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    y510p vs W230ST

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Cipy, Feb 23, 2014.

  1. Cipy

    Cipy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, which laptop would you choce for hardcore gaming like 5-6h/day Lenovo y510p with 750sli, Clevo w230st with 765 or Gigabyte p34g with 760? Or both of them are bad if we take in consideration the temperatures and fps ?:)
     
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    Wormwood Notebook Evangelist

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    What games are you going to play? If they don't get along well with SLI the y510p is out. Personally I'd go with the w230st of the two remaining laptops, although, really, if you're going to be playing for 5-6 hours a day you might want to go ahead and buy a desktop.
     
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    well, i have a w230st and i would say that i game 5-6 hours a day. I play a lot of CS:GO and DOTA 2.
    I dont have any problems what so ever.
    the only thing to consider is the noise these fans make. the clevo gets quite loud when under load i think.
    but if u game with a headset on you dont notice.

    sorry for my bad english
     
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    Performance-wise the 750 SLI beats the other cards, unless the games you want to play have SLI issues. I think you can easily play for 5-6 hours with any of those machines, temps should be fine and you can repaste if necessary.
     
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    Cipy Notebook Enthusiast

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    bf4 and some mmorpgs.

    Yes, this is my main concern about 750sli on the y510p, I heard that a lot of people are facing with heat problems on this laptop :(
     
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    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    Both these laptops have heating issues, due to both laptops trying to cram lots of hardware into fairly small chassis.

    If gaming 5-6 hours a day, get a desktop, it will last much longer. Got myself a cheap Y410p as a secondary.
     
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    What MMORPG's?

    I'd go for the Y510p with 750M SLI. It will perform considerably better the majority of the time as the 760M and 765M are really hampered by their 128-bit memory bus and low clock speed so they become bandwidth starved at resolutions above 720p.

    Here is a comparison between those three GPU's in BF4 and GW2: Computer Games on Laptop Graphic Cards - NotebookCheck.net Tech

    I substituted 755M SLI for 750M SLI because NBC didn't have BF4 results for the latter. 755M is just a slightly overclocked 750M anyway.
     
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  8. HTWingNut

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    I beg to differ on those results:

    <iframe width='640' height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/FcZj_CNXJKg" frameborder='0' allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Although Lenovo did well to use fast GDDR5 in their systems. Usually these chips are coupled with DDR3 or slower GDDR5.
     
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    Well all the usual caveats apply of course. NotebookCheck could've benched a more demanding part of the game, driver updates, game optimization, overclocking, CPU differences, etc. But the general guideline is 750M SLI is faster than 765M.
     
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    I agree, 750m SLI will be faster, generally, but not by 50% that the notebookcheck indicates, more like 10-15%. Also Ultra with 4xAA does show the bandwidth limitations, however, turn off AA, turn off the (annoying) post processing effects, and reduce settings a bit and frame rate doubles, and imho looks better, so not so much an issue any more. I'm just trying to provide reality as opposed to a few fixed numbers at notebookcheck, because it doesn't tell the whole story.
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 24, 2014
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