Lenovo Legion 7 16 G9 Laptop im Test - Gamer mit 3.2K-Display, HX-CPU und übertakteter RTX 4070 Laptop

[Redaktion]

Mit dem Legion 7 16 G9 bietet Lenovo einen vergleichsweise schlanken und unauffälligen Gamer, der auch für andere Zielgruppen wie Multimedia-Nutzer oder Content Creator interessant ist. Intels Core i9-14900HX sowie Nvidias GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop kümmern sich um ausreichend Leistung für das 3.2K-IPS-Display mit P3-Abdeckung.

https://www.notebookcheck.com/Lenovo-Legion-7-16-G9-Laptop-im-Test-Gamer-mit-3-2K-Display-HX-CPU-und-uebertakteter-RTX-4070-Laptop.825453.0.html

[NikoB]

This is some kind of shame from Lenovo - a laptop weighing 2.3 kg with a power supply of almost 1 kg!!!
And at the same time it is also noisy.

And the most shameful thing is that it does not have RJ45!!! Minimum ping on a wi-fi connection and stable speed are physically impossible!

Lenovo - why this idiotic 3.2K screen that is not compatible at the pixel level with either 4K video or FHD video? What is the point of this perversion with screen resolution? And at the same time a shameful contrast!

Have your developers become completely stupid and don't understand what people need? People need perfectly sharp fonts (maximum ppi, which only 4k+ screens produce) in normal use and full, at the pixel level, compatibility (perfect clarity) with the fhd mode in games, where you can squeeze the maximum fps out of the obviously weak dgpu, which is again provided but only 4k panels.

It feels like Lenovo's developers and marketers have finally gotten stoned or are using some kind of hallucinogenic mushrooms...

[E-Freak]

Das Gesamtkonzept entspricht meiner Zielvorgabe, wobei allerdings bei diesem Preis (geht bestimmt noch runter ;-) ) noch etwas drauf gelegt werden kann und dann ein miniLED Display zur Auswahl steht. Die Tastatur bzw. dessen Layout ist für mich als Vielschreiber optimal, die Reduktion auf ein schlichtes Gehäuse ohne LED Animierungen eine Wohltat, dazu sind Gewicht und Abmessungen so gehalten, das es leicht zu transportieren ist. Die Leistung ruht überwiegend, da mehr der Kopf denn die CPU arbeiten muss und dank Power Delivery kann man sich für Unterwegs mit einem externen 100W USB Ladegerät behelfen, was ja sowieso für den ganzen anderen Kram dabei ist. Dann dauert das Laden halt etwas länger...und da ich kein Gamer bin, genügt auch der Akku bis zur nächsten Ladesession , wobei der Gamer eh zu anderer Hardware greift.

Oled Display fällt für mich raus, da die Spieglungen letztlich nerven und man ständig einen optimalen Blickwinkel sucht...bleiben noch die Emissionen in der Realität zu bewerten, wenn hier die Lüfter nerven...geht es halt zurück.

[NikoB]

Die Leistung ruht überwiegend, da mehr der Kopf denn die CPU arbeiten muss und dank Power Delivery kann man sich für Unterwegs mit einem externen 100W USB Ladegerät behelfen, was ja sowieso für den ganzen anderen Kram dabei ist.

It's stupid to take this crap on the road. With USB-C power, the performance will be 2-2.5 times worse. What's the point of paying for a 4070 and an i9 and then never using them to their full potential? And what's the point of buying a laptop with a 1kg power supply and without TB4 ports?

For your purposes, the LG Gram 17 2024 is much better suited with a whole 1" more visual space for business. You just need to find it in a configuration with 32GB of RAM and it's possible. It's almost 1 kg lighter. And it has 2 TB4 ports. So at home you can easily connect an external desktop 4090 to it, which is 2.2(!) times faster than the mobile 4070, if you suddenly want to play or get powerful computing with an eGPU.

This Lenovo model is the most idiotic they have ever made. And the lowest quality with completely mediocre screen contrast. Waste of money.

[RobertJasiek]

desktop 4090 to it, which is 2.2(!) times faster than the mobile 4070

Typo? Because...

4090 desktop is already almost 2.2x the speed of 4070 desktop.

[Not_nh]

Die Leistung ruht überwiegend, da mehr der Kopf denn die CPU arbeiten muss und dank Power Delivery kann man sich für Unterwegs mit einem externen 100W USB Ladegerät behelfen, was ja sowieso für den ganzen anderen Kram dabei ist.

It's stupid to take this crap on the road. With USB-C power, the performance will be 2-2.5 times worse. What's the point of paying for a 4070 and an i9 and then never using them to their full potential? And what's the point of buying a laptop with a 1kg power supply and without TB4 ports?

For your purposes, the LG Gram 17 2024 is much better suited with a whole 1" more visual space for business. You just need to find it in a configuration with 32GB of RAM and it's possible. It's almost 1 kg lighter. And it has 2 TB4 ports. So at home you can easily connect an external desktop 4090 to it, which is 2.2(!) times faster than the mobile 4070, if you suddenly want to play or get powerful computing with an eGPU.

This Lenovo model is the most idiotic they have ever made. And the lowest quality with completely mediocre screen contrast. Waste of money.

100W from common USB PD charger is not enough to power the GPU+CPU alone for full performance, not counting other components.

4090 e-GPU would be choked to death by the PCIE 3.0x4 tunneling provided by TB4. And an LG Gram 17 + 4090 Egpu is not cheap and doess not guarrantee to perform well if at all.

If you don't need a gaming laptop, don't get a gaming laptop. Just buy something else. But please use some logical thinking next time you leave a comment.

Personally, I think the laptop could use a better screen... and better naming scheme. It's clearly more of a Legion slim 7 gen 8 follow up rather than a follow up of the Legion 7 gen 7.

[NikoB]

4090 e-GPU would be choked to death by the PCIE 3.0x4 tunneling provided by TB4

Even in a stifled state, it will still be 2 times faster than the poor mobile 4070.

If you don't need a gaming laptop, don't get a gaming laptop. Just buy something else. But please use some logical thinking next time you leave a comment.

Well, this is just a "game" line. And the sufferer above just wrote that he doesn't need games. The question is - why does he need a 2.3 kg laptop running at half power from USB-C, instead of the LG Gram 17, which at least, if necessary, can be connected to the eGPU 4090 at home? But for some reason this stupid Lenovo product cannot be connected to an eGPU, despite the fact that it cannot produce 60fps even at 2.5k in modern games. Then why is it made and for whom, who is the target audience?