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Rubi Strycker

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Aug 3, 2024, 4:20:41 PM8/3/24

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When running any game with heavy graphics, the CPU (Ryzen 7) runs super hard (>60%) causing frequent frame drops, while on the other hand, the GPU (RTX 3050 ti) is running maybe at 20% or lower. I have heard that my GPU is nothing special, but I feel like it should be able to run games smoothly at least at medium settings. Currently, I have to run games at the bare minimum settings to get a steady framerate. I am currently using a new Legion 5 Pro, AMD Ryzen 7, RTX 3050 ti, 16GB DDR5, 512GB SSD. Any help?

Can you let us know the games you tend to play that are having the most issues? The XX50 versions are typically the lowest end of the GPU iterations, regardless of how new they are; they aren't designed to give a large leg up (unless you were coming from something insanely old).

I haven't used your laptop but I'm pretty sure you have dual graphics, be it both integrated (cpu generated) in addition to your dedicated gpu. There's almost certainly a feature that transitions between the two to save power and this feature doesn't always engaged the gpu when it's needed.

Basically, I think your problem isn't the 3050 but that the laptop isn't turning it on. If you go into the gpu settings, you should see a list of installed games/programs and what the system has designated for it (either integrated, nvidia or auto). You can manually switch it to Nvidia.

An easy, and quick way to see if you can improve this is to check and/or change power settings. At least before you are gaming. If it is set to power saving, or even balanced, it may not be using the graphics card as much since they use quite a bit of additional power.
You can always set it back to a less power hungry setting when not gaming. It just takes going to/searching for "power setting" and changing it. Sometimes you have to scroll down to "advanced" in that panel/window. But it still takes hardly any time.
That would be an easy and quick way to start and see if it makes any difference. If it doesn't you can always look for more solutions.
Good luck.

That's strange, I'm running a Legion 5i laptop with a RTX 3050 non ti and the GPU still gets 100% utilization or close to it in most cases. With that, you'd be right, you certainly should be getting more performance out of a 3050ti as my 3050 can stably run Fortnite on high settings through DX11. Fortnite is super CPU intensive if you run it in the performance graphics mode but 20% is just too low in general.

Anyway, to start trying to fix this, I'd reinstall the Vantage app through the Microsoft store, sometimes the install that comes with the device can be glitched/missing a few features. Then in the Vantage app you could check if your model has features like dedicated GPU mode which you could try but you can also check if hybrid mode is causing it if it is on. Power mode settings within windows could also contradict Legion's power mode if set to battery saver, check that as well. Next if you don't have Nvidia GeForce experience downloaded, get that and update drivers. Lastly, make sure vantage has the device in either balanced or performance so all components get proper power but even then it should get more than 20% in quiet mode so I doubt this last bit is the cause.

The GeForce RTX 3050 6GB is about 20% slower than the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB, according to preliminary benchmarks by ComputerBase. The 6GB model launched yesterday is cut down in four key areas: memory, core count, clock speed, and power consumption. While the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB is certainly a downgrade in performance, it also features some of the best efficiency and lowest power consumption among the best graphics cards.

ComputerBase got its hands on a GeForce RTX 3050 6GB early by ordering it from a retailer that had put up the card for sale too early. Although the publication hasn't finished testing, it has released some preliminary benchmarks. The model in question is MSI's GeForce RTX 3050 Ventus 2X 6G OC, one of the higher-end GeForce RTX 3050 6GB variants.

Incidentally, retail listings for the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB claim a CUDA core count of 2,048, but it seems this is a mistake. MSI's website claims its GeForce RTX 3050 6GB has 2,304 CUDA cores, as rumors initially claimed, and ComputerBase checked its 3050 6GB through GPU-Z, which also says 2,304 cores. It's unclear why retailers got this specification wrong, but ultimately, it seems that the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB isn't relatively as disadvantaged as thought.

ComputerBase showed benchmarks in Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty and 3DMark Time Spy, Speed Way, and Port Royal. Though the performance margins varied a bit between each test, the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB was about 80% as fast as its 8GB counterpart, which is unsurprising given that it has fewer cores, lower clock speeds, and less memory bandwidth. Because the 6GB model also costs about 80% of the price, its value is the same as the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB.

However, there is one area that the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB excels in: power efficiency. For 20% less performance, the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB has nearly half the power draw, making it about 50% more efficient than the 8GB version. While power consumption isn't often a concern about low-end gaming GPUs, it enables the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB to offer unique models. For example, Palit has a GeForce RTX 3050 6GB with no active cooling at all, and MSI has a low-profile, dual-slot GeForce RTX 3050 6GB, which could rank among the fastest low-profile min-ITX GPUs today.

The latest benchmarks come from GPD which will be utilizing the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU within its DUO laptop which features two 13.3" displays jam-packed together. The GPU DUO is going to be a multi-functional design that can be converted into a tablet and various other hand-held configurations.

The iGPU includes a Radeon 890M chip based on the RDNA 3.5 graphics architecture. It packs 16 compute units that are clocked at 2900 MHz. The chip also packs a high-performance XDNA 2 "Ryzen AI" NPU with up to 50 AI TOPS and 80 platform TOPS.

Coming to the performance numbers, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU was first tested within the Cinebench 2024 benchmark and scored 124 points in the single-core and 1525 points in the multi-core tests. As per GPD itself, the single-core matches the same performance as the Ryzen 9 7950X which clocks up to 5.7 GHz versus the 5.1 GHz of the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 while the multi-thread CPU performance exceeds that of the Ryzen 9 5950X which features 33% more cores (16 vs 12).

We also added a few more chips for our comparisons and it looks like the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU will be very close to the Ryzen 9 7900X, a 12-core Zen 4 chip that clocks at up to 5.6 GHz and has TDP-rated at 170W while the Strix Point APU is not only thermally constrained but also has a lower TDP within the GPD DUO which maxes out at 60W.

Compared to its predecessor, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 scores an 18% single-core performance uplift over the Phoenix and Hawk APUs while the multi-threaded score sees a massive 57% performance uplift versus the same chips.

In terms of graphics performance, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 comes packed with the Radeon 890M iGPU which was operating at a TDP of 54W. The chip was tested in 3DMark Time Spy where it scored 4221 points in the graphics test. This is a 51% improvement over the Radeon 780M (RDNA 3) iGPU at the same 54W TDP while the boosted 72W configuration of the 780M still ends up slower against the new RDNA 3.5 iGPU which leads by 31%.

Versus the most popular and common discrete graphics, the Radeon 890M iGPU still secures a win over the RTX 2050 rated at 45W, and closes in on the RTX 3050 rated at 50W which is a spectacular showcase of AMD's refined RDNA architecture and it only goes on to show that we can expect some great gaming performance on the next-gen handhelds and Mini PCs that pack these new APUs.

Overall, the performance showcased here by the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU for the GPD DUO is very nice, and we look forward to testing it out ourselves once the new laptops, Mini PCs and hand-helds start shipping later next quarter.

Recently there's been a lot of talk about whether or not you should buy a new graphics card right now, and while these discussions always pop up near the end of a generation, they're more prevalent than ever this time around given you've been almost unable to buy a graphics card for the past 2 years, or unable to do so at a reasonable price. So today we're going to look at what we believe to be the best value segment.

So far and for the past few months, our advice since has been as follows: if you can, avoid buying a high-end graphics card such as the RTX 3080 or better. We believe these are still overpriced and prices will continue to drop, particularly after next-gen GPUs land in a few months. But if you're desperate for a GPU and have waited out the crypto boom, we recommend going for something more mid-range to low-end as these products won't decline as much in terms of pricing, and their replacements are still far off in comparison.