The Subtle Sabotage of AMD Gaming Laptops

Hardware Canucks August 17, 2025
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AMD Ryzen laptops with the 9955HX and 9955HX3D could be some of the best gaming devices around. Instead, we are seeing a subtle trend of putting them into older and / or power limited situations that cap their performance and reduce their feature sets. But does that even matter to most gamers? Let's investigate with the ROG STRIX G16 from 2025. But the STRIX G16 (Intel & AMD) at Amazon below: STRIX G16 RTX 5070Ti (Intel) - https://geni.us/G16w275HX STRIX G16 RTX 5070Ti (AMD) - https://geni.us/G16w9955HX TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - VERY Similar...Except 1:05 - Wait, Intel gets the GOOD Stuff? 3:12 - Laptop Evolution has Slowed 4:33 - Pushing CPUs to the LIMIT 5:33 - 1600p Gaming Performance 7:11 - The 9955HX3D gets Sabotaged 8:50 - Its Also AMD's Fault... 9:47 - Great CPU Performance but WHY? 10:42 - The Great GPU Bottleneck 11:09 - Gimped AMD Thermal Management 12:34 - Battery Life Issues 13:45 - ASUS Forcing the Intel Choice 15:09 - This is So Suss. Correction: 2:00 Labels are flipped. Intel has WiFi 7, BT 5.4 & TB5, NOT AMD. 5:27 Reference here was to TGP prior to Dynamic Boost. Instead of 115W + 30W, these laptops are 130W + 25W with some games (Cyberpunk, BLOPS 6, etc.) hitting 150W or more. Buy items in this video from Amazon at the links below: SUBSCRIBE ►https://bit.ly/SubHWC Review unit provided free of charge by ASUS as loaner units. This video is not sponsored. As per Hardware Canucks guidelines, no review direction was received from manufacturer. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Follow us for more updates! Twitter https://bit.ly/HWC_Twitter FaceBook https://bit.ly/HWC_Facebook Instagram https://bit.ly/HWC_Instagram ---------------------------------------­----------------------- #hardwarecanucks

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