Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7
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Primary Camera: 0.9 MPix
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Average of 5 scores (from 12 reviews)
Reviews for the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7
The Lenovo gaming laptop costs only $800 USD and it comes with AMD's latest generation Zen3+ H-series processor. Based on what we've seen so far, however, you may be better off finding a laptop with the older Ryzen 7 5800H instead if CPU performance is priority.
Source: CNet
The Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 is a prime example of what you can expect from an entry-level gaming laptop under $700. It's just enough to get you going with its midrange AMD processor and a slightly better-than-basic Nvidia graphics chip. It also has a fair amount of ports so you can easily connect to an external display and a keyboard and mouse for desktop gaming. The IdeaPad Gaming 3 is a fine choice for the money, whether this is your first gaming laptop or you're a casual gamer looking to play undemanding games in between doing office or school work. As with all laptops, however, the more you can invest in components up front, the better off you'll be in the long run. Increasing your budget to $1,000 can get you a lot more gaming performance for your dollar, especially if you can hit the right deal. But not everyone has the extra money, in which case the IdeaPad Gaming 3 at least gives you a solid starting point with room for more storage and memory.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/22/2023
Rating: Total score: 73%
Source: USA Today
We were universally unimpressed with Lenovo's gaming laptop across most of the tests and benchmarks we put it through. A Ryzen 5 6600H processor paired with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 means you'll have to make sacrifices in image quality in many games to achieve strong performance. Competing budget gaming laptops that cost $100-200 more can give you the best of both worlds: a stronger processor and graphics setup (with at least a GeForce RTX 3060) that deliver solid frame rates at top-quality settings. If price is your primary concern, the IdeaPad Gaming 3 only makes sense if you can find it on sale for half to two-thirds of its regular $900 price, and you'll still likely have to do some annoying jostling in your favorite games settings' to achieve good frame rates. But even if you're fine with that trade-off, the rest of the IdeaPad Gaming 3's setup is just uninspiring.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/30/2023
Source: PCR
This gamer laptop is pretty impressive. You don’t have to spend a thousand dollars on a gaming laptop to play the latest titles, as this one proves it. This 2022 Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 82SB0001US is a good choice for anyone who is looking for a starter gaming setup that is also suitable for college and office work, as well as gaming at an affordable price.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/21/2022
Rating: Total score: 96% price: 100% performance: 95% display: 94%
Source: Matthew Moniz
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/10/2022
Source: Laptop Mag
The IdeaPad Gaming 3 is a decent gaming laptop if you’re on a tight budget, but you need to be aware of what you’re paying for. This can run most AAA games at low to medium graphics settings with decent performance, but the display is lacking in both color depth and brightness. If that’s something you care about, you’ll have to spend some extra cash to be satisfied. Otherwise, this laptop features above-average performance for its price category and benefits greatly from that low cost of entry. You’re also in for a solid speaker system and long-lasting battery life, but don’t expect a miracle. We recommend the Acer Nitro 5 if you’re willing to spend a little more for extra power. If not, the IdeaPad Gaming 3 is a decent choice for those on the lookout for something inexpensive that can play modern games.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/30/2022
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: PC Mag
You're not going to get a spectacular screen and a speedy GeForce RTX 3070 or 3080 GPU in an under-$1,000 gaming laptop. However, you can reasonably hope for a decent display and an RTX 3050 Ti, if not an RTX 3060. Even without those things, the IdeaPad Gaming 3 might fill a niche for bargain hunters if it had a 512GB SSD instead of just 256GB, but, as is, there's just not much to recommend it. Unless it gets an upgrade or a price cut, we'll pass.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/11/2022
Rating: Total score: 50%
Source: Laptop Mag
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/08/2022
Source: Laptop Media
As we saw in this review, the IdeaPad Gaming 3 (15″, 2022) is a well-engineered laptop. To be honest, Lenovo hasn’t done anything revolutionary. It just got everything learned from the Legion series, plus some proven technologies seen elsewhere, and combined it inside an inexpensive offering for the low-to-medium-budget gamer. All in all, the laptop doesn’t disappoint. Its build quality is not the best, but it is better than what we expected. Yes, the lid is bouncy, but the rest of the device is so good, that we can let that one slide.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/14/2022
Foreign Reviews
Source: Komputerswiat PL→EN
Positive: Powerful hardware; excellent display; high performance; affordable price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/27/2023
Source: The Gioididong VN→EN
Positive: Beautiful design; powerful hardware; excellent gaming performance; good price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/09/2022
Source: Cell Phones VN→EN
Positive: Attractive design; powerful hardware; high gaming performance; good price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/05/2022
Source: Cell Phones VN→EN
Positive: Beautiful design; good cooling system; decent performance. Negative: Poor display.
Hands-On, online available, Long, Date: 08/28/2022
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU: Mid-range gaming laptop graphics card based on the Ampere GA107 chip. Offers 2048 shaders and is offered in different TGP (power consumption) variants from 35 to 80 Watt with different clock speeds and therefore performance. Older variant with 4GB VRAM.
With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
R5 6600H: Mobile Hexa-Core APU using six Zen 3+ cores clocked at 3.3 to 4.5 GHz and a RDNA2 graphics card with 6 CUs clocked at up to 1,900 MHz. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.60":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Lenovo: Lenovo ("Le" from English legend, novo (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. As of 2004, the company was the largest laptop manufacturer in China and, after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005, the fourth largest in the world. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company manufactures monitors, projectors, servers, etc, and specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, enterprise solutions and related services.
In 2016, the company ranked first in the world in computer sales. It still held it in 2023 with about 23% global market share. Important product lines are Thinkpad, Legion and Ideapad.
In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Motorola Mobility was purchased, which gave Lenovo a boost in the smartphone market.
73.96%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.
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