**Esports Gaming Laptop Performance: Lenovo Legion 7 Review**

Another esports title that I've found to see big gains with optimus disabled due to the high frame rates that the test can hit. Either way, crazy frame rates are possible here too. Rainbow Six Siege also hits high frame rates without issue, even at the higher native resolution, where max settings was reaching 1% lows above the screen's refresh rate, so a perfectly smooth experience here too.

The Lenovo Legion 7 is an esports gaming laptop that I've had the chance to test and push to its limits. One of the things that stood out about this laptop is its ability to handle high frame rates without any issues. In fact, with optimus disabled, it was able to hit incredibly high frame rates, making it a great choice for gamers who want the best possible performance.

Let's take a closer look at some specific games and how they perform on the Lenovo Legion 7. First up, we have Battlefield 5 in campaign mode at ultra settings. The results are very impressive, with this being the second highest score I've ever seen from any gaming laptop in terms of average FPS. While the 1% low is still definitely up there too, it's clear that this laptop is capable of delivering top-notch performance.

To put this into perspective, I've tested other 3080 laptops and they simply can't match the Lenovo Legion 7's performance. Even when compared to larger 17" laptops with the same CPU and GPU, the Legion 7 comes out on top. This is a testament to the laptop's high-end specs, power limits, and ability to disable optimus.

But what about other games? I've also tested Shadow of the Tomb Raider with the game's benchmark tool at the highest setting preset. The results are still impressive, with the Legion 7 moving down just one position here and only a few frames behind a larger 17" laptop with the same CPU and GPU. This is a great result for a gaming laptop, and it shows that the Lenovo Legion 7 can handle some of the toughest games out there.

Finally, I've also tested Far Cry 5 at max settings using the game's benchmark tool. While this test generally depends more on the processor, the Legion 7 still manages to hold its own and only moves down a bit further than expected. This is a great result for a laptop with a powerful GPU like the 3080.

**Resolution Testing**

Now that we've seen how well the Lenovo Legion 7 performs at high frame rates, let's talk about resolution testing. I've tested the laptop at different resolutions to see how it holds up, and the results are impressive.

First up, I've tested the laptop at 1080p with Windows settings enabled, which adds black bars above and below the screen. While this can make the game look a bit stretched out, it's not a huge issue for most games. In fact, many modern games are designed to take advantage of this aspect ratio, so it's actually quite convenient.

However, if you want to run 1440p or higher resolutions without black bars, it's possible to do so with the laptop's settings enabled. The only downside is that you may notice a bit more blurriness compared to running at 2560 x 1600, but this can be mitigated by adjusting the display settings.

**Screen Response Time**

Finally, let's talk about screen response time. I've used the Vantage software to test the laptop's response time, and the results are interesting. With optimus disabled, the average grey-to-grey response time for the panel was around 4.4ms. However, when I turned on overdrive, the response time jumped up to 7.66ms, but there was no overshoot or undershoot present with it off.

While this isn't the best screen response time in the world, it's still well below the 6ms needed for all transitions to occur within the refresh window. This is a great result for a gaming laptop, and it shows that the Lenovo Legion 7 can deliver smooth performance even at high frame rates.

**Conclusion**

Overall, I'm extremely impressed with the Lenovo Legion 7's performance as an esports gaming laptop. With optimus disabled, it was able to hit incredibly high frame rates, making it a great choice for gamers who want the best possible performance. Even when compared to other laptops with similar specs, the Legion 7 comes out on top.

Of course, this is just one review of the Lenovo Legion 7, and there's always more to learn about these types of devices. If you're interested in learning more about the laptop's features and performance, be sure to check out our upcoming full review video as well as the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro review on its way!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enThe new Lenovo Legion 7 offers some crazygaming performance, I’ve tested it in 13games at 2 different resolutions and comparedit against other laptops to show you whatthe differences are.These are the specs of my Legion 7, I’vegot one of the higher specced options withRyzen 9 5900HX CPU, 16 gig RTX 3080 graphics,and a 16” 165Hz screen with G-Sync, butyou can find other configurations like RTX3060 as well as updated prices with the linksdown in the description.Before we get into the game benchmarks, thisvideo is sponsored by Western Digital's MyPassport SSD, a super portable and sleek externalUSB NVMe drive.We all want quick access to our data, andas files continue to get larger a slower harddrive just can't compare.Laptops in particular have limited space forstorage, this small and light external SSDoffers easy expansion.The metal casing offers drop and vibrationresistance, and data can be easily securedwith password protection which uses 256-bitAES hardware encryption.With capacities up to 4TB in size, the WDMy Passport SSD has your on the go storageneeds covered.Back to the Legion 7, it’s using a 16:10screen with a 2560 by 1600 resolution, soI’ve tested games with this, but I’vealso lowered it to 1920 by 1200 as well, asI think this still looks pretty good, so basicallywe’re dealing with the 16:10 versions of1080p and 1440p, which just means there’sa bit more pixels as there’s more verticalspace compared to a traditional 16:9 screen.The Lenovo website lists the following powerlimits for the different GPU options, so basedon this they would appear to be full powervariants.In a GPU only stress test I found my 3080would run at around 160 watts, so 165 withdynamic boost is probably possible.With the processor also loaded up in a CPUstress test, the GPU was still running at150 watts, so basically a full powered laptop3080, and based on that I would assume thatthe 3070 and 3060 models are also full powerwithout any problems.The Legion 7 has a MUX switch, so you candisable optimus after a reboot by turningoff hybrid mode through the Vantage software,and this will boost gaming performance.G-Sync is only available with optimus disabled,but with optimus enabled you still have theoption of using freesync as well, so you’vegot both.Lenovo’s Vantage software lets you modifyperformance modes, I’ve done all testingin the highest performance mode for best results.Unfortunately there’s no fan speed controland despite this having an HX processor, there’sno option in the Lenovo software to modifythe CPU power limits.Let’s start out by checking out gaming performancein 13 games at 2 different resolutions.I’ll compare it with other laptops afterwards,and then look at the screen response time,or if you get bored at any point just usethose timestamps below to time travel to arelevant section.This is just a gaming performance video, Istill need more time with the Legion 7 totest out absolutely everything like batterylife and thermals, so make sure you’re subscribedfor the upcoming full review of the Legion7, as well as the Legion 5 Pro which shouldbe here soon.Cyberpunk 2077 was tested in little Chinawith the street kid life path.I’ve got the 2560 by 1600 native resolutionshown by the red bars, and the lower 1920by 1200 resolution is in the purple bars.Even max settings at the lower resolutionwere still above 60 FPS, while the nativeand higher resolution was only just a littleunder 60 at high settings.Red Dead Redemption 2 was tested with thegames benchmark.Even max settings with the higher resolutionwas right on 60 FPS in this test, an excellentresult given last gen hardware often struggledto achieve this at standard 1080p.Call of Duty Warzone was tested with eitherall settings at minimum or maximum, as itdoesn’t have predefined setting presets.100 FPS was possible even at max settingswith the native resolution, though we couldboost this by 35% by using the lower resolution,which offered bigger gains compared to justlowering settings.For Control let’s start without ray tracingor DLSS, so just stock default gameplay.Max settings at native resolution was stillabove 60 FPS, near that for the 1% low actually,so playing quite well, though we could boost1% lows above average FPS at high and mediumsettings just by lowering resolution if you’reafter higher FPS.Here’s how much performance drops back withray tracing enabled but without DLSS, so still60 FPS max settings at above regular 1080pin the purple bars, not too bad, but DLSSis able to offer nice improvements.Now at max settings with the native resolutionit’s actually performing better with raytracing and DLSS compared to without both.Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was tested withthe game's benchmark.Max settings at the higher resolution wasstill around 60 FPS here, but we could boostaverage FPS by 22% with the lower resolution,or of course instead use lower setting presetsto get those gains.Microsoft Flight Simulator was tested in theSydney landing challenge.There’s not much of a difference at allhere between the two resolutions, so mightas well stick to native res.Best case low settings with the lower resolutionwas just able to hit 60 FPS, but you don’tneed high frame rates for this one.Watch Dogs Legion was tested with the gamesbenchmark, there wasn’t much differencebetween the two resolutions at lower settinglevels here either, but the gap widens athigher presets.At ultra settings the 1% low from the lowerresolution is above the average FPS of thenative res, but that said the higher res isstill above 60 FPS, a great result.Battlefield V was tested in campaign mode,again smaller differences at lower settinglevels and more of a difference at highersettings.The 1% low difference was much more minorcompared to average FPS changes, but regardlessabove 100 FPS at max is great for this test,as you’ll see soon when we look at somecomparisons with other laptops.Shadow of the Tomb Raider was tested withthe games benchmark tool.No difference at all with lowest settings,then like most other titles tested the gapwidens between the two resolutions at highersetting presets, this is another game I’lluse to compare other laptops soon.Fortnite was tested with the replay feature.This is more of an esports test, so higherframe rates are expected, especially withthe ability of disabling optimus, as optimustypically becomes a bigger bottleneck at highframe rates.Anyway still high frame rates at max settingswith some pretty crazy results at lower levels,1% lows at medium with either resolution areabove the screen’s 165Hz refresh rate.CS:GO is another esports title, and this onein particular is one I’ve found to see biggains with optimus disabled due to the highframe rates that the test can hit.Either way again crazy frame rates are possiblehere too.Rainbow Six Siege also hits high frame rateswithout issue, even at the higher native resolution,where max settings was reaching 1% lows abovethe screen’s refresh rate, so a perfectlysmooth experience here too.The Witcher 3 is an older game that I stilltest so that you can compare with my oldervideos.Absolutely zero issues running max settingseven with full resolution, though there werequite big gains to be had at lower the resolutionif you want higher 1% lows.Now let’s find out how well this configurationof the Lenovo Legion 7 compares against otherlaptops.I’ve had to specially run these tests at1080p, as that’s the resolution I’ve gotdata for for the purposes of comparing.I’ve tested Battlefield 5 in campaign modeat ultra settings, and the Legion 7 is highlightedin red.The results are very impressive, this is thesecond highest score I’ve ever seen fromany gaming laptop in this game, at least interms of average FPS, though the 1% low isstill definitely up there too.Keep in mind this is basically the top endspec of the Legion 7, but still the resultsare promising compared to other 3080 laptopsI’ve tested so I’d expect the lead toalso translate down to the 3070 or 3060 modelstoo when compared to others with those GPUs.Shadow of the Tomb Raider was tested withthe games benchmark tool with the highestsetting preset, and the Legion 7 moves downjust one position here and is only a few framesbehind a larger 17” laptop with the sameCPU and GPU.Regardless, it is still one of the best resultsI’ve ever recorded from any gaming laptopthanks to the combination of high end specs,high power limits and the ability to disableoptimus.Far Cry 5 was also tested with the games benchmarktool at max settings.The Legion 7 moves down a bit further here,this test generally depends more on the processor,however at the same time it looks like itmight also favour Intel systems given thosetake up the top 5 spots.In any case the Legion 7 is only just slightlybehind the same specced but larger Prometheus17.Setting the laptop to 1080p in Windows addsblack bars above and below, but with prettymuch all games running at 1080p it just stretchesthe game out a bit to fill the whole screen,it depends on the game and if it supportssetting aspect ratio.When stretched out I could notice it but itdepends on the game.You could also run regular 1440p with blackbars too.As for how 1920 by 1200 looks, honestly, Ithink it’s still pretty good, if I go outof my way yeah it looks a little blurriercompared to 2560 by 1600, but when I’m inthe game and playing it’s not somethingI’m actively noticing, but this could dependon the person viewing.Honestly as we’ve seen, with the specs inmy Legion 7 it can run modern games with highsettings at the full native resolution anyway,so with the 3080 you might as well just enjoythat, but it will be a different story withsay the RTX 3060 - hopefully I can get thatone to test out too.Alright now let’s check out the screen responsetime.The vantage software lets you enable or disablepanel overdrive which affects screen responsetime, mine was off by default.If we turn on overdrive, the average grey-to-greyresponse time for the panel was around 4.4ms.There’s a link down in the description ifyou need an explanation on what all of thesenumbers mean.With overdrive instead disabled, we’re lookingat a 7.66ms response time now, however therewas now no overshoot or undershoot which waspresent with it on.It’s one of the better results when comparingit against others, not the best, but wellbelow the 6ms needed for all transitions tooccur within the refresh window so nothingto complain about.There’s a LOT more I need to show you aboutthe Lenovo Legion 7, I just need more timeto finish testing it out, so make sure you’resubscribed for the upcoming full review videoas well as for the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro aswell, which is on its way!For now, come join us in Discord and get behindthe scenes videos by supporting the channelon Patreon.\n"