I recently received this laptop (Blade 18 with RTX 4090 and Intel i9-14900HX) as a replacement a few days ago. However, I’m experiencing significantly lower gaming performance than expected.
Latest Drivers were installed
Dedicated GPU mode enabled
Running in Turbo Mode in Synapse
🔹 Issues Observed:
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League of Legends: 100–200 FPS, drops noticeably during team fights
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Valorant: around 200–250 FPS, even with low settings
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Both games were tested at lowest graphics settings
🔹 3DMark Time Spy Results:
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Overall Score: 14,806
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Graphics Score: 16,589
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CPU Score: 9,202