Okay - Thinkpad and gaming is bad

It's good if you put things in Medium and don't stress the laptop. Moment you crank things up High (with capable eGPU + CPU) , the laptop starts to throttle...real bad...i mean really bad (Despite using ThrottleStop).

It's like Lenovo wants the temperature to be at 80C-85C for CPU when graphics is being used. The problem is I am not using my built-in GeForce 1050 Ti - but my external GPU. However , the damn internal GPU is on (just in case if opps happens and it will pick up the slack/displaying desktop)

So yeah...those who are using eGPU - yes you can game decently but don't expect to get desktop like performance ......probably in their gaming laptop they are bit more relaxed...but in thinkpad - they are stricter

Thermal issue contribute a lot.

I played dota with my dgpu MX150 just now. The nvidia driver set the optimum performance in geforce but when I check in game graphic almost every effect was tick and set at high. Despite having stable 60fps, it stutter sometimes.
I uncheck those unneeded effect grass, wind, ambient etc. Highest thermal at 75c.

Feels weird gaming at thinkpad, the keyboard. I kept accidentally press the start button

Any review on T580? prefer 15" display. Not sure why Lenovo Malaysia dont have the option to add discrete graphic card for T580.

To choose in between T580 and ideapad 530s. Which one is better?

light gaming / Microsoft / AutoCad.

I am looking at Lenovo Malaysia site and the Carbon X16 is still priced the same as what I bought for 1 month ago. Stable price so far. Will keep this notebook for a few years I guess.

Battery life about8 hours, kinda short, but acceptable. Too long it would need to be heavier.

Just buy USB-PD Powerbank. You can charge up the computer and get even more extended battery life

BTW undervolt the CPU , can go even further..i

PD is heavy. Id rather just carry a PD adaptor. as long as it is light

Btw, how do I go about undervolting the CPU?

Firstly get ThrottleStop - download that first and install it

Then pick option 4 , which the one that says battery

Turn off turbo boost

speed shift epp set it to 180 [higher value means , clock down frequently]
Then click FIVR , in CPU Core , offset voltage - -50mV or you can set it to -25mV , later if you are greedy you can try -75mW

Save it and see the improvement in battery life and the heat

Done. I think I followed your guide to the letter. We will see how it goes from here.

Btw, do I need to keep Throttle Stop running after I've "saved" it? Do I need to loan it up after each restart?

want to ask, which nvme ssd can use for X1 Extreme?
today finally get my 1tb ssd....
but both side got nand so cant install....
any recommendation?
thanks

I need help

I always have a logitech RF receiver attached to my USB port on my X1C6. When I close the lid the pc will go to sleep/hybrid, but if I move the mouse the pc will be turned on even if the lid is closed.

I dont want to always have to turn my mouse off, I might forget about it sometimes.

ANy way to disable "wake from sleep" except for:

1. opening the lid
2. pressing the power button

Thanks in advance

Go to Device Manager - just search.

Look for the right mouse - if you not sure just unplug the mouse plug it back. Find the right thing. Once you have found the right mouse , double click and uncheck allow this device to wake the computer

Done - it will not wake the device , when you move the mouse or something

Thanks, but I cannot find the "power management" tab in ALL of my mouse and keyboard entries in the device manager.

ive done this before on other PCs, not sure why this X1C6 can't do this anymore...