WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.830 - In today's video sponsored by Lenovo Legion and Microsoft. 00:00:03.830 --> 00:00:06.900 We'll be witnessing a truly historic event. 00:00:06.900 --> 00:00:11.680 That's right ladies and gentlemen. It seems like someone somewhere out there 00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:16.470 is actually listening to me because this thing has it all. 00:00:16.470 --> 00:00:20.010 This is the Legion 5 Pro and it takes the latest 00:00:20.010 --> 00:00:23.050 that both AMD and NVIDIA have to offer. 00:00:23.050 --> 00:00:26.560 Pairs it with outstanding cooling And. 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:30.770 Get this, as a 16:10, 00:00:30.770 --> 00:00:35.360 16-inch, 165 Hertz display. 00:00:35.360 --> 00:00:40.460 That ticks basically every box except for outstanding color accuracy. 00:00:40.460 --> 00:00:46.800 Oh wait. They added that as well. So let's take a look at this thing. 00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:52.160 Oh my God. Why did 16:10 ever go away? 00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:56.660 Like, it is so much bigger. 00:00:56.660 --> 00:00:59.553 How big is this donger? No! 00:01:00.570 --> 00:01:03.580 It's 2560 x 1600? 00:01:03.580 --> 00:01:07.490 I asked for this for so long. I didn't even ask. 00:01:07.490 --> 00:01:13.620 I didn't even think anyone would do it. I don't think I ever asked for 2560 x 1600. 00:01:13.620 --> 00:01:18.600 So a 16:10 aspect ratio. I was like, come on 2560 x 1440. 00:01:18.600 --> 00:01:24.530 This is even better. This is the perfect resolution for a display of this size. 00:01:24.530 --> 00:01:29.340 Because if you go 4k, you're basically pushing extra pixels to your GPU 00:01:29.340 --> 00:01:35.070 making it work harder for no apparent reason giving you worst performance than you would otherwise have. 00:01:35.070 --> 00:01:39.400 And in some cases, worse battery life because the tighter your pixel matrix 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:42.930 the harder the backlight has to work and 1080p? 00:01:42.930 --> 00:01:48.410 It's just, it's not enough. So I thought this was gonna be 1920 x 1200. 00:01:48.410 --> 00:01:52.100 2560 x 1600. Man. 00:01:52.100 --> 00:01:55.490 And of course like most modern gaming laptops 00:01:55.490 --> 00:02:01.630 you're looking at that gorgeous IPS goodness which means that your viewing angles are freakin' awesome. 00:02:01.630 --> 00:02:05.520 All right, all right. But let's step back a second here and have a look at the IO. So over on the left 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:08.620 we've got a headphone Jack, USB Type-C. 00:02:08.620 --> 00:02:12.930 Something to bear in mind guys, is because this is an AMD based machine 00:02:12.930 --> 00:02:16.020 you do get the finest mobile CPU performance 00:02:16.020 --> 00:02:21.680 on the market with up to eight cores. This one right here has a Ryzen 7 5800H 8-core. 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:26.750 But, that means no Thunderbolt. So that is a regular USB Type-C. 00:02:26.750 --> 00:02:32.310 We've got a large vent over here. then on the back, more large vents, more USB. 00:02:32.310 --> 00:02:36.350 So these are USB Type-A and Type-C. Ethernet, HDMI 00:02:36.350 --> 00:02:39.730 and finally over on the right, we've got another USB Type-A. 00:02:39.730 --> 00:02:43.570 And. Look at that! Got a nice little physical webcam switch. 00:02:43.570 --> 00:02:47.290 Not everyone is into the whole webcam pointed at you all the time 00:02:47.290 --> 00:02:51.410 while you're using your computer. And this is a really, really nice way to integrate it. 00:02:51.410 --> 00:02:56.060 Just being able to turn that off on a physical level with a button on the side 00:02:56.060 --> 00:03:00.910 I'm really glad that they do include a web cam. Some of Lenovo Legion's competitors 00:03:00.910 --> 00:03:04.550 have just outright stopped including webcams on their gaming laptops. 00:03:04.550 --> 00:03:07.780 Which to me is just like, come on! 00:03:07.780 --> 00:03:11.840 Sometimes even gamers need to have a quick meeting or I mean, maybe they need to stream. 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:17.810 They forget their webcam. It's nice to have it there. On the lid we've got our nice eliminated Legion logo. 00:03:17.810 --> 00:03:20.993 On the bottom we've got still more venting. You know what? 00:03:20.993 --> 00:03:24.700 Actually, let's talk about the cooling system before we go any further. 00:03:24.700 --> 00:03:28.290 We've got user replaceable modules for both memory slots, 00:03:28.290 --> 00:03:34.240 Two M.2 slots, as well as your Wi-Fi. So that's about as user upgradable as it gets 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:38.130 for a laptop these days. We've got a 78 watt-hour battery. 00:03:38.130 --> 00:03:41.660 And this is freakin' sick. 00:03:41.660 --> 00:03:45.210 Look at the size of this heat pipe, 00:03:45.210 --> 00:03:50.510 ladies and gentlemen. So this is Lenovo Legions, Coldfront 3.0 cooling system. 00:03:50.510 --> 00:03:55.000 It uses a combination of big fat radiators. 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:58.900 Software, to basically make sure that the fan curve is always optimal. 00:03:58.900 --> 00:04:03.120 And what they call their Lenovo Legion AI Engine which is basically a way 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:09.260 of taking the available power coming into the machine and divvying it up according to what kind of workload 00:04:09.260 --> 00:04:13.210 you are running. So for example, if you're running a game that's not very graphically intensive 00:04:13.210 --> 00:04:18.500 like Counter-Strike Global Offensive. It might say, okay we need to give more juice to the CPU 00:04:18.500 --> 00:04:22.230 to pump up those frame rates and a little less to the GPU. 00:04:22.230 --> 00:04:26.870 And then vice versa if you were playing something like Cyberpunk 2077 for whatever reason. 00:04:26.870 --> 00:04:30.170 This combination of software, beefy cooling and fan design 00:04:30.170 --> 00:04:34.250 allows Lenovo to run for, they say 12 hours consecutively 00:04:34.250 --> 00:04:37.350 without any thermal throttling. And we actually did check that 00:04:37.350 --> 00:04:42.150 on one of their previous models and it was honestly really impressive. 00:04:42.150 --> 00:04:47.970 What I haven't tried yet is the keyboard. (keyboard clacking) 00:04:48.930 --> 00:04:52.550 It's not too loud but good travel distance, 00:04:52.550 --> 00:04:55.980 feels pretty tactile. Yeah. Not bad. Not bad actually. 00:04:55.980 --> 00:04:59.310 Feels really good. Got a number pad if you're into that sort of thing. 00:04:59.310 --> 00:05:02.880 Of course, that does mean that your track pad is going to be a little bit offset 00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:07.770 but it's got a nice big track pad and tracks really nicely. 00:05:07.770 --> 00:05:11.430 I mean, anything feels so much better when you have that high refresh rate display. 00:05:11.430 --> 00:05:14.680 Just the whole system feels so much more responsive. 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:18.410 Of course the keyboard is RGB up the wazoo. 00:05:18.410 --> 00:05:21.750 And actually could I get a mouse? I'll play some games. 00:05:21.750 --> 00:05:24.910 Disarm Bomb. All right, we're go until I get a kill. 00:05:24.910 --> 00:05:28.360 Okay. - [Jono] Should we do a body swap with David? - We could be here a while. 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:33.193 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I'm flash banged run. 00:05:36.890 --> 00:05:40.460 Oh no I lost already. Can't blame the computer though. 00:05:40.460 --> 00:05:44.800 I'm running anywhere from 220-260 frames per second here. 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:48.340 It defaulted me to ultra but it actually put me down at 1920 x 1200. 00:05:48.340 --> 00:05:51.420 So we're going to crank it to 2560 x 1600 00:05:51.420 --> 00:05:54.450 and see how our RTX 3070 handles it. 00:05:54.450 --> 00:05:57.540 We're still getting 160, 170 frames per second. 00:05:57.540 --> 00:06:00.780 I wouldn't mind a little more than that for our competitive game, 00:06:00.780 --> 00:06:03.921 but no complaints either. Wait, what the? Who's shooting me? 00:06:03.921 --> 00:06:08.020 (laughs) - [Jono] You got like five kills though, 00:06:08.020 --> 00:06:13.080 against easy bots? - Easy bots. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Now it's time to fire up Forza Horizon 4 00:06:13.080 --> 00:06:16.940 which is of course a Microsoft Xbox game pass game. 00:06:16.940 --> 00:06:20.610 So if you're into playing lots of different games and you don't necessarily have 00:06:20.610 --> 00:06:23.650 that kind of relationship commitment level 00:06:23.650 --> 00:06:26.900 that some people do. Game Pass is a fantastic way 00:06:26.900 --> 00:06:32.790 to have access to a ton of great games for what is a shockingly reasonable subscription fee. 00:06:32.790 --> 00:06:36.910 Optimizing for your PC, please wait. Your Windows 10 PC. 00:06:36.910 --> 00:06:40.850 This is sponsored by Microsoft. So I am obligated to remind you that Windows 00:06:40.850 --> 00:06:44.120 is the place to go when it comes to gaming on PC. 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:47.670 I think you guys all know that but if you don't, now you do. 00:06:47.670 --> 00:06:52.840 All right I turned off Dynamic Optimization so we can really get a good idea of what FPS 00:06:52.840 --> 00:06:57.300 the game is running at. Vsync off, Motion Blur off. Other than that we're cranked to ultra 00:06:57.300 --> 00:07:01.710 and running it native res. Oh no. My license plate is Titanic. 00:07:01.710 --> 00:07:04.720 That's unfortunate. Man this is such a pretty game 00:07:05.890 --> 00:07:09.100 and we're still running it over a hundred FPS. 00:07:09.100 --> 00:07:14.870 And this is without dynamic quality turned on and stuff. So this is like pinned to ultra. 00:07:14.870 --> 00:07:18.830 - [Jono] Does the gold controller makes you a lot better? - No, absolutely not. 00:07:18.830 --> 00:07:22.650 If anything, it's more difficult to use. It's really stupid. 00:07:22.650 --> 00:07:26.670 Where's speakers on this puppy? Whoops. 00:07:26.670 --> 00:07:30.060 Yeah. It's well-balanced sound. This is a really good game for checking out a computer sound 00:07:30.060 --> 00:07:34.500 'cause it just sounds so good. Obviously there's not a ton of rumble, 00:07:34.500 --> 00:07:37.990 not a ton of bass, but it's a laptop. You gotta be realistic. 00:07:38.910 --> 00:07:42.270 I gotta say this is quite a package that Lenovo Legion has put together here 00:07:42.270 --> 00:07:48.747 whether you're a professional gamer or you're more into video editing where you will really appreciate that extra verticals 00:07:48.747 --> 00:07:51.810 You know, all your different layers on your timeline 00:07:51.810 --> 00:07:57.010 and stuff like that. This thing is the complete freakin' package. 00:07:57.010 --> 00:08:00.690 So thanks again to Lenovo Legion and Microsoft for sponsoring this video. 00:08:00.690 --> 00:08:04.260 The bottom line is, if you haven't caught anything else 00:08:04.260 --> 00:08:07.300 is that this laptop, the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 00:08:07.300 --> 00:08:10.850 comes down to precision craftsmanship and great performance 00:08:10.850 --> 00:08:14.290 at a sort of medium to premium tier price. 00:08:14.290 --> 00:08:18.490 And if you guys want to learn more you can check it out at the link in the video description. 00:08:18.490 --> 00:08:22.210 Don't forget to subscribe to ShortCircuit for more videos like this one. 00:08:22.210 --> 00:08:28.330 I can't promise we'll bring out the gold controller every time. 'Cause I really do want someone to just buy it from me. 00:08:28.330 --> 00:08:31.303 But, we'll have lots of other good stuff.