r/AMDLaptops

My old Samsung ultra book died - and I have researched up the HX 370 Chip which seems pretty awesome and the iGPU is pretty impressive.

Should I wait? I see the next line of Amd would be late 2026 / 27

I basically want a laptop- not to fancy like the Asus Vivo book S 15 w/ the Ryzen AI 9 w/ 890m graphics - to 'lightly' tread the PC gaming waters. I've always been an console player and my desktop is ancient.

The Vivobook S 15 would be work/normal use possible gaming but not intense of course. Low 1080p maybe medium. I have looked at a ton of different laptop models and ones like Asus Zenbook S have thermal issues- it's too thin. And I don't want a dedicated GPU those can have issues too and poor battery life for the everyday use stuff

I want to upgrade ram on my laptop. It has one empty slot. I am thinking of upgrading to one more 8gb (total 16gb ram). What I am not sure about my soldered 8gb ram specifications like channel mode (single or dual) and chip organization (x8, x16). soldered 8gb ram speed is 3200 MT/s. How do i know of this before buy a new ram (is it necessary too to know of this).
so, which ram should i go for???

Hello guys, I'm new to laptops and am currently using the ASUS VivoBook S16 M3607HA-RP005WSM.

It has a Ryzen 7 260 and AMD Radeon 780m iGPU.

I have set the power plan thing to 99%, but it still reaches 95⁰ c when playing, if possible I'd like to limit my cpu temp to around 70/80. I've read that I should use UXTU, but I don't know where to download it, nor what preset I should use. I'd appreciate any help :)

Hello, I am looking for a laptop. I would want to play not so GPU heavy games like Football Manager, Factorio, Hollow Knight etc. I need to multitask with Chrome open in the background. I might use Unity for 2D game development.

These two laptops are available at similar price ranges in my country. I am in bit of a dilemma

1. CPU and cooling: MSI has Ryzen 7 250 and Lenovo has 7735HS. Though 250 has better performance, I am not sure how the TDP factors in. Ryzen 7 250 has 28W TDP and 7735HS have 35-54W TDP. I could not find which TDP is actually configured in these laptops. Does having higher TDP mean a processor will outperform another even if it has lower performance? Will MSI throttle because of low TDP?

I can sit for 7-8 hours for Football Manager (cpu heavy single core performance game). I don't know the cooling quality​ of these models.

Also I haven’t used any laptops so don't know how robust the cooling system of each laptop is. I couldn’t find any videos for these specific models.

2. RAM : I could not find the RAM configuration for MSI laptop, but I believe its 1x16 (so no dual channel) bcause all the websites say it has 16 gb ram with 2 slots and upgradable to 32gb.
   The Lenovo has 2x8 ram sticks (dual channel)

3. Igpu: 780M vs 680M. With dual channel Lenovo is the winner because of no VRam. But I don’t think for the games I play it will matter too much.

4. Display: Both IPS panels. With MSI having 250 nits while Lenovo having 300 nits. Is it much of a difference? Please enlighten me.

5. Battery: Don't care too much. I will mostly use it plugged in.

So, I am really confused which will be better for my usage?​ Mostly which one will have better cpu performance? Do Lenovo win because its supppsed higher TDP or or MSI wins because of its efficient and more powerful cpu? Also, because of its low TDP, does it mean the overall long term health of MSI laptop will be better?

HP Victus 15 AMD — BIOS Unlock + Power Limit Removal

Hi everyone,

I have an HP Victus 15 with a locked BIOS that restricts GPU and CPU performance significantly.

Specs:

• HP Victus 15 Laptop
• AMD Ryzen 5 5600H (Cezanne)
• AMD Radeon RX 6500M (Discrete/Hybrid)
• 16GB DDR4 3200 MT/s Dual Channel
• Windows 11 x64
• BIOS Version: F.24

Request:

• Unlock AMD CBS hidden menu
• Remove GPU power limit lock (currently locked at ~35-40W)
• Remove CPU TDP restrictions
• Enable memory overclocking support
• Disable HP Sure Start signature verification if possible

What I've already tried:

• MorePowerTool — no PowerPlay table found in registry
• GPU-Z BIOS read — blocked by OEM
• MSI Afterburner — locked by OEM
• AMD Adrenalin manual tuning — completely greyed out
• DDU + clean AMD driver install — no change
• RyzenAdj/UXTU — CPU side working but GPU fully locked
• Registry scan for PP_PhmSoftPowerPlayTable — not found

The HX 370 in laptop form factors throttles within ~2 minutes on sustained

LLM inference because the chassis can't dissipate the heat. Curious what the

silicon does in a 32 dB fanless mini-PC instead — answer: a LOT.

Test bench:

- Beelink SER9 Pro

- HX 370 (12 cores, Zen 5)

- Radeon 890M (16 RDNA 3.5 CUs)

- 32GB LPDDR5x-7500 dual channel

- Stock cooling — no repaste, no fan curve mods

Workload: 60 minutes uninterrupted LLM inference at 4–8K context.

Model: Qwen 3.5 35B A3B Q4_K_M (35B MoE, ~3B active params per token,

~21GB memory footprint). Backend: LMStudio (llama.cpp+Vulkan under the hood),

15–20 of ~48 layers offloaded to the 890M iGPU.

Sustained numbers across the full hour:

- tok/s: 20–22 ± 0.6. NO degradation curve.

- Package temp: 84–87C steady. Zero thermal-throttle events in dmesg.

- Fan noise: stayed under 32 dB measured at 30cm.

- Power: 56–58W steady. PPT held at platform target.

- Idle return: 12W within ~10s of load ending.

For comparison, on a smaller dense model (Gemma 4 E4B Q8 with full offload

via vanilla llama.cpp Vulkan): ~16 tok/s sustained. Same chassis, same hour.

The HX 370 + 890M combo is genuinely capable of MoE-class inference at

sizes that the laptop chassis throttles to uselessness. From the perf-thread

data points in this sub: typical Strix Point laptops on the same silicon hold

~10–13 tok/s on equivalent workloads because they hit thermal limits and

clock down within 90–120 seconds.

Two takeaways for HX 370 buyers:

1. The silicon has more sustained performance than any laptop will let youexperience. If you're CPU/iGPU-bound on a Strix Point laptop, the chipisn't the limit — your chassis is.
2. The 890M iGPU running LLM inference via Vulkan is genuinely useful atMoE 35B-class models with partial offload. ~20 tok/s at that class isnot "tech demo" speed, it's actual-work speed.

Caveats:

- 32GB is soldered. Path to 64GB on this unit is non-existent (and same

story on most current HX 370 laptops).

- Linux RADV story is rock solid for inference. ROCm 7.x technically supports

the 890M but benches slower in my testing.

- For 35B at Q6/Q8 you'd need 64–128GB unified — that's Strix Halo

territory.

Anyone running similar hour-long sustained tests on Strix Point laptops on

the same MoE? I'd love to see the throttle curve on a Framework 16 / G14

HX 370 vs this fanless box for direct chassis-vs-silicon comparison.

Hello! Deciding for a laptop for my CS studies (AI to be exact) - so lets say somewhat average standards for this use case. Budget about 700-900€. 14", small/compact, fast enough, good battery and build quailty. Activities: Coding, machine learning, reading, lectures, ...

Any help with this decision? Or other recommendations?

https://preview.redd.it/s3kqob1w7yyg1.png?width=1397&format=png&auto=webp&s=6d7e4df1c8fb65fab6fcd585f137093c2eea16e5

the processor does not have igpu , was seeing glimpse of extreme power saving mode in the armoury crate gpu section and therefore thought switching to ghelper would be better but well......

Hello!

I'm currently look for a laptop to buy for educational work and I'm looking at this laptop.

Specs:

• CPU: Ryzen 7 8845HS
• RAM: 16GB
• Screen Size & Type: 14in, IPS
• 1TB SSD

And, the price is only £519 ($700 ish).

Please give me some recommendations; thanks!!

Kinda tech savy guy but definatly not interested in gaming 1TB ssd by 16gb ram what do u recomend

Hi there,

Seeing as there is no Panther Lake offering yet, I'm interested in buying an XMG Evo 15 E25 as the next best thing. But before pulling out the wallet, I'm interested in real-world reviews from users. So I'm asking if there's anyone here that can provide some feedback after actually using it for a while.

Background: I have a GMKtec EVO-X2 PC, so I'm a bit familiar with the platform. I know it has some driver issues and quirks, and I am interested in knowing how many of them translate to the XMG Evo implementation. Also, how is the battery life?

And final question: if offered the choice again, would you still buy the AMD platform, or you'd go for the Intel one?

Thank you.

Hello everyone. I recently encountered a problem I couldn't find a solution for. I have a Lenovo Legion 5 with an RTX 4060 and a Ryzen 7 7735H. I bought it in 2024 and it worked great until I decided to add a new Samsung 990 Pro SSD. After adding the new SSD, I also reinstalled Windows and installed the latest drivers for everything. As a result, my laptop now works fine after booting, but there's a catch. Whenever I play CS2 (or any other game that uses the dGPU), then exit the game and switch back to the iGPU, I start experiencing micro-freezes every 10-15 seconds. Basically, as you can see, the problem occurs when switching from the dGPU to the iGPU, after which the freezes occur. The problem is likely somewhere in the processor. Only a reboot of the laptop completely solves the problem.

I tried disabling MPO, uninstalling new drivers via DDU and reinstalling old ones, messing with the power supply, and more, but I couldn't find a complete solution. One working option was to permanently install the dGPU, but then I started seeing a strange blinking bar on my desktop when I wasn't doing anything. I couldn't find anyone on the forums who knew a solution to this problem. Maybe someone here can help.

I use my laptop with two other screens, one 4K and the other 1080p at 120 Hz.

I'm a programmer and I use programs like visual studio Code, Docker for development, and the video card driver crashes and causes a black/green screen in Windows.

I've already reinstalled Windows, updated the BIOS, and updated the drivers; I don't have these problems in Ubuntu.

AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 w/ Radeon 890M

Should I activate the warranty?

I bought it in July of last year.