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X1 Carbon Gen 5 Performance (feddit.it)

submitted 6 months ago by Joseph_Boom@feddit.it to c/thinkpad@lemmy.ml

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I recently purchased a 2nd hand Thinkpad X1 Carbon with i7-7600U, 16GB of RAM, 512GB SSD and a 1440p screen. I installed EndeavorOS on it and I noticed, in plasma 6, that the scroll in Firefox is a bit sluggish; after I installed hyprland and, with a lot of effect active like blur, it does feel sluggish too. Is that normal for this type of hardware? Is there some settings I could tweak to improve the performances?

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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

I have a gen 6, it's pretty good on popos, but it's not outstanding. However, it's an older machine. Same specs. Keen to follow this to see if any good suggestions appear. Best of luck. Lovely hardware. Best keyboard I've ever used.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

with a lot of effect active like blur

Are you sure it's not just motion blur from the screen? What's the response time of the display. Doesn't look like it's good on even the newer models based on this review.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-2019-WQHD-Live-Review-Still-the-reference-among-business-laptops.427853.0.html

Found the exact model. Yeah 44ms is not good, that's most likely your issue. Pair that with it being only a dual core CPU and everything is bound to feel sluggish even when it isn't actually slow.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-2017-Core-i7-Full-HD-Laptop-Review.207160.0.html