I was wondering about the external GPU too but 1 thing fur sure more heat flows from the left (primary GPU).

Display adapters as requested.


Never really tested out the battery life since it was on power all the time. I'll unplug it and do some gaming tomorrow and update you guys k

This post has been edited by Jabberwocky: Nov 26 2012, 11:10 PM

Regarding the issue of Furmark not using both of the GPU, I think you should read this. Link

And, I fixed the image link for ya. http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8745/78824844.jpg

is 4 gig ram is enough for gaming? and also if you're doing daily use like opening multiple tabs in windows 8? or better upgrade it to 8? or 16?

Thanks Jabberwocky.
71c.. Nice Temp for a single GPU stress test!

Waiting for SLI temp..

This post has been edited by Amal: Nov 27 2012, 12:33 AM

thanks for the test

nfsw test with frap fps runnig on 1920x1080
sli gt 650M

2012-11-27 09:37:08 - NFS13
Frames: 108 - Time: 5766ms - Avg: 18.730 - Min: 14 - Max: 21
i can't upload the the image bcoz too large 3.07mb

u2 enough ma ,ok thanks, but where the wire ventilation area on it?

8gb i think minimum if u want to play game
i have 12gb ram

guys!!i need ur opinion
on idle test with speedfan
gpu : 39-41c
hd0 : 39-42c
core 0 : 49-54c
core 1 : 40-50c
core 2 : 40-50c
core 3 : 40-50c
gpu : 39-42c
is it ok o not?

This post has been edited by myotgo: Nov 27 2012, 10:07 AM

U3 should be better for the Y500, just place the fans under vents

You don't really need 8GB for games

Try using OpenHardwareMonitor or HWMonitor to monitor the temps, these programs are more accurate than SpeedFan

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Added on November 27, 2012, 10:25 am4GB is more than enough. If you really have a lot of money to spare, then upgrade to 8GB

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Nov 27 2012, 10:25 AM

agreed. 4gb is suffient. but if you have extra cash, 8gb/16gb why not?

8GB is enough haha, if you have the money to upgrade to 16GB, try saving it and upgrade to SSD instead, the performance boost will be much more significant

aha.. so games doesn't take much ram right? especially if you have 2gig gpu already (plus sli). ram mostly used when you open 30++ video tabs xD

The fps is 14 to 21 in the game?

This post has been edited by tennytyy: Nov 27 2012, 11:08 AM

index score with sli ..any idea on how to increase the graphic perfomance?


although the cooling syst on top, but i still eager to make it more cooler
so, i put the cooler notepal u2 n tested on idle for about 20 minutes
the temp slightly affect or not at all
anyone know why?

i think that it maybe the fans of the cooler pad is not strong...
Try U3 or SF19 see how its goes on...

Put in external power source for constant power

I only have 4Gig but gaming experience for me its the best so far, it meets my requirement therefore I won't upgrade to 8Gig. Too be honest I prefer the overall feeling of the y500 than playing on my friend's Razer Blade, call me weird but its true.

My palm doesn't feel much heat (Blade have a focus heat spot, which annoys me) and jumping from keys to keys is pretty at ease (hardly pushed the wrong key)

I brought my machine to chill out at a nearby Starbucks, last about 2 hrs 45 mins with continuous gaming (DOTA2, GW2 in max setting, battery 'high performance' profile.

and 1 more thing, it make head turns!

This post has been edited by Jabberwocky: Nov 27 2012, 03:12 PM

Good to know that you are enjoying your notebook man~
And thanks for the reviews

People are attracted by the cool backlit keyboard i guess.

Btw, what is the colour of the backlight of the keyboard?
Is it red backlight?

Most welcome! Grad the review helps

Yes it is the irresistible Red colour

It looks badass, before that i thought it was red keyboard + white backlight.

i have 12gb of ram..it's worth for me especially when running multi apps together
yesterday i had transf file 220gb to my ext hdd and at the same time downloading torrent and open some web on google.
no lack and smooth
so total memory if i'm not wrong more than 4gb

so i think depend on user la