. I can't believe how technology has progressed to offer us mobile laptops that could even match best in class desktop CPUs of previous generation or 2 with up to 16 cores nowadays. Wow, just wow. Now that I have work vs when I was still in college from when we bought my Y700, even if the estimated cost of this was USD 4,000+, I'd definitely get this now that I can afford this myself. Mostly just because of the proven durability of the Lenovo I have atm. Just gonna wait a little bit when ECC memory would be supported as well as being able to charge this kind of laptop thru USB C!. And I'd finally replace my old laptop even if it is still not yet dead by then. For now, I could wait some more.

[@paulolv7798]

Still loving my Legion 5i from last year. I’m not a gamer but I tried gta V and it’s smooth AF even on maxed settings. I don’t even know how’s that possible on a compact device like this.

[@grateful1310]

gta V is greatly optimized

[@fotofx9589]

I got last years AMD version with RTX 306O a few months ago as it was on sale and in stock and I’m still good and able to play any game I wanted with plenty of frames. Yes, I would have at least liked to have a 3070 but none were in stock so I settled for the 3060 and I’m getting great gaming and great 3D rendering for work. So I’m not surprised by how good the new version will be.

[@formulaic78]

3060 is fine for 1440p if games have dlss/fsr and if not you'll always hit 60fps at 1080p, especially if turn settings down to high from ultra.

[@techyarnab4898]

Price?

[@fotofx9589]

@@techyarnab4898 I believe it was about $2200.00 CAD including taxes. Compare that to this years model with RTX 3070TI currently selling for $3789 plus taxes in Canada, it wasn’t too bad of a deal. But if course this years model definitely has improvements everywhere.

[@techyarnab4898]

@@fotofx9589 If it's a 5900H and 3060 one then I would say it's a steal deal. TBH Anything over a 3060 is really just waste of money. In a laptop.

[@fotofx9589]

@@techyarnab4898 Yes that’s what I have. I thought they were a steal too and now even more so considering Lenovo is now selling it for $2349.00 CAD plus taxes.

[@piusalan1347]

wow I've never seen a display that good with thin bezels on a good gaming laptop. This thing has it all

[@YoutubeUniverse]

Damn it took forever people weren’t reviewing this anymore finally

[@eIectrostatic]

Tech Chap, if you can please inquire further about the mini-LED screen option. A mini-LED screen option is clearly listed as one of three screen options in the "Tech Specs" section on all regional European Lenovo Legion 7i landing pages, including the British one along with the regular 165Hz and 240Hz screen options. Currently, as it stands, only the regular 165Hz screen is available for purchase but clearly it's not the only one that will be available for long as the 240Hz is also coming soon. So it would be nice if you could also get a definitive confirmation regarding the mini-LED screen option for those of us interested in it so that we can know whether it makes sense to wait for it or not...

[@Blue824]

The 240 hz is about to come out soon ? Do you have a an idea of when ? Only the 165Hz option is out in Europe…

[@thecompetitor4418]

The lenovo legion slim 7i is the one with the mini led option

[@eIectrostatic]

@@thecompetitor4418 But the official spec sheet says that the regular 7i also has mini-LED as an option. So who to believe?

[@thecompetitor4418]

@@eIectrostatic where can I find this official spec sheet ?

[@Blue824]

@@eIectrostatic an idea on the 240hz release date ?

[@michaelbyrd4004]

I know Lenovo uses "Gaming" to draw the eyes of a lot of buyers, but this laptop seems to be an "all around champion". It's a desktop replacement, gaming superpower, workstation class laptop. The processor is total overkill for gaming, however it would probably do really well with 3D apps, video editing, photo editing, programming, and whatever else you throw at it. Perhaps the biggest problems here are power draw, heat production, and x86 instructions.

[@vinstontan9502]

X86?

[@LMPtm]

Dream laptop... maybe in 2026 I can finally get one of these beastly legion 7 series.

[@protato911]

What I like most about this laptop is the built qualities are pretty much the best in the market and the insane amount of IO (so far I haven't seen any gaming laptop with such robust IO,). The performance seems to be top tier too and the pricing isn't that expensive even on the top spec one comparing to its competitions. Although I kinda wish that there is a bigger screen version so that the thermal can be a bit better, a non squashed numpad and maybe an Oled screen, then the Laptop will be golden.

[@michalebrownle6030]

Oled屏幕會讓你的眼睛變瞎，并且這種屏幕的壽命很短。我認爲miniled是比Oled更好的屏幕。

[@formulaic78]

I have the slim version of this with 3060. Really like it. Portability was important for me so shaving off 0.25 kg more was worth the drop in performance and higher temps. Performance is good though.

[@tryfergoodra552]

yo where u bought it and for so much? tbh i just want a legion with 3060 and 1080p screen

[@aashishpatel3969]

i've been waiting for this bad boy for some time, great to see it has finally landed!

[@gtsozshwj]

I have a serious question: why companies send products for review before they are released and don’t say when they will be released? Like why should I watch the review of a product that doesn’t exist on the market? And this thing is supposed to be available in June. It’s still not available after 2 months. Man I wish these companies go broke. Like if you can’t mass produce, why even advertise?

[@extremeheat9283]

For real, should have been released in May, but I seen someone on Lenovo's site saying he was told it will be released in November. I'm really leaning towards buying an MSI of the same hardware specs. No way I'm waiting that long.

[@muazshobbiestechies2079]

Already ordered one L7I 2022 for myself. Now the pain of waiting to come into my doorstep

[@Whiplashxyz]

What website??

[@kawsarhasan360]

Incredible RGB implementation

[@KayBee211]

I have this laptop and I love it

[@OmarBaabdeTz]

Let's go i just bought it today here in China

[@rrrrttttt723]

my fav feature is the 165 hz Qhd screen

[@emmanuelbraimoh8285]

This is so much power. This laptop has gotten me to kinda look away from Asus Zephuyrus M16 (2022)... The PRICE is really cheap for what its offering compared to the M16

[@WhereToFind]

Blows m16 out of the water, I had one and returned it and happy with my legion

[@noneB974]

@@WhereToFind I heard it has extreme performance throttling on battery life? (not gaming on battery but general tasks like movie, youtube etc)

[@WhereToFind]

@@noneB974 all laptops throttle on battery power . I have had no issues working on battery , video editing on premiere and browsing on chrome

[@amateurwizard]

Took me a moment to realize that was coming from the webcam. Wow!

[@noobynoob6856]

I have the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ITH6 and I can confirm that they are op for gaming.

[@RorschDG-2]

I'm still waiting for Lenovo to release the Legion 7 Gen 7 with the 6900HX and the 6850M XT. Their site only has, atleast in America, the Ryzen 6800 and 6700M. I have Zero Interest in Intel's offering because of the fact that their battery life is worse. Which, for a laptop, is just as important as Performance.

[@ManleyReviews]

always loved the 180 hinges.

[@MixMeister5000]

The legend himself.

[@konar1616]

Hey Chap, about mini led you mentioned, on Lenovo website they have that option mentioned too, and so posed to be up to 1250 nits. Would love to see that reviewed in future too. Regards

[@rabin_john]

The legion Slim 7i Gen 7 (2022) ticks almost all boxes for me. But could you please review or add review of the mini LED Display option of this laptop. I have not been able to find any video on KZbin showing the mini led display option of this laptop. Legion 7i slim gen 7 has a display option of MINI LED 165 Hz QHD VESA HDR 1000 certified with peak brightness of 1250 nits Gsync support. It would be great to know how this MINI LED panel compares with the similar latest MINI LED offerings from Apple, MSI, Asus, etc in terms of typical brightness, number of mini led backlights, color accuracy, etc.

[@romansm3682]

mini led can burn out not as fast as oled screens tho but still it is possible

[@kanoooo1111]

There is No link

[@chrisanders713]

Thank you so much for this review! Subbed.

[@mehdishirazi3]

I have been trying to buy this laptop for months, it was suppose to come out in March. It also frustrates me that they didn't give the same oled screen option that the AMD version has. I guess I am still waiting because the top tier is still unavailable.

[@rabe3nazer133]

Look stunning great machine

[@TheVoyagers.]

Amazing screen, amazing specs. Best combo

[@cyberpunkstrategy4966]

I was all ready to get the Blade 17 or Alienware x17 (if Dell Germany ever had it available with options) when suddenly Lenovo had this ready to ship in a week or two (we shall see!)...and for 1000 euro less than equivalent systems from the competition. Soon to discover if it saves me on heating costs this winter 🥶🔥 💻

[@DenisBoudreault111]

Even with the new Gen8 version, this Gen7 is by far the best laptop to buy so far, overall with the 12900HX and the 3080TI !!!

[@laviniubogdan]

Hello, 2 answers: -for this RGB keyboard, can change the color, for any color but just a single one for entire keyboard? -can I disable the colors around ports?

[@torpedospurs]

The 10hr battery life might apply to those that use the 12700H which has the iGPU to keep the power consumption low when on battery. This 12900HK version uses the DGPU for everything related to graphics, so there's no way it can have a decent battery life.

[@cameronbosch1213]

It can be changed in Vantage or in the BIOS following a reboot.

[@mrGrey2009]

Links to check the prices?

[@harishrana168]

Hope we'll be getting the review soon..

[@Heliosvector]

So you thought that the ceramic keys are needed to use the pressure sensitive function, and you didn’t turn off the GPU for the battery test…

[@RhaineTertainment13]

"With great power, comes great heat" I reckon it'll do😄

[@ruinedlopez786]

For a gaming laptop it has a really good design

[@carbi5876]

this laptop has great value for the money! many other options are 4.000 at this specs

[@emidrummer1990]

I need this with the rtx 4000 series. The 3000 series isn’t worth it anymore…

[@lbenegas]

Bought the 7 2021 with a 5800h and a rtx3060. Plays all games, and doesnt heat. I believe the intel processor + the 3080ti is raising temps like crazy. This one looks much more refined!

[@sujithvadlamudi4620]

I'm literally waiting for this product since 2 months , 1080p cam for office and good GPU for gaming.

[@anonymousx2951]

About the comment regarding battery size at 1:14: 99.9Wh isn't the max. A lot of airlines allow up to 160Wh. Difference being that for 160Wh, you have to notify them, but you should always get approval when your airline offers this support option. Reason why laptops cap at the 100Wh battery capacity, is because it's easier to sell. 100Wh doesn't require approval for anything, so most consumers are more comfortable with that.

[@danman1287]

I can't remember any time the airline check battery size

[@drincocaj2971]

I've got the top of the line with maxed out specs Legion 7i Gen 6 and this new one is already making me jealous lol.

[@DonCristian_DPB]

Same lmao

[@C4SEYWY]

I’m very conflicted as to whether I should get the legion 7 gen 6 with AMD RTX 3070…or pay a premium for the gen 7 Legion 7i RTX 3070ti. Is the new 4.0 cooling system, 1080p webcam, and other features really going to be worth it?

[@volcalstone]

@@C4SEYWY how much is the Gen 6? I just got the 7i Gen 7 that you mentioned but only cause I was able to get a discount that's why. It ended up being $2,688 before taxes. Edit: I also forgot to mention that the new updates are worth it for me imo. The only thing that I kinda don't like is that the lid and bottom piece doesn't line up exactly like how it does on the 5 Pro for example.

[@C4SEYWY]

@@volcalstone the Gen 6 I could get for roughly $1800 after taxes, screaming deal for something with 32gb RAM and 2TB to go along with it. I’m just very indecisive and cannot come to a conclusion as to whether the new Gen 7 models will be worth the upgrade. They look very nice. Please let me know how your experience goes with your new 7i, I’m very interested in how well the cooling system works/fan noise levels etc. If the fan noise/cooling is about the same as Gen 6 then I will probably settle with the Gen 6 for now. Sorry I know that was a lot lol

[@Nomadsan]

Perfect review ! Ordered mine yesterday, with the i9 12900hx and 3080ti sadly without the Mini-Led that is still not available here in France but your review helped me alot to take the leap with Lenovo... I had ordered previously two laptops : - The Zephyrus Duo 16 with mini-Led and for me it had 2 annoying flaws : some keys (on the left) felt squeaky and fragile and the mini-Led didn't have enough "zones" so in web browsing, text & coding I had a lot of blooming with dark mode/pages... quite a perfect laptop with incredible sound quality ...if only those problems of keyboard and mini-led won't make it to production models... - The Alienware X17 R2, that was also quite the perfect machine, I was a huge Alienware laptop client before... the premium support is really great, the machine was light and efficient but it suffered low QC at factory and even with 2 swaps of unit I had the same problem of plastic bezels around the screen that was only glued/attached poorly... So I was looking after a mix of the two previous competitors quoted here and it seems like Lenovo packed both of them in the Legion 7i... :) 2 weeks of wait and I'll see. I have some questions for you if you don't mind : - How is the sound quality ? The speakers seem to pack some nice power in here, as they are located under the laptop don't they feel too muffled ? - Does the battery last long enough with this i9+3080ti combo (with some minors tweaks) ? - How is Lenovo support compared to Dell Premium ? I've ordered on-site support as it was discounted with my order Many thanks :)

[@cameronbosch1213]

Sound quality is above average, but not like the Asus ROG laptops with quad speakers or even the Razer Blade 17 2022, which I believe to have the best Windows laptop speaker system (just behind Apple's newest Macbook Pros). Battery life probably won't be near the AMD version, which I could see being close to 8 hours with the screen at 200 - 250 nits, RGB off, screen at 60 hz, the iGPU enabled (it was disabled on the 2021 model and the 2022 models with AMD Ryzen CPUs out of the box), and the laptop in quiet mode (rather than performance or balanced mode). I got 5 - 6 with all of these except I managed to max out the brightness during a KZbin and light load test. If the battery life is very important to you, get the AMD Advantage model. Same goes with Linux, except be ready to replace the MediaTek card in my unit with an Intel AX210.

[@Nomadsan]

@@cameronbosch1213 thanks for your prompt and complete reply. Appreciated. Indeed I'm amazed by the sound quality on my Zephyrus Duo 16. I'm just looking for something close to what I had with my Alienware x17 r2. But on my Asus the keyboard was really under others brands as far as I can tell. I'll be using my laptop mainly for web development, project management and gaming while travelling between home & office. I was a lil bit deceived by the battery lasting time on my Zephyrus althought it was an Amd Ryzen... I won't expect much on the Lenovo. I'll tweak the i9 12900hx and gpu with undervolting if possible. I'll be working on Linux but I choosed the Killer Wireless option... Seems like it's something based on an Intel chip

[@cameronbosch1213]

@@Nomadsan It is. Sadly, anything not Intel/Killer needs additional blobs to work, which aren't preinstalled, so if you don't have an ethernet internet connection, you're screwed.

[@cameronbosch1213]

Also Lenovo's premium customer support is among the best.

[@Nomadsan]

@@cameronbosch1213 I took the on site support. Thanks

[@adrianlobono9592]

Same speakers as last years model? I bought one last year but got contacted the next day with, "opps, looks like ran out" I really appreciate the better webcam!

[@rikodewantoro]

Imagine in a few years later there is a game or apps that this laptop cannot handle anymore, what an technology!!!

[@victorarregnelle8976]

First laptop with a 2mp webcam. Great.

[@romansm3682]

Love this Laptop :) got Max Build rly happy with it xD

[@isaiahjohnranigo7391]

I have this one and all that I wish is in here.

[@mehmetgurdal]

LCP fanblades? oh my no wonder these gaming-performance laptops are so expensive; LCP materials are really high quality and known for its durability to thickness ratio; thy are prominently used in IEM diaphgrams. I'm pretty sure fan blades doesn't require a fine manufacturing technique like a driver diaphgram does but still would cost.

[@OpgorillaS]

How much better is this than last years

[@iantroup]

Hey Tom, great & detailed video as always. Would this laptop be suitable for running MSFS2020 at High to Ultra settings in your opinion or would a desktop gaming rig be a better option?

[@jessknox9180]

3ms response time? im used to 1ms will i notice a huge difference ?

[@BoogieSpiderman]

TGP for 3070ti is only 125? But i found on non official website article showing 150. Must be a typo...

[@GUY-on-Earth]

looks so good! Still I’m waiting for Gen 8, hopefully we get a MiniLED option like in the Slim 7i.. but time will tell. Definitely waiting til next year to take advantage of 240hz screen, 4080 mobile will be out by then

[@bugbuster8598]

Personally, I don't know what to think about RTX40 series. From all the rumours one thing comes to mind - insanely higher wattage. Is it possible on laptops and will the upgrade be substantial? I don't know. However I 100% agree on miniLED - Asus X16 looks absolutely gorgeous with it and I hope Lenovo and other brands will step it up.

[@GUY-on-Earth]

@@bugbuster8598 i think everyone is a little skeptical about the high wattage but nothing underclocking can’t fix. As for MiniLED i think it’s coming, there’s bendables OLEDS, OLED monitors, 1440p OLED, so i wouldn’t doubt lenovo makes a significant upgrade to their displays by next year

[@romansm3682]

miniLed can burn in not as fast as oled screens but still

[@GUY-on-Earth]

@@romansm3682 i don’t really see a problem with burn in, had iphones and the LG CX and i don’t really notice anything. I’m sure I will if someone points it out but it isn’t hindering my experience so idc

[@GUY-on-Earth]

@@billbrooke4355 oooooof those prices sound nasty from 2022. the legion 7i with best spec is already close to $5K. I can’t imagine it being cheaper but I wouldn’t doubt there would be more options with AMD Phoenix and Dragon Range. The sad thing is supposedly the Mini Led models were scrapped or only being sold to different regions in the world, not the U.S. Not sure if it even will come to U.S. market.

[@h3w45]

Will you please review the yoga 7i too?

[@supertaufiqr]

Looking forward to the full review. Looks good. For a creator/casual gamer, would this be more suitable compared to XPS?

[@cameronbosch1213]

I think so. Especially if you need maximum gaming performance, as the XPS 15 maxes out at an RTX 3050 Ti.

[@bcsi5176]

Lenovo really stepping up their game. Nice laptop!

[@DIO-jr1vm]

Ye

[@christiandrennan7061]

In terms of performance, etc, how does it compare to the Yoga Pro 9i? I'm stuck between which to get out of the 2... thanks!

[@NIAGTLH]

Can’t wait for the release!

[@saeidk736]

honestly all that is good , but i just really like the keyboard.

[@ianv.rodriguez8367]

Need the Slim!

[@lucaschiang7670]

Hi, when will this laptop be released? You said yours is a prr released version?

[@dave051184]

Thanks for awesome review. Question about what external gaming control do you recommend using? And which games are better while using a gaming controller. Cheers

[@princejaiswal6487]

Thanks bro .. 🔥🔥🔥 Waiting for this beast for a long time

[@Kiril.Gagachev]

Was wondering why all of you YT tech guys don't clean the dust off the devices, before shooting the videos. I mean, you hold a top tech gear in your hands, shooting it with HQ pro video equipment, and there is dust all over the devices that you're presenting. Especially visible in closeups. Isn't that, kinda, odd? BTW, loving your videos, and big fan of Lenovo.

[@raghavjha]

Your all reviews are awesome just as always and your presentation is superb ☺️

[@Thetechchap]

thank you!

[@raghavjha]

@@Thetechchap my pleasure

[@scorpzgca]

That laptop is the most powerful gaming laptop I've ever seen

[@vincentyoung184]

Can you get them to send you the slim 7? Please review!

[@pangtundure]

0:30 F-18 just like in the Movie

[@hazaragamer3033]

Not available in Australia??

[@snappyfish]

Excellent, another new amazing "Gaming" laptop.. mainly for Fb and web browsing. 😉

[@Thetechchap]

and netflix ofc

[@snappyfish]

@@Thetechchap 😊

[@francobarbagallo8915]

Please post full review It was released a couple days ago !

[@haisex3]

Can I hook this up to a monitor and still experience 4k gaming?

[@marcin_karwinski]

These were supposed to arrive in June, with their AMD counterparts alongside albeit nearly a month earlier, and that was already later than what Lenovo were talking about back at CES... Thank god these are finally being officially released, both the 16IAX7 and 16ARHA7. Both of these were supposed to have the miniLED option as well, and yet PSREF shows all of the models coming with the yesteryear's 165Hz 16:10 500nits IPS that & shares with 5Pro lines... My question is where are the miniLED ones? When are they coming? How much are they going to cost over their base IPS variants? Btw. You mentioned that this screen supports G-Sync, that would suggest you could make use of the 165Hz screen regardless of the cards ability to produce 165 fps in games... Too bad these might end up reaching stores late autumn/winter as the gen6 did last year... about the time all the companies will inevitably either release new component variants (say Apple M2 16"-ers) or begin to promise their next best mobile things to be released at CES 2023...

[@gmiblessed]

Yeah, this seems to the song and dance since covid. Consumers only get to buy their premium laptop nearly a whole generation behind the “announcements”.

[@frieren848]

If you've closely followed the laptop releases this year like I did you'd know MiniLED screens have been shipping with glaring coil whine issues, very prominent in the Asus Duo 16 release. That's probably why ASUS released the 3070Ti model WITHOUT MiniLED here in Canada (and the 3080Ti with one is heavily discounted after a week), I wouldn't be surprised if Lenovo ran into the same issues.

[@marcin_karwinski]

@@frieren848 True, and I have... regardless, if one manufacturer runs into issues in one model it does not mean the same issue applies to the rest of the stack from the single manufacturer, let alone different ones... Duo came earlier and had some engineering aspects different from the rest of the notebooks o the market, primarily Asus tried to marry 2-screen setup with quite power hungry (for a laptop) components, many things oculd have gone bad, maybe even a rushed release process? I didn't have any coil whine issues with MSI Creator 17 with aslower refresh rate miniLED screen I had at work for a period... So, even if Lenovo did run into the same teething issues, it's been half a year for R&D/engineering teams to fix it already ;) I am just afraid they are still going to release this unique solution/option for only certain markets (they did such a thing on multiple occassions across several of their laptop lines, allowing some specific configs to only exist for EAA region and maybe USA), heck they might even try to release them only by late autumn, just to get a refreshed variant for the winter holidays shopping spree seasons... a "new" thing in the shops just in time for money spending craze, before the inevitable new models get "released/heralded" at next CES. Plus they might be afraid of pushing a very highly priced variant in this time... if they did it when GPU prices were still climbing high, they might have gotten more money return from the release, but once the desktop pricing dropped the pricing of the laptops could make them nearly unobtainable/unsellable... why do i think so? Let's take a look at prev gens... typically 7 was priced nearly a 3rd (for the "base" variants) or a half (for the higher variants) of the 5 Pro pricing above the "lesser" counterpart... since 5/5i Pro in many regions gets sold in the higher 3070ti variant for approximately $2500 (incl.taxes), the 7 with similar components could have been priced at retail at more than $3500... now since eg. MSI has raised their pricing of Raiders between H- and HX-series (that have both HX and screen advancements) by nearly 50%, it could suggest that Lenovo might have planned to do the same, thus pricing for the HX-equipped miniLED-using variant could very well be reaching GT77 levels of well over $4000-$5000, and that would put the 7 at a disadvantage... Maybe not in terms of sheer competition, even though that high pricing entails several unique designs, but rather in terms of asking price in this economy... and thus possible customer base.

[@NamelessPassenger]

They used the same panel that zephyrus duo 16, so specs wise, basically identical but may be lenovo tune it differencely (for better or for worse).

[@isramen4756]

All I can say is move on. U can get an asus or Alienware today which are heavily discounted thanks to back2school sales.

[@Apex180]

Dope, could do with one of the TB4 ports on the rear.

[@priyangshu01]

Build quality looks premium compared to the plastic Scar 17 SE which has the similar HX processor but was quoted with much higher price. But do you think this actually runs hotter than the Asus Scar 17 SE? I would love to see a 12900HX shootout between the different laptops if you can manage that! 😊

[@danman1287]

I have the gt77 titan i7 that has same r23 benchmarks. no issue w thermals..cool to touch but I put liquid metal paste over what they had. its a deal killer if a laptop runs hot...throttles...I use my laptop to earn

[@jancarlosreyescabrera5192]

Mee too

[@Meowblivion]

As far as DTRs go, this is the best VALUED one. Asus used plastic as a cost cutting measure to undercut msi price with little sacrifice but it runs loud. Lenovo is honestly king in this regard

[@danman1287]

@@Meowblivion but the vlogs I see on Lenovo 7i keep showing thermal issues...it is smaller

[@aaron1983]

Dang this webcam is good. But heavy. And no touchscreen... I wish asus put fhd webcam.

[@emmylegend5442]

If truely they are going to optimise the battery duration then I believe the most satisying feature is the fact that it can rock a 3080TI , this mean it can perform a lot more outside gaming, this is greatt new for a gamer/content creaator like me and I don't mind using it as my coding laptop neither. Moreover,, I do leave in the UK, I hope to be the lucky winner.

[@Ka_Daver]

I wished the legion 7i starts at around 1800,-, over here it's around 3000,- euro

[@WhereToFind]

Could you do temp test and rendering test

[@M_Y_]

Hi! Thanks for video. What is the name of the airplane/jet game? (00:28-00:32 or 08:10-08:17)

[@DEVIL-nx4qp]

the screen is actually 10 bit right? cause if it is that means its literally one of the best screens on a gaming laptop if not THE best

[@romansm3682]

it is 10 bit ye

[@kiet3524]

the problem with battery life is just intel chips being really hot and inefficient, I guess most people already knew this

[@chadkent1158]

Given the IO, could this be connected to my 120hz 4k OLED for gaming with a Xbox controller? Expected bottle necking?

[@sklynexd]

What? Forza is the most optimized game out there, runs much faster than Halo infinite on my pc and propably most pcs Also how did you get 104 fps on QHD ultra in Halo ? That's insane for a laptop, but much more common on desktops.

[@syamsulaqua9116]

Wow bagus sekali Lenovo Legion

[@mk_jsph]

Why are the books blurred?

[@Thetechchap]

Lenovo's legal team had issues with it hah

[@jeremiaspensotti1786]

Does anyone know if this machine can be configured with a mini led display?

[@YoungMama2345]

Beautiful laptop what is that flight game u was previewing?

[@k.o.t.o.n.]

Tell them please to maek a mini led touchscreen glare free option too, it would be the perfect high performance laptop, but with only an ips screen, i have oto think 3 times to choose over others for content creating agaming and enjoyable everyday use for the price..

[@k.o.t.o.n.]

oh and if they holding back the mni led cause added power draw they cold design an aliwnware x17 like 330w gan power adapter, it would sure do the job. :)

[@eIectrostatic]

If the Legion Lenovo 7i does not have a mini-LED screen option, then why is a mini-LED screen listed as one of three options in the "Tech Specs" section on all European Lenovo Legion 7i pages?

[@k.o.t.o.n.]

@@eIectrostatic its the slim doesnt it?

[@eIectrostatic]

@@k.o.t.o.n. No, I mean the regular non-slim Lenovo Legion 7i... On all Lenovo Legion 7i landing pages for region Europe (including Britain), the mini-LED screen is clearly listed on the spec sheet as one of three screen options, along with the aforementioned standard 165Hz and 240Hz screens. We'll have to wait and see, I guess. Would be nice though if The Tech Chap could ask them about it...

[@k.o.t.o.n.]

@@eIectrostatic yeah will checj it again, but he would have to see this conversation. would be nice