u/MarcoBerserker7

I just bought a Zephyrus G16 (2025) with an RTX 5080, 32 GB of RAM, 2 TB SSD, and an Intel Ultra 9 CPU, as part of a bundle priced at 3,400 AUD (around 2,400 USD). The bundle also includes a 3-year antivirus subscription and a Thule backpack, each worth about 160 AUD.

In the same store, there was also a Legion Pro 5 with similar specs, but with an RTX 5070 Ti, Intel ultra 9 275HX and a 1 TB SSD, priced at 3,700 AUD (around 2,645 USD), with no bundle included.

In terms of gaming performance, do you think the Legion would actually deliver significantly more FPS than my Zephyrus? And over time, which one would be more reliable and durable? Which one would you choose between the two?

Budget: 3700 AUD
Country: Australia
Use Case: Gaming - Valorant, RDR 2, RE, DBD, BO7
Preferred Specs: rtx 5000, 32 ram, at least 1 tb
Notes: below

I just bought a Zephyrus G16 (2025) with an RTX 5080, 32 GB of RAM, 2 TB SSD, and an Intel Ultra 9 CPU, as part of a bundle priced at 3,400 AUD (around 2,400 USD). The bundle also includes a 3-year antivirus subscription and a Thule backpack, each worth about 160 AUD.

In the same store, there was also a Legion Pro 5 with similar specs, but with an RTX 5070 Ti and a 1 TB SSD, priced at 3,700 AUD (around 2,645 USD), with no bundle included.

In terms of gaming performance, do you think the Legion would actually deliver significantly more FPS than my Zephyrus? And over time, which one would be more reliable and durable? Which one would you choose between the two?

I just bought from jb a Zephyrus G16 with an RTX 5080, 32 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD, and an Intel Ultra 9 for 3400 australian dollars (2430 usd), bundled with a 3-year antivirus and a Thule bag worth 160 dollars each. However, I read on a subreddit that around that price range you can find better laptops. What do you think? Did I overspend? Should I return it? Honestly, at first I thought I got a good deal since I went there to buy a Legion 5 with an RTX 5070 for 3000, and I know the Legion 5 isn’t great in terms of build quality and materials

Is it normal to get an average of 70 fps (on benchmark lowest is 28, higher 113) in RDR2 with everything set to Ultra at 1440p on an RTX 5080?

I want to enable G-Sync, but to do so in the NVIDIA Control Panel I need to switch the display mode to “NVIDIA GPU only.” The issue is that when I’m not gaming, I would prefer to keep using the integrated GPU to save battery life, and only activate the NVIDIA GPU with G-Sync when I’m gaming. Is this possible?

Today I bought a Zephyrus G16 (2025) with an RTX 5080 (which was a great deal at €2000) and, as I expected, it does get warm during gaming. However, the heat is mainly concentrated in the upper central area of the laptop. I read some people saying it’s enough to limit the CPU performance, while others recommend using a cooling stand. What do you think about it?

I want to buy a gaming laptop and I’m undecided between these three options:

Legion 5, 15.3", i7, 24 GB RAM, RTX 5070 — €1400, new

Legion 5, 15.3", i9, 32 GB RAM, RTX 5070, OLED display — €1850, new

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, 32 GB RAM, RTX 5070 Ti) — €1850, used, 94% battery health

All of them come with a 1TB SSD. Which one would be the best choice for me?

Also I would probably get a 10% tax refund on the Legion laptops since I’m leaving the country and they are brand new items

I want to buy a gaming laptop and I’m undecided between these three options:

Legion 5, 15.3", i7, 24 GB RAM, RTX 5070 — €1400, new

Legion 5, 15.3", i9, 32 GB RAM, RTX 5070, OLED display — €1850, new

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, 32 GB RAM, RTX 5070 Ti) — €1850, used, 94% battery health

All of them come with a 1TB SSD. Which one would be the best choice for me?

Edit: I would probably get a 10% tax refund on the Legion laptops since I’m leaving the country and they are brand new items?

I want to buy a gaming laptop and I’m undecided between these three options:

Legion 5, 15.3", i7, 24 GB RAM, RTX 5070 — €1400, new

Legion 5, 15.3", i9, 32 GB RAM, RTX 5070, OLED display — €1850, new

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, 32 GB RAM, RTX 5070 Ti) — €1850, used, 94% battery health

All of them come with a 1TB SSD. Which one would be the best choice for me?

Edit: I would probably get a 10% tax refund on the Legion laptops since I’m leaving the country and they are brand new items

Sometimes I receive direct messages on Instagram from people I don’t follow and that don't follow me. I thought messages from strangers were supposed to go into message requests instead of my DMs. How can I make that happen?

I'd like my Samsung to vibrate when I receive reminders, but I can't find the setting. Could someone help me?

Since I was a child, I have always eaten a lot of everything to the point of feeling completely full.

I have always been naturally lean, but around the age of 24 I started to gain fat around my abdominal area. I am now 29 years old, and for about a year I have decided to cut out sweets, chocolate, and fried foods, as well as slightly reduce my portion sizes.

At the moment, I am around 15% body fat. The issue is that since changing my diet, I constantly feel hungry, from the moment I wake up until I go to bed.

I am 171 cm tall, and even when I consume around 2500 calories per day, mainly from vegetables, chicken and eggs, I still feel hungry all the time. I am starting to think that my body has become used to feeling full only when my stomach is so stretched that I physically cannot eat any more food.

The problem is that to reach that level of fullness, I would probably need to almost double my current calorie intake, reaching around 4000 calorie.

What do you think?

I opened two separate tickets. In the first one, I asked for a region change because it wasn’t working on PC. In the second one, I asked for help creating a username, since apparently my account doesn’t even have one.

Days went by without any reply. Meanwhile, I tried changing the region from my phone and managed to do it myself.

Then, after an entire week, support finally replied to the region-change ticket saying: “We resolved your issue.”

At the same time, they closed the username ticket claiming that the issue had already been resolved in the other ticket… even though the username problem was never fixed at all.

I'm in Australia and I downloaded Valorant on PS5, but I see that the closest server is Tokyo. I’ve read around that there are servers in Sydney too. Did they shut them down or what?

I have two numbers on WhatsApp, one Italian and one Australian, both on the same phone. When I’m using the Italian number, I still receive notifications from the Australian one; however, when I switch to the Australian number, I don’t get notifications from the Italian one.

This is a problem because it has already happened that I stayed on the Australian number for several days and, since I wasn’t receiving messages from Italy, my family started to think I had disappeared 😅

So, is there a way to receive notifications from both numbers?

I’d be more inclined to buy Crimson Desert. I’ve never liked futuristic movies or video games. Has anyone who’s tried both know which one runs better? With Crimson Desert, do you hear the fans on the macbook, or does it stay quiet?

My m5 pro is the 15 cpu and 16 gpu