Y50 Thread

Doubtful - they really aren't good at having any info on retailer versions that aren't their own unfortunately.

It would be really backwards thinking - you'd think they'd offload the TN panels on the retailers and offer them for cheaper, and keep the higher quality to sell direct themselves to maintain brand reputation .. but I've seen crazier things!

 

That tiger direct isn't such a great deal BTW. Assuming all models get IPS screens, adding an ssd of 500gb on top of that price would bring it to around 1450, which is a mere 50 bucks off from Klicks pricing of the 4k model which includes the 512gb ssd!

Of course there's been all this discussion about validity of 4k and whatnot, but for 50 bucks more? Im taking the 4k, and I can't imagine they would add IPS screens on the FHD models and have the 4k not be IPS.

Edit: that tiger direct model does claim to have the ac 7260, but maybe that is another thing that will be refreshed, who knows.
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Yea.. the 7260, I might believe them on that.. But I'm really skeptical about the IPS panel.. even if all of the TD guys i've chatted with says its true..

 

Yeah it just doesn't seem like lenovo would go to the trouble tbh lol, so people who have bought it already, keep those torches and pitchforks away for now haha.

However, if these IPS rumors are true, then by all means...

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you are telling me that the hardware maintenance manual is giving us bs, so what makes you think your statement isn't bs to us?

 

The manual is for current/older models. The new one is a new model # for the y50. Tiger direct has 59425653

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that's basically impossible. for there to be IPS

1. lenovo has to be getting their supplies differently because all the panels listed in the HMM are not IPS
the chances of that happening is very small unless lenovo is really just trolling us with HMM, which I highly doubt it dares to

2. tiger direct can be authorized to manually swap the display, in the process requiring them to open up each box and perform the hardware change, which then seems very strange because you mentioned previously that they can't open the box and verify it.

so either it's just fraud or the very little chance that lenovo wants to make themselves more competitive by offering a better screen

 

Man.. will Lenovo do the old switcheroo from TN to IPS? I really want to believe you, since I have not purchased yet and it would be great if this Tigerdirect Y50 is really an IPS..

 

Hello, sorry to interrupt the focus here, but I have been researching through Y50 threads through days in hopes of finalizing my decisions on purchasing a Y50 for college, and would like some input on Lenovo's Y50 Deal of the 59421863 Model on their site. The specs are as followed:

i7 4710HQ Processor/ Anti-Glare / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 4GB / 512GB SSD / Dual AC 3160

All for 1459.00 USD. However, one of my concerns is whether or not it is possible for Lenovo's Anti-Glare screens to have the IPS aspect. Thanks!

 

I actually want the TD reps to just say, "oh IPS? no its a typo, we'll correct that in a few minutes"

 

this is on the official lenovo website right? as per my last chat with their sales agents, they said the panels are still TN.

 

what gives you the impression that the manual is for older models? the manual doesn't list any model number at all. provide us evidence or no one'll take your thing

 

I still don't understand why so many people even bothered purchasing the y50 so quickly, I mean would a month or two really would have made much of a difference? Especially for a huge investment that is bound to last people 3-5 years? Sure some of you might be absolutely desperate, but in all probability most of you just purchased it to get your hands on a new toy pretty fast. In a month or so more all these rumours should clear up and we will know the proper details about all the models, making the purchase decision far more informed.

 

Amen to that man. However if nobody took the plunge then a lot of these rumors wouldn't get cleared up. Its because of people being impulsive that they are

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But if you want a new toy, sometimes you can get impatient

 

Yep, but on the other hand all these mega corporations are so secretive about the details because they know impulsive buyers will purchase a lot of their systems anyway, so it works to their advantage. I am sure if the initial sales were low, they would probably be more vocal about the details in order to entice people to buy.

 

1) Curiosity
2) I genuinely like reviewing new notebooks and trying to be helpful
3) Newegg premier eliminated restocking fees and gave free shipping. If I love it, I'll keep it. If not, I paid nothing to play with a new toy for a couple days. No harm, no foul in my book.

 

@AltCtrl Pressure is on you to verify if it's IPS. Do you know how to tell the difference?

This would be another fail for Lenovo if there was indeed a rogue IPS model out there. Their return policy is super lax and there's no restocking fee, so I would predict a mass return wave if they did this. I still have massive doubts though. If you look at the Y500, y510p and Y50 models on TigerDirect's website, they all say different things for the display type. In reality it's some person just typing the info in and someone may just have cut and paste from the wrong model. Hope I'm wrong. I'm liking all the IPS claims though. I'm keeping your names on a list so we can make fun of you if you're wrong.

 

so are you saying it's the buyer's fault for purchasing something too soon? I wonder whose fault it is to be unable to provide customers with the correct product information? if lenovo can be a little more dedicated to publishing info correctly we don't even need to play sherlock here. sure we see other brands like MSI or Asus having typos occasionally, but we don't see them giving us ambiguous facts and insisting on something that we know for sure are wrong. this isn't a couple month before when the product isn't released. this is ONE month AFTER the model has been released.

we don't have to go through all this if they can just do a better job explaining to us its features. after all we are customers and it's their job to give us the proper info to be informed. it WOULD BE our fault if we don't read them, but it's totally THEIR fault to fail at provide correct info

 

Im sure AltCtrl can tell if it's IPS the very first MOMENT he turns the laptop on, he'd be fine

 

yep, the very first moment with a black screen :thumbsup:

 

oh yes! he'll be able to figure it out!

 

Is the Lenovo Y50 with 4K touchpad display available for sale anywhere yet? If so, where? I can only find the 1080p Y50 on the Lenovo website and other places I looked. Thanks.

 

Apologies if this has already been answered(not feeling up to browsing through 548 pages of this thread) but if I were to order the UHD model, would there be any sort of lag(or whatever people complain about non-native resolutions) if I lowered the resolution to 1080p for gaming?

 

Wait, so is it confirmed that it is a IPS panel?

 

No no, we're still waiting for CtrlAlt to post his review. He's the only lone soul who bought the supposedly IPS Y50 from tigerdirect yesterday.

 

honestly at this point even if lenovo starts spitting out ips displayed y50's im considering not buying one anymore just out of spite

the most misinformative, clumsy and deceptive launch of a laptop i have ever seen

or maybe it just seems this way because i have never followed a launch of a laptop so closely before

anyway guys dont forget the next step would be to see _how good_ the ips display actually is (could be a crappy one - maybe at least at the beginning for all those early adopters:- )

 

Where are you CtrlAlt ?!?! We are losing our breath here...

 

Give him time, he just ordered it yesterday

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Can anyone tell how do I open tigerdirect outside u.s? I am unable to open it here from india... I opened tigerdirect.p(r) but it doesnt show y50 there...

 

Hehe, I read posts like this in every launch forum. It's almost always like this with every gadget. That's the price you pay for being an early adopter. I can give you a mile long list of botched launches I've been a part of. I don't even call them botched anymore because it's just normal to me.

 

question:

what difference does it make if a seller on amazon is a lenovo authorized dealer or not?

 

I've had this laptop for a few weeks now and have to say I am happy with the purchase. My initial complaint was the screen but after making some adjustments it now looks ok. Overall this laptop is a great value for the $, except I have one major issue ..

The wasd keys get VERY hot while gaming. I know the CPU is located right beneath those keys and for the life of me can't figure out why they would choose do this one a "gaming" laptop. Mostly I am running ESO on ultra but after about an hour or so my fingers really start to heat up, to the point of turning red and getting burnt. This really sucks because I bought this thing to game and it makes gaming unbearable. Also note this is happening WITH the use of the following cooling pad - Amazon.com: Targus Lap Chill Mat for Laptop, Black/Gray (AWE55US): Electronics

My question for the experts - what is best setup for maximizing the GPU performance while keeping the CPU and wasd keys as cool as possible?
My settings at the moment are with the energy manager set to 'performance' and Nvidia card set to 'balanced'. Would it cool the CPU down at all if I ran games on a lower setting? What about fan management options - is there a good program out there that will let me control the internal fans so I can run them at faster speeds? Any other tips or adjustments that might help?

 

I'm guessing you'll get different warranties (or none at all) and stuff. I'm probably wrong though.

 

Have you tried it without the cooling pad?

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If your laptop is getting THAT hot you probably should knock down the settings a bit, as it will probably help with the heat. Maybe go down from ultra to high and perhaps try a balanced power profile. I was able to try out a friend's Y50 and played a few newer games on high and ultra - the WASD keys did get pretty warm but not unbearably hot in my case.

 

Hmm? Wouldn't that make it worse?

 

My thinking is the cooling pad is moving air where it should not go.

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With Lenovo, it's not that huge of a deal to be honest. Warranties are tracked through serial number, so it doesn't technically matter where you buy it from for that. I'd say probably the biggest difference is that with an Authorized Dealer, you pretty much know you are getting the laptop from them, who got it straight from Lenovo. For regular resellers, it may have gone from Lenovo to a Retailer to the Reseller and finally to you .. not that it makes a huge difference, but there is some value to reducing the amount of shipping/hands that the laptop goes through to minimize the possibility of internal damage / DOA. Also I'd say an Authorized Dealer is probably more likely to help you out in the event of an issue.

 

What screen adjustments did you do?

 

Do you guys think there is a heat difference between the two different CPUs? You know, the i7-4700HQ and i7-4710HQ.

 

This is possible I suppose. The cooling pad fans are blowing are up into the internal fan exhaust area so perhaps it is preventing the internal hot air from exiting the laptop? I don't know, it's hard to imagine that more air flow could ever be a bad thing. I will give it a try without the cooling pad fans on and see how it goes. Will also trying bumping down the settings but still, sucks to have to do that when the money spent on the laptop was done so in order to run games at max settings.

 

@SensualLettuce
Changed the screen profile to 'Picture' --- task bar hidden icons > right-click Onekey Theater > select Picture

Changed the Display settings --- right-click desktop > Graphics Properties > Display > Color
Brightness -5
Contrast 50
Gamma 1.2

 

My Y50 shipped early this morning after showing a July 10th estimate for weeks. Sadly I ordered the 4700 instead of the 4710 for no reason other than I didn't notice the different versions when purchasing, just disappointed with myself. Can't wait to see this thing run though.

 

Further to this, would adjusting the graphics settings even affect the CPU heat, since the graphics processing is running off the GPU mostly anyways?

 

I think the laptop is fantastic, but I've been spoiled by a lot of gorgeous IPS screens. Are there an suggestions or reports of successful replacements of the laptop screen?

 

You have 2 options:
1) Run at lower settings. This will stress the CPU less and it will run noticeably cooler.
2) Undervolt the CPU using Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. Most people can set the dynamic undervolt to at least -70mv on these CPUs.

I've been running mine undervolted since day 1 and while it does get noticeably warm, it hasn't been too bad.

 

authorized dealers will probably give you better customer support. The only advantage of Lenovo directly is their return policy. They'll accept open box returns for a full refund, no questions asked. Most others will not do this. I'm not sure if Klick does this either.

 

This is what I was looking for.. will give this utility a shot. Thanks for the tip.

 

Finally got a chance to look into this. Response time is 25 milliseconds? Am I reading that right? That's terrible! Or are all gaming laptops like this and I just don't notice.