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Medium and High. The default banks of tests were on Medium for each.)
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make them heard at all times, and the system gets much warmer. Using these
presets did net some notable frame-rate gains, though. On maximum settings at
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from 112fps to 125fps. This is more than the usual improvement we see from
these built-in manufacturer modes, even if using them doesn’t unlock a whole
other level of performance.
This leads me to the comparisons of this laptop to the others. The 2020 Blade
15 doesn’t lead in frames per second on either game, though the boosted
numbers change that dynamic—if you don’t mind your laptop sounding more
like a jet engine. With the normal performance mode, I was a touch
disappointed, since this is the most expensive laptop on the list with the
exception of the twin-screened ROG Zephyrus Duo 15, and you can’t point to
thermal constraints, since it’s not any thinner or lighter than the competition.