Sirluke99

I ran the Ambient Light Measurement and got this. Does this mean my room is not bright enough?

The RGB settings from earlier in the calibration are at 48-50 now. This might have to go back.

Got a new 27in MSI G274QPF monitor. (IPS, Anti Glare, etc). got latest software for Calibrite Colorchecker Display Pro. Get all the way to the brightness adjustment. Set Target Luminance to 80. Measured Luminance is 213 at default setting for Brightness at 68. Adjust Brightness to lowest setting of 0 and Measured Luminance only goes down to 135. What are my options at this point? Monitor Specs - https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/ff0534a8

Price went up $50 since i ordered the Lenovo yesterday. Now $1449. Regular $1999

Ordered from B&H.. Best price all around for I9 and RTX 4070. Others have said the used 64GB and no issues. Will watch the prices of DDR5 @2x32GB and deal with it as pries fall or needs come up. Thanks for you words of wisdom.

Just got off a chat with Lenovo Support after seeing that all the offerings only show memory upgrading to a ax of 32GB. They said that is correct. I don't see the Legion 5 Pro on Amazon being offer with 64GB but they are coming from after market companies. Checked MicroCenter, BestBuy, B&H, etc and they all max out at 32GB. Any idea why 32GB is max? At todays standards I would need to buy another one next year. Also NVMe SSD max up to 1TB. This is very disheartening to find out. Was about to order this one today: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1745682-REG/lenovo_82wk0083us_16_legion_pro_5i.html Wonder if it is the Chipset they are using: Chipset Chipset Intel HM770 chipset All Lenovo offerings: https://psref.lenovo.com/Product/Legion/Legion_Pro_5_16IRX8 Memory Max Memory[1] Up to 32GB DDR5-4800 offering Up to 32GB DDR5-5600 offering Memory Slots Two DDR5 SO-DIMM slots, dual-channel capable Memory Type** DDR5-4800[2] DDR5-5600 Notes: 1. The max memory is based on the test results with current Lenovo memory offerings. 2. Installed memory is actually 5600MHz but may run at 4800MHz due to processor limitation. Storage Storage Support[1] Up to two drives, 2x M.2 SSD • M.2 2280 SSD up to 1TB Storage Slot Two M.2 2280 PCIe® 4.0 x4 slots

Found this on B&H. Wish Amazon had it as I have A $280 reward credit I could use. They have a I7 with the 4070 for about $1599.

They also have this one on sale. $1299 MSI Raider 16”, I9-13950HX, 32 GB

Here is a new offer from Costco: Lenovo LEGION Pro 5i 16" Gaming Laptop - 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900HX - GeForce RTX 4060 - 165Hz 2560 x 1600 $1299

Thanks Brian. I went ahead and bought it but not going to open it as the other Black Friday sales are still to come.. COSTCO has a 90 day return policy and unopen box. Keeping eye on the Lenovo and ASUS equivalents. One other limitation I found in this one is it only has one NVMe slot. That is more of a deal breaker for me. Got my eye out.

Model # HP Victus - HP 16-r0073cl Some of the reviews don't like the screen but being anti-glare may be the reasons for gamers to dislike. Also no SD Card slot but see that going away on a lot of laptops i have looked at. Lastly the USB-C port does not allow charging, not sure if good or bad, that would be new to me. Would like to be able to get Display out with a USB-C docking adapter. will reaseach that one. Product details Processor & Memory: 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13700HX (16-Core) Processor 32GB DDR5 4800MHz RAM Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 11 Home Drives: 1TB PCIe M.2 NVMe Gen4 Solid State Drive No Optical Drive Graphics & Video: 16.1" Anti-Glare IPS Micro-Edge FHD (1920 x 1080) 144HZ Display NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060, 8GB Communications: Wi-Fi 6E (2x2/160) Gig+ and Bluetooth® 5.3 Integrated FHD 1080p Webcam with Privacy Shutter Audio: Audio by B&O with Dual Speakers Keyboard: Backlit 1 Zone RGB Keyboard with Numeric Keypad Ports & Slots: 1x USB Type-C (USB Power Delivery, DisplayPort 1.4, HP Sleep and Charge) 1x USB Type-A (HP Sleep and Charge) 2x USB Type-A 1x HDMI 2.1 1x RJ-45 1x Headphone/Microphone Combination Jack Battery: 4-Cell 70Wh Li-ion Polymer Battery Additional Information: Dimensions: 14.53"L x 10.21"W x 0.90"~0.94"H Approximate Weight: 5.11 lbs

Brian, what are your thoughts on this laptop. My 13 year old ASUS finally died and currently running on a basic HP I5 but I have a dedicated desktop for editing. Want to as a backup to editing and a little gaming. Sale on this ends today, 12 Nov 2023. I know there may be other deals coming up as Black Friday approaches. If this does not meet a particular spec please let me know. Thanks.

Thanks Brian

Brian, how do you feel about building a system using a AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and AMD Radeon RX7700 XT GPU vs a Intel I7 13th Gen CPU and Nvidia 3070 or 4070 GPU. Does AMD hardware play well with Photoshop and Premier, or Adobe products in general? Ready to pull the plug soon. MAC/Apple is not a option fo me.