$999.97 Lenovo Legion 5 Gaming Laptop, AMD Ryzen 5 6600H - 3050Ti, FHD 165Hz

mediumsteak wrote: ↑ You paid $1499 this month, the January 2023, for a 3050 ti laptop?

Boy do I have some news for you about $1299 legion laptop with 3070 ti that you missed.

Or the $1400 3070 gigabyte Aorus laptop that you missed.

Or any other 3060 laptop regularly available on Amazon for $1499, which includes the Asus TUF, the Asus Strix and more.

I have to say that 3050 ti is very slow and absolutely will not keep up, even now. You struggle to hit 60 fps in any demanding title, let alone 144hz.

mannyafzal wrote: ↑ do you have any current news for $999 laptops that match? I'm all ears!

mannyafzal wrote: ↑ Purchased this at 1499.99 earlier this month, showed up randomly in my recently viewed items and noticed the price dropped to 999.97 - clearance now?

Decent laptop, good performance and port selection is great for me

Given it's Costco, the peace of mind if any issues come up plus 2 year warranty, this seems like a good deal to me

haranzo wrote: ↑ The 3070 ti 1299 laptop from eBay Lenovo did not materialize for many....I was sad that I didn't get in that boat.

Did anyone get it in n the end?

mediumsteak wrote: ↑ Boy do I have some news for you about $1299 legion laptop with 3070 ti that you missed.

mediumsteak wrote: ↑ The unfortunate thing about $999 laptops ($750 USD) is that even for 2-3 year old games (such as Valhalla or Cyberpunk) you already have to turn settings down to medium or low just to maintain a smooth 60 fps.

If you have to do that today, imagine what you will have to do to achieve smooth framerates tomorrow.

You may become resentful shortly, such as within a year, because your device struggles so much and you already spent $1k on it.

I'm afraid that the $1000 price range at this time is a poor price to performance bracket to be in.

mediumsteak wrote: ↑
Or the $1400 3070 gigabyte Aorus laptop that you missed.

Pandelonium wrote: ↑ Anyone know if this deal is preferable to the Lenovo 14p Gen 3 laptop that was advertised here earlier?

For comparison, the 14p Gen 3 specs were (once upgraded) AMD Ryzen™ 7 6800H Processor, 2.2k 300 nits IPS screen, 16GB DD5 RAM, 1TB SSD, and Integrated AMD Radeon graphics.

mediumsteak wrote: ↑ The device you are referring is a completely different category and more of an productivity/office laptop.

The product discussed here is targeting gaming.

haranzo wrote: ↑ The 3070 ti 1299 laptop from eBay Lenovo did not materialize for many....I was sad that I didn't get in that boat.

Did anyone get it in n the end?

Pandelonium wrote: ↑ My purposes are to just have a good, solid laptop that will serve me well for a while. I do a lot of Word processing along with Photoshop processing (nothing too heavy), but I would like to occasionally game (although I don't need to play anything super new. There are tons of old games I haven't played yet.) Any idea which laptop might serve me better?

mediumsteak wrote: ↑ The unfortunate thing about $999 laptops ($750 USD) is that even for 2-3 year old games (such as Valhalla or Cyberpunk) you already have to turn settings down to medium or low just to maintain a smooth 60 fps.

If you have to do that today, imagine what you will have to do to achieve smooth framerates tomorrow.