Lenovo Y50-70 seems to good for the cash, Is there a catch

[ross06187]

i been shopping about for a laptop for a while, the Lenovo i had (RIP) a Lenovo t510 was a good work horse.

anyways I am looking for a quad crore as a bit of an upgrade putting me mostly onto gamming style laptops.  i that respect i found

 

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Processor   Intel Core i7-4710HQ Processor( 2.50GHz 1600MHz 6MB)

Operating system  Windows 8.1 64

Display type  15.6" Ultra HD IPS Glare LED Backlit 3840x2160

System Graphics  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 4GB

Total memory  16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM 1600 MHz

Hard drive device  1TB + 8GB

Optical device  DVD Recordable

Network card  Lenovo BGN Wireless

 

for about £1000 (with student ds) otherwise £1100 you get the quad core a good gpu with 4gb vram, a 4k ips screen!, 16gb ram,

 

i can’t find any hands on reviews of the uhd model.  Some for the 1080p but not the 4k

is the uhd screen just poo, like 30hz poo or is it better.  Lenovo are not that forthcoming.

4k used to cost allot making me suspicious finding it at this price point as otherwise the spec is crazy for the cash.

I guessing there are probably also thermal issues (but how bad), this thing could be a linus video

 

Has anyone got hands on experience allot of the threads are from ces in January,  now its in shops and I assume people own them

[ZetZet]

The catch is the build quality. It's nothing amazing, plastic and such. Still great specs though.

[PokémonTrainerFour]

I'm pretty sure Linus is doing a video on it according to his instagram/facebook/twitter

[Archangel1994]

i been shopping about for a laptop for a while, the Lenovo i had (RIP) a Lenovo t510 was a good work horse.

anyways I am looking for a quad crore as a bit of an upgrade putting me mostly onto gamming style laptops.  i that respect i found

 

shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y50/?cid=gb:sem|se|google|85901402884|uk_Y50-70_en|UK+IIP+IdeaPad+Y+Series|111157007&ef_id=UbRPJAAAAflatG@X:20140805184244:s

 

for about £1000 you get the quad core a good gpu with 4gb vram, a 4k ips screen!, 16gb ram,

 

i can’t find any hands on reviews of the uhd model.  Some for the 1080p but not the 4k

is the uhd screen just poo, like 30hz poo or is it better.  Lenovo are not that forthcoming.

4k used to cost allot making me suspicious finding it at this price point as otherwise the spec is crazy for the cash.

I guessing there are probably also thermal issues (but how bad), this thing could be a linus video

 

Has anyone got hands on experience allot of the threads are from ces in January,  now it is hear and I assume people own them

The 4k is most likely in 24Hz (The max HDMI can support at the very moment) unless they utilize displayport/thunderbolt internally (doubt it though).Let me just tell you though, 4k on a 15.6" monitor is the biggest waste of space ever (literally only dickwaiving rights). 1080p is more than enough for a 15.6" screen.

[Jobbe03]

It's gonna be a bit plasticy, but Lenovo still makes good laptops

[Jobbe03]

The 4k is most likely in 24Hz (The max HDMI can support at the very moment) unless they utilize displayport/thunderbolt internally (doubt it though).Let me just tell you though, 4k on a 15.6" monitor is the biggest waste of space ever (literally only dickwaiving rights). 1080p is more than enough for a 15.6" screen.

Linus posted an instagram pic of it, and implied he was impressed.

[Mooshi]

Lower cost 4K panels tend to be TN based, that in of itself could be the flaw. -shrug-

 

It's a Lenovo. That alone puts it in a tier above the crap from Dell and HP...two tiers above Acer.

[wng_kingsley7]

It's gonna be a bit plasticy, but Lenovo still makes good laptops

I thought the new Lenovo has a aluminium body construction which is why it's kind of light.

 

Lower cost 4K panels tend to be TN based, that in of itself could be the flaw.

Isn't it ips?

[Archangel1994]

Linus posted an instagram pic of it, and implied he was impressed.

Don't those laptops have a GTX860M? Those WILL NOT handle 4k well at all. I genuinely want to know now why Linus is impressed.

[Archangel1994]

I thought the new Lenovo has a aluminium body construction which is why it's kind of light.

 

Isn't it ips?

IPS 4K monitors cost $3000. I doubt it is IPS .

 

Only TN 4k monitors are semi-affordable at the moment.

[Levent]

Don't those laptops have a GTX860M? Those WILL NOT handle 4k well at all. I genuinely want to know now why Linus is impressed.

none of the GPUs out there handles 4K nicely

[Jobbe03]

Don't those laptops have a GTX860M? Those WILL NOT handle 4k well at all. I genuinely want to know now why Linus is impressed.

It's not a gaming laptop

[Jobbe03]

I thought the new Lenovo has a aluminium body construction which is why it's kind of light.

 

Isn't it ips?

I think it does, but from what i've seen it looks kinda iffy

[Archangel1994]

none of the GPUs out there handles 4K nicely

SLI GTX880M could do a pretty good job though (8GB of VRAM). I would actually love to see some benchmarks on that .

[ZetZet]

It's 48Hz 4K according to owners. Dunno if it's just doubled 24hz though.

[Levent]

SLI GTX880M could do a pretty good job though (8GB of VRAM). I would actually love to see some benchmarks on that .

yeah with a cost of 9999$ remember the topic we are on ,good for cash.

[AnnoyedShelf]

The 4k is most likely in 24Hz (The max HDMI can support at the very moment) unless they utilize displayport/thunderbolt internally (doubt it though).Let me just tell you though, 4k on a 15.6" monitor is the biggest waste of space ever (literally only dickwaiving rights). 1080p is more than enough for a 15.6" screen.

The 4k model actually runs at 48Hz, check their website.

[wng_kingsley7]

IPS 4K monitors cost $3000. I doubt it is IPS .

 

Only TN 4k monitors are semi-affordable at the moment.

Well I got a gut feeling that it is ips. High-end laptop for multi-media/gaming use with TN panels should be eradicated.

[Mooshi]

I thought the new Lenovo has a aluminium body construction which is why it's kind of light.

 

Isn't it ips?

 

[79wjd]

SLI GTX880M could do a pretty good job though (8GB of VRAM). I would actually love to see some benchmarks on that .

SLI 780tis struggle getting decent fps and settings at 4k, and that will certainly outperform an 880m

[rodion.zissou]

Going by my conversations with owners, and some reviews, the catch seems to be a crappy panel.

[ross06187]

just saw the instagram from linus

 

http://instagram.com/p/rTkpdhSbM8/?modal=true

 

think i will be waiting for the video, if its good i will be buying it.

 

i not sure on the screen, if its good then it show's how cheap 4k could be.  the scaling will be bad i am sure

[Archangel1994]

It's 48Hz 4K according to owners. Dunno if it's just doubled 24hz though.

HDMI 1.4 was released on May 28, 2009, and the first HDMI 1.4 products were available in the second half of 2009.^[111][144] HDMI 1.4 increases the maximum resolution to 4K × 2K, i.e. 3840×2160 (Ultra HD) at 24 Hz/25 Hz/30 Hz or 4096×2160 (4) at 24 Hz (which is a resolution used with digital theaters) - Wikipedia HDMI page

 

yeah with a cost of 9999$ remember the topic we are on ,good for cash.

Not saying they should put in SLI GTX880M. Just saying I want to see benchmarks on that .

 

Well I got a gut feeling that it is ips. High-end laptop for multi-media/gaming use with TN panels should be eradicated.

TN consumes less power and is simply cheaper. Keeping laptops affordable > Better color-production for the average person.

[ross06187]

Going by my conversations with owners, and some reviews, the catch seems to be a crappy panel.

 

there is a tn 1080p version that allot of review are based on, nothing on the ips 4k to the same detail in testing, there is also a ips 1080p vertion and touch as well

[rodion.zissou]

there is a tn 1080p version that allot of review are based on, nothing on the ips 4k to the same detail in testing, there is also a ips 1080p vertion and touch as well

Link me to the ips versions?