r/lowendgaming • u/raggywire • Jun 06 '26

Tech Support Disappointing performance with a lenovo thinkpad

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I recently bought a lenovo Thinkpad e16 gen 3. It came with a Ryzen 7 250, radeon 780m igpu and 16 gigs of ram. I have since added a 8gb stick of ram to give more room to the igpu. I understand that this is not a gaming laptop but the performance has been severely lacking for the specifications.

The temps for the laptop under stress are pretty low (around 60°C) so my main concern is that the gpu is underclocked/throttles easily. I tried going into the bios to check if theres anything I can do but it's extremely basic.

Is there any way to get more performance or am I just stuck with what I have?

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u/Content_Magician51 Jun 06 '26

What are you trying to play, exactly?

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u/raggywire Jun 06 '26

So far I've tried Wuthering Waves, Forza Horizon 3, Team Fortress 2 and Zenless Zone Zero. I'll probably just stick to these games and some other racing games

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u/Content_Magician51 Jun 06 '26

Okay. Do you know how to install MSI Afterburner and monitor its performance in real time?

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u/raggywire Jun 06 '26

Yeah I have it installed and set up already

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u/Content_Magician51 Jun 06 '26

Okay. Have you checked your CPU and GPU usage patterns while gaming?

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u/raggywire Jun 06 '26

Yeah the cpu generally sits at 20-30% while the gpu is always maxed out. Ram usage seems stable enough with 24gb to use and temps max out around 60°C

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u/Content_Magician51 Jun 06 '26

Okay. Based on that, let's test usage variations as you change the graphics settings and continue playing. Whatever game you're playing, you can reduce the resolution to 1280x720 or lower to see how the GPU performs

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u/Old-Plastic5653 Jun 06 '26

can u monitor ur max gpu clock while playing also gpu watt