UMC Advisory Notice: GPU issues

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     We are aware with issue on NVIDIA GPUs, as per latest reports from Notebook reviews (Jarrod, Just Josh) found massive performance degradation. We placed "on hold" to purchase new laptop called Legion 5 Gen 10. The driver 580.X caused massive degradation, as noted by reviewers.

mind12, a Discord user on Legion server said:

Notebook Reviewers (Jarrod, Just Josh) were reporting that using the latest 2 Nvidia drivers from the 580.x branch are causing massive performance degradation. Gaming performance is worse than expected and the more you play the worse it gets. When you restart the game it resets. For now use the 577.X branch, if you care about battery life stick to 572.83 instead.

As for now, I will stick with IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ACH6 with latest driver from NVIDIA, but the official is not fixed yet.

Update on August 22, 2025: We confirmed that original issue dated August 14, 2025 by mind12, Legion server administrator.

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