Just wondering how it manages thermals. I know this gen AMD is really great for graphics, but I know thermals also plays a big role.

Right now im on a X1 carbon with 1165g7, and it supposed has pretty good graphics for intel. But even if im getting 100fps ill get dips down to 2fps at times because it starts to throttle.

So while the CPU and igpu are good enough for me on paper, the performance really isnt.

I dont game a ton on it, but its nice to have for the random esports title every so often (so i wish it was better).

So how is FW? And is there a big difference between the 7640U and 7840U?

Thanks.

  • @glumpoodleBEnglish
    1•7 months ago

    Elevated Systems did a comparison of gaming on the FW13 natively, docked, and with an eGPU. Short answer: you can game on it, but this is not a gaming laptop, and shouldn’t be treated as one. For starters, the 60 Hz display will cause ghosting if you’re pushing high frame rates (though you still have the option of playing docked to an external gaming monitor). You can get decent performance on some games with the graphics dialed down, but the fan will spin up like crazy for demanding titles.

    If gaming is important to you, the 7840U has 50% more GPU compute units compared to the 7640U - and while performance doesn’t scale linearly, that does represent a pretty significant difference.