Its rated brightness is a rather dim 250 nits, below the 300 we consider a minimum and 400 we prefer from IPS panels. The 1080p non-touch screen boasts a 120Hz refresh rate and AMD FreeSync support to fight screen tearing during gameplay. Our test unit, formally known as IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 (model 82SB0001US), combines a six-core, 3.3GHz (4.5GHz boosted) Ryzen 5 6600H processor with a skimpy 8GB of memory, a skimpier 256GB NVMe solid-state drive (SSD), and an entry-level GeForce RTX 3050 GPU, putting it at a disadvantage to RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3060 machines. Both are 15.6-inch systems with Full HD (1,920-by-1,080-pixel) screens with a 120Hz refresh rate. The IdeaPad Gaming 3 is the AMD-powered sibling of the Intel-based IdeaPad Gaming 3i, which we reviewed here in July 2020. Unfortunately, its scant storage, dim display, and flimsy keyboard scream 'economy model,' landing the Gaming 3 below PCMag budget favorites, like the under-$1,000 Acer Nitro 5 and just-over-$1,000 MSI Katana GF66. The IdeaPad Gaming 3 is certainly affordable-$884 at Walmart-and an AMD Ryzen 6000 series processor (CPU) and Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics processor (GPU) give it passable 1080p performance. Just as its affordable IdeaPad consumer notebooks fill a niche below its business ThinkPads, Lenovo's IdeaPad Gaming budget gaming laptops are for buyers who can't afford one of the company's premium gaming rigs, like the Editors' Choice award-winning Legion 7 Gen 7.

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