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    Question Underperforming gaming laptop (Lenovo Ideapad, AMD Ryzen 7, Geforce GTX 1650)

    Here is an update with the conclusion (I hope so!). It looks like all the issues were coming from defective parts: * the low CPU issue was linked to the battery. At some point, after multiple bluescreens and stop/restarts, the battery stopped working and is now marked as dead in Vantage...
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    Question Underperforming gaming laptop (Lenovo Ideapad, AMD Ryzen 7, Geforce GTX 1650)

    Ok well... it's improving. Rather than reinstalling the drivers one by one, I've simply reset Windows 11 + proceed the windows updates. And it has been spectacular at first glance: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/61456285 The thing is that I still have blue screens when I push it. And...
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    Question Underperforming gaming laptop (Lenovo Ideapad, AMD Ryzen 7, Geforce GTX 1650)

    Thanks Roland Of Gilead. I haven't had time yet to work on it since your last message, I keep you posted when I do! Thanks for your advice of not using third party driver updater, I didn't know. Looks like I'm good to uninstall/reinstall all the devices that are not Microsoft, that's right...
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    Question Underperforming gaming laptop (Lenovo Ideapad, AMD Ryzen 7, Geforce GTX 1650)

    Ok so I confirm Nvidia driver is updated. I tried to disable second HDD and the integrated graphic card, but it only made things worse. Here are a few screenshots: The Nvidia Control Panel CPU-Z There is this curious thing that when I unplug then replug the laptop, it seems to go faster...
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    Question Underperforming gaming laptop (Lenovo Ideapad, AMD Ryzen 7, Geforce GTX 1650)

    Thanks! Yes I think so, but I'm going to check again. The Performance tab in the Task Manager showed no activity with GPU0 (the Nvidia), only GPU1 (the AMD Radeon Graphics - so the iGPU, right?). I've then opened the Nvidia Control Panel, and modified the global settings so that the "preferred...
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    Question Underperforming gaming laptop (Lenovo Ideapad, AMD Ryzen 7, Geforce GTX 1650)

    Hi there First message here, I found this forum looking for a solution with my laptop. I've read interesting discussions but nothing that helps me. And well... I'm not very experienced in this kind of subjects. So... my computer is supposed to be a decent gaming one: Lenovo Ideapad 3, Nvidia...