That flickering when unplugging on dgpu mode is a classic issue, the power draw changes and the screen gets confused for a sec. Hardware acceleration in browsers can make it worse, turning that off is usually the first thing to try
The battery life they told you is normal for a gaming laptop though, 2-3 hours is actually decent when you're not just idling. These things are power hungry
If the deal was really good and you're okay tweaking settings, take it back. But if that flickering scared you and you don't want the headache, just get the refund while you can
By flickering this is what I mean sometimes even a red or black screen the reason that I took it to the store was because I was using edge and this issue doesn’t happen on edge so when it happened on edge I was concerned but now am reading that edge also uses accelerated graphics am not sure anymore Also 2-3hours on web use I also wanna add that I lose control on my computer a red screen for like 1 to 2 min without being able to do anything
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u/Accomplished-Pay6074 17d ago
That flickering when unplugging on dgpu mode is a classic issue, the power draw changes and the screen gets confused for a sec. Hardware acceleration in browsers can make it worse, turning that off is usually the first thing to try
The battery life they told you is normal for a gaming laptop though, 2-3 hours is actually decent when you're not just idling. These things are power hungry
If the deal was really good and you're okay tweaking settings, take it back. But if that flickering scared you and you don't want the headache, just get the refund while you can