/u/KnowToKnow Hi! Thanks for showing interest in our product. We have multiple models of Ideapad Gaming 3. Kindly share with us the model that you're interested, so we can check the specs. We'd like to extend our help. Rai_Lenovo

Be careful and double check if the variant you will get can change refresh rates, I got the ryzen 5 5600h with 3050ti and a 165hz display. My variant unfortunately is stuck at 165hz (i cant go down to 60hz) so that sucks since high refresh rate eats a lot of power. My estimate battery life is more or less 3 hours with balance mode on and battery saver mode on, 70-80% brightness and just doing light work (ms word, browsing, watching youtube videos). I have not tried the quiet mode yet so idk if that will help.

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when the specs say its 7 hrs, its more like 4-5 hours max real usage. Remember, they test battery runtime with special software, everything is off, including wifi and the sw runs some basic tasks, like playing a video in a loop or smth.

Your standard usage is going to be miles away from that. Youtube playing music? Using a bluetooth mouse? Screen at 100%? All of this (and more) is going to significantly reduce the estimate from specs.

If you go into the bios and turn the gpu from switchable graphics to uma you get 6-8 hours of battery. I did this on mine and it lasts all day.

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my ideapad gaming 3 battery estimation is 1h 30 min when i am using efficency mode with every thing closed

i bought 4 days ago "its brand new".

is that normal or should i return it.

in the store website it says 7hr in average.

my version has the rtx 2050 4gb with the ryzen 5 5500h.

Gaming laptops (exc. some niche and expensive models like the g14 and the Legion Slim) are generally heavy and thick so I won't consider as much of a con as the following.

The two biggest offenders are the battery and the screen. The battery is really bad, like really bad, I make some compromises and adjustments and still never surpass the 5 hour mark. I rate Lenovo high but still don't know what were they smoking when they decided to pack a 45Whr battery in a gaming laptop. Or actually I do... To save costs.

You see Lenovo is a top global manufacturer. It floods the market with A LOT of laptops, with different brand names but if you look closely to the version number they are basically all the same with subtle differences. For example, 15ACH6 is the same version number of Legion 5 and IdeaPad Gaming 3. 14ACN6 is the same number as IdeaPad 5, IdeaPad 5 Pro, IdeaPad 5 Slim, IdeaPad 5 Flex... And yes they share almost all components, different branding, depending it it's EU, North America, Asia or Africa market.

They do this to save up costs of R&D and recycle more the last generation parts like Apple does (but take in consideration Apple computers are even higher priced!).

The other point is why put the same or better battery on the budget version rather than on the Pro? Think of this like Apple does with iPhones... If they spec up the base model no one is going to buy the Pro or Pro Max.

The final point, they thought they can grab even more cash by selling a higher capacity battery in their website and the replacement service (yes because if you replace it yourself the warranty voids).

Now, the screen is very dim, you'll have to ramp up the brightness to max but even you won't see shit in daylight (ha! are you thinking the same? the higher the brightness the more battery juice it sucks).

Regarding colour accuracy it's very shitty (45% NTSC), again it's pronounced more with the dim screen. Especially nowadays that we have good quality smartphones, TVs and tablets. It's noticeable for content consumption, not a huge deal breaker (and you can make some adjustments) but absolutely NOT recommended for serious photo/video editing or any simulation that requires good colour and contrast.

So the screen is terrible but you'll get the same in the same budget gaming laptops league.

The battery is the worse thing if you like the portability side of things. Other users will say: jUsT plUg iT bcZ it'Z a GaMinG LapToP. Which is low-effort rationale, we bought a gaming laptop because it's portable, and we also use for other tasks. At that point we would rather buy a Steam Deck or console.

Regarding performance performance this thing is a BEAST. It's my first gaming laptop and my model is the RTX 3050 and doesn't break a sweat. Being able to pull 100+ FPS on High settings without worrying too much is the close you can get to a console experience.

TL;DR: If you're okay with the worst brand new battery and screen you've ever bought and it's all the money you have GO FOR IT. If you can throw more money buy the LEGION.

I've had it for 2 years and it does the job. Of course very heavy games I can't play them but stuff like GTA fortnite Kingdom like deliverance 1/2 and other things I can play them all

Try to force 60Hz instead default 120Hz, this link explains everything if You dont have that option in your system

https://github.com/mohitbhatt-du/refresh\_rate\_fix\_for\_lig3

Also looks like undervolting gpu was forcing bigger power draw on battery because of higher clocks on lower voltage,

when working on battery set your gpu to default clocks.

Before my battery usage was between 25-38 watt, now it shows between 6-8 to max 15-18 Watt power draw.

Battery time changed from 1h 30 minutes to something around 4 hours, it depends ofcourse what you will be doing on your laptop.

Maybe its only on my ideapad gaming 3 with rtx 3050 but I see significant change after those steps.

I hope it will help someone because I was alsonstruggling with weirdly low battery time.

I have the intel 10300H version and I'm lucky if i manage to get 3 hours of battery. Very disappointing to be honest, because reviews i read before buying said the battery life is decent.

I have rtrx 3050 and i7 11th version. Even if I don't give it heavy workload it goes 20% after 1 hour approx, Sometimes it lasts long but sometimes so fast. I have installed windows again and again so I understood that there is no problem with sotfware. It is just 3cell battery 45Wh is so small for this kind of specs. I really wish battery was 75Wh

I'm writing this while browsing in school. Battery drains faster than sonic running down to the grocery store. All I have is a browser open. Mine has an i5 12th gen CPU with a GTX 1650 GPU.

It has a relatively small battery for its size at 45Wh. And it uses power hungry components. Lenovo states a duration of up to 6.7 hours and when you consider how these measurements work and that you don't really want to constantly deplete your battery to 0%, I wouldn't really expect much more than 4 hours in the best case scenario. All of this while using the Vega iGPU, reduced brightness and doing very light tasks. Heavy gaming will deplete the battery in less than an hour, just considering the TDP of the single components.

What you can do is make sure you're using the battery saving profile, the iGPU instead of the dedicated one and that all unnecessary programs are prevented from launching automatically at startup.

If you want to eliminate any doubt, find reviews where they explicitly state their methodology for battery testing, reproduce it and confront the results.

/u/Dunker04

Hi there! Thanks for reaching out, we're here to assist you.

Consider doing the troubleshooting steps in order to resolve the battery issue:

1. You can adjust the battery setting to extend Performance.

2. Run taskmgr (start, run and type that). See if any program / programs are utilizing a lot of CPU and draining resources.

3. Under Lenovo Vantage, go to Power ---> See Battery Details.

4. Go back and go to Hardware Scan, Customize, and Run a hardware scan on the battery to see if there's a problem.

As a general note: To prolong the shelf life of your battery, it is recommended to run charging in Conservation Mode when you don't require the laptop all day and don't mind 60% battery. As charging to 100%, discharging, and recharging will shorten the shelf life of a battery.

Moe_Lenovo

If you read the battery rating it's usually based off text editing on 10% screen brightness with wifi and Bluetooth turned off. Watching videos is considered high battery load due to that light load on the GPU. If its rated at 6-8 hours, 1-2 of video is about right.

How old is the device/battery? Batteries lose charge capacity over time, check your battery health.

Battery test times is like EPA rating for cars. The advised rating is for driving a circular track on flat land at 55 mph.

If you drive uphill (use more CPU and GPU), drive over 60 (fans running 100%, 100% of time) you will get less battery time.

the battery is in good condition

The only way I was only able to extract more battery life from IP Gaming 3 is by disabling the dedicated graphics from BIOS when I'm going out and don't intend to play a game. I was able to get 6 hours from it while programming, with Netflix in the background and a number of applications opened

There are a lot of settings you need to change in order to achieve that kind of battery life. Entering quiet mode and switching to hybrid mode as well as dimming your display to as low as is tolerable amongst other things.

/u/miguel891 Sorry to know that. Battery life varies significantly with hardware configurations, settings, usage, & other factors. You can apply the suggested ways to extend the battery life instructed on this link https://lnv.gy/3G54Ebw. Chx_Lenovo

Yep! LightOS is a strong performer for battery life :)

I've heard depending on your reception it can eat battery, maybe that is what some reviewers had issues with?

By roaming data do mean turning 5g off all together?

I bought the LP3 to support Light but in all honesty LP2 out the box (no additional features) is perfection for me.

However it’s battery life means it’s not possible to continue. I’ve had it years and charge lasts around half a day now. Battery is basically the only reason I’ll jump to LP3 full time.

All this Chromebook hate from people who never used them lol.

No windows PC for this price will have an equivalent build quality or speed. The os is so lightweight it can run on a toaster and load up web apps in seconds. (which is what most consumers use their laptops for anyway)

It's not meant to replace your Razer blade stealth.

It's a desktop browser experience which no iPad can offer. Add in the Android apps and Linux programs as a bonus.

The article says users can perform basic task with this dinner plate. I doubt any tasks other than consuming all of your digital privacy will be performed on this while you wait for a youtube video to buffer. The reality is, this is a really bad laptop or a mediocre iPad at best. This is made for children who quickly figure out for themselves that these things are no where near as fast as mom and dad's phones.

4gb with a 1.1gHz processor and 32gb total storage is basically a paper weight with wifi connectivity.

If you want a real computer where your data isn't the sole focus, buy a refurbished Dell Optiplex, keyboard, and a monitor.

Why would they name this the same as a line of actual computers?

Intentionally vague to confuse sales?

I really don't understand.

This is not a computer, but a google endpoint device. They should come for free.

/u/Reasonable_Bag_118 Hey! Thanks for reaching our support! The Lenovo's Battery Conservation Mode is designed to extend the lifespan of your laptop's battery, especially when the laptop is frequently plugged in. It achieves this by limiting the battery's charge level to around 55-60% of its capacity, rather than charging it to 100%. Let us now if you have any other concern. -Chris_Lenovo