Y50 Thread

It's not the GPU that's thinner. It looks like they are using the haswell 4702 which is a 37W part (4700 is 47W) and if the 860M is 60W instead of 75W, it should be easier to cool the both of them. I so hope the cooling system is quiet.

 

From what I'm reading, no mSATA?

 

No one knows. Dont make the judgement yet.

 

Lenovo seems to have abandoned Msata on all their models, Thinkpads and Ideapads. If the Y50 would contain a SSD, it would be using M.2 (NGFF).

Some editions of the Y510p include the 4702, also i've modded my 4700 to work as a 4702, the temperature difference between both CPU's using the same cooling system is about 10°C. This, along with the fact that the Y50 will have dual fans, possible one for the CPU and one for the GPU, might make this possible, but you can almost guarantee that the Y50 will use a larger 170W power brick.

 

Maybe off topic, but can u order from lenovo's website? I only have my phone and i come into the mobile version, and i can't find any buy button, and by the way i live in norway, so shipping there?

 

It's not released yet.

 

I wonder what happened to that Best Buy guy. Maybe he got in trouble? Haha

 

Does lenovo charge tax?

 

Yes, but depends on where you are buying\shipping the product to.

 

Lets say Cali?

 

Sorry, man. I should've mentioned my next shift is Friday evening.

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Oh, okay. That explains your lack of response. Haha Thanks for trying to get us the info.

 

Oh, what I meant by is that in their checkout process it says that applicable taxes and fees are applied at checkout... so once you enter in your billing / shipping info if you are in an area that charges taxes (usually locations that Lenovo has physical operations/address) it will then add tax. It's like in Texas, if you buy HP or Dell, you'll have to pay taxes because they have offices in Texas. So if Lenovo operates out of California, then most likely, yes, you'll be taxed.

 

Yes you do pay taxes shipping to Cali, and depending on which city you live in it could be quite hefty. Broke state government FTW.

 

Gawdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamit.

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Eager to hear what our Best Buy goto guy has to say!

 

Yeah, where is he? Maybe he's in a different time zone.

 

Iliftcars did you find out anything?

 

Since this doesn't have display port, it wouldn't be possible to output 4k, correct? I thought the hdmi taps out after 1080p?

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HDMI 1.4 can deliver 4K, albeit at 24/30 Hz only. For anything other than movie watching, this is useless. If you'd want 4K on an external monitor for productivity, you would have to get a USB graphics cards that supports it. As for gaming, don't even bother.

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Maybe our insider was "removed forcefully".
Damn blue shirts!

 

Lenovo probably reported it and sent Federal agents after him to shut him up lol

 

bestbuy guy, where are you??!!

 

Sorry guys, I tried looking for it, but it wasn't in the system at all. At least, not the inventory system. I'll ask around and see if there's another system I could search through, but I doubt we're receiving it anytime soon. But, this does not mean it will not be released soon, as Best Buy stopped carrying the Y510p about 3 months ago.

Like I said, I'll search once more, but no guarantees on finding anything.

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Do u guys think there will be a huge differnce between the 765m and the 860m? I am currently choosing between the y50 and msi gs 70 stealth, where i like the stealth because it is 17" and is so slim! And i like the y50 for the 4k screen and more powerfull gpu. Also the msi in my country has a rebrand of it and therfor is actually very cheap.

 

Wait for solid info on the Y50, there isn't any right now

 

Everything is still rumor and speculation, but looks like, yes, there will be a noticeable difference. You can check out the Maxwell thread that is going on in the Gaming section, Cloudfire has been really on top of everything regarding the new chips and is breaking out all the math to show why it's better, but just to go to a simple comparison.

765M 3DMark11 Score: ~4000
860M 3DMark11 Score: Estimated ~5100

Again, rumor and speculation... have to wait until they are in the wild.

I saw that the MSI GE was getting updated with the 860, so it might be possible the GS could get a refresh with the 860 as well if you really want MSI.

 

I spoke with a Lenovo dealer in Shanghai the other day who said the Y50 would be available late march/early april in China but i don't know how accurate that is. He had the Y50 on a list with dates but no pricing schedules/options. I'm hoping the 4k screen option is not astronomical.

 

I hope the gs 70 gets updatet with 860m that would be perfect

 

I would imagine we'll see the 860M in many of the 15 and 17 inch thin and light gaming notebooks. I'm speculating we'll see it in the rMBP refresh as well.

Not to mention I'm sad panda that there was no 840M,850M,860M announcement today.

 

If the rumor that 860m is equal too or a bit more powerfull than 770m, many thin gaming laptops will have very good performance for it thinnes.

Sorry bad english...

 

If that turns out to be true, then a crapton of other companies will start pumping out slim gaming laptops due to he lower tdp.
770m performance aint nutin to laugh at!

 

So long time ago since anyone posted something here, any news?

 

Lenovo's been keeping pretty mum about this since it was last talked about, but I'd like to know this as well.

 

I was eager to find out more so contacted them again yesterday. Another agent told me that it will expecting a mid-March release. So apparently, it has been pushed back from end of February.

 

The y40 was running an i5 ulv at ces if anyone cares.

 

And suddenly most reasons to buy this laptop are gone, with the existing Acer V7-482PG having ULV+FHD+750M.

 

Breaks mah heart too.
Kind of wonder why they decided to go r 275m though...because the 860m tdp is around 40-50 I believe.

 

It's too bad the Acer has DDR3 GPU mem

 

Is the R270M weaker than the 755M?

 

maybe thats a low tier config?

 

given that the r7 270 is a rebrand of the 7870, the r7 270m is probably a rebrand of the 7870m. Its more powerful than the gt 755m.

 

The y40 at ces was packing a r275m, the same model in the brix pro. If the drivers are good, expect around 760m performance.

 

They're basically the same. 7870M has a stronger core config but 755M makes up for it by being clocked very highly and also having more memory bandwidth.

Scratch that. Apparently 755M is a little faster in most cases: Computer Games on Laptop Graphic Cards - NotebookCheck.net Tech

 

MSI's new notebook line just confirmed its release date: March 13. Let us see when is Lenovo going to announce theirs.

 

Radeon HD 7870M vs GeForce GT 755M

755 is like 10-15% better in benchmarks. And Octiceps ninja'd me. And Kepler OC's really well, though i have no idea how well you can OC a 7870M.

 

New user here--very interested in the Y50 but I'm still shopping around a bit. What is the new series that MSI announced?

Also, I doubt it's official but I talked with a Lenovo customer service representative and she said the Y50 would be here by the end of the month.

 

New user here--very interested in the Y50 but I'm still shopping around a bit. What is the new series that MSI announced?

Also, I doubt it's official but I talked with a Lenovo customer service representative and she said the Y50 would be here by the end of the month.

 

y40 too? Also...what gpu y40 will have? If any one know..

 

I only asked about the Y50, so I can't speak to the Y40, but I would assume they would be released at the same time. I have read that the Y40 is speculated to have the AMD Radeon™ R9 M270 4GB graphics card.