seem like you re having good fps in assasins 3 and fifa,nfsmw also improved by few fps
the reason why the nfsmw having such a low fps is because it havent support by sli tecnology
so the gt650m sli should be fine in driver 310.64
so will you said that 310.64 is better then 306.00?hopefully yes..
you can always upgrade ur others drivers since the system remind you to do so
my driver manager also remind me about that

can i see your dxdiag display detail shown in pic below

my graphic card driver version is 9.18.13.600 which same as the official released driver for sli(link shown below)
http://support.lenovo.com/en_MY/downloads/...?DocID=DS032574
and this is my nvdia control panel system information

it is still 306.00 ,seem like i failed to upgrade to 310.64 yesterday=.=
btw,if you having big issue in 310.64 on future,always try to reinstall this driver http://support.lenovo.com/en_MY/downloads/...?DocID=DS032574

1)What are the caveats of having the SLI??

I'm sorry for seeming ignorant but I've read thru this post and I know there's a problem but I cant seem to pinpoint it somehow..

2)Already kinda made up my mind to get this beastly machine next week so I was wondering if I should get it from jayacom or devour? Any kind person mind linking his profile here?

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Need-for-Speed-Mo...p/153748/page/5
there is a sli problem issue in nfsmw, as you can see from the link, gtx680m *3and gtx 690*2 are having only 30fps, but single gpu run around 60,so i m sure that single gt650m will run better then dual gt650m in nfsmw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cubH1DmGxdU...be_gdata_player
nfsmw in gt650m high setting +1080p,25-30 fps, more then dual 650

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Added on December 2, 2012, 12:22 ambro, unfortunately, the 3 game you tested are not supported by sli yet, nfsnw will get low bad fps if you run it in sli according to here
http://answers.ea.com/t5/Need-for-Speed-Mo...p/153748/page/5
so gt650m single will run better then dual gt650 in this game
the fps u are having in assasins creed 3 should be in only single gt650m,it didn't use ur second graphic card as performance
and also max fps for fifa 13 is 60 only
you can test on some sli supported game such as crysis 2,battlefield 3,cod 9

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Added on December 2, 2012, 1:27 amThis post has been edited by minzisme: Dec 2 2012, 01:27 AM

1. Not problem, just issues
a. Micro suttering. Some gamers don't care, for other it's deal breaker.
b. Not all games support SLI.

2. devour main thread in garage sales
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f=98&t=1890950

ATTENTION TO LENOVO Y500 OWNERS AND POTENTIAL LENOVO Y500 OWNERS!!

I am glad that I bought the Lenovo Y500. I managed to play around with the laptop. I installed some NFS games (Hot Pursuit, Shift 1, and Shift 2) . I was quite satisfied with the FPS.

Everything was OK, with exception the brightness control is lost through the Fn key when I upgraded to the latest WHQL or Beta Nvidia Driver. But it's okay, I thought it could be fixed later, when Lenovo itself release its own Nvidia Driver.

But......not until last night.

My hard drive is 500GB and the drive C is more than 400GB and there is drive D (Lenovo) 20GB.

So, I thought why not shrink the drive C for the purpose of Windows 8 system and create a new larger partition to store my games, stuff, videos.

Then, I downloaded the EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition.

What I did was, shrink the drive C to 100GB, and create a new partition on the unallocated space (I think more than 300GB) on a new drive letter E: (since letter D is occupied by Lenovo).

So, the software asked the laptop to be restarted in order to complete the changes. I allowed it to restart and it booted with EaseUS partition progress.

In the middle of the process, the laptop suddenly restarted.

only to boot with this error ....




I got panicked, and tried press "Enter". And the screen proceeded to....




Now, I got really panicked. But then I thought, there is this Lenovo "One Key Recovery" . The button which situated next to the power input plug.

So, I pressed the button and I chose "System Recovery"...



But, it wasn't successful! In fact, it just proceed to the same previous 2 screenshots that I showed you.

At this point of time, you would know just how I felt


So, it was at 1.30 in the morning, I googled to find this solution

Solution


, albeit it may not be suitable for a beginner like me.

Lenovo One-Key Recovery and Partition Problem

And apparently, when I searched the Lenovo forum, look what I found --->>
It has been reported that if the user change the partition, the One-Key Recover feature becomes useless and in effect you won't be able to recover your system.

At this moment, I have no idea what to do. I have no guts to try with the solution above. It seems complicated and I scared more errors could arise.

So, guys, maybe I plan to send back the laptop to the reseller.

But the point is, To those who intends to repartition or make new partition in your Lenovo, please DO NOT DO SO, unless you are really sure what is the outcome will be

Anyhow, I'd appreciate if somebody could help me with this problem. I'm like in this kind of "bricked" situation for my laptop

Nvm la bro, what's done is done...
Next time do more research before proceeding lo..
Its the same for all notebooks with OS, there will always be a recovery partition, if you delete or alter it, of course it will no longer work

Actually it's not bricked lo....
just it's using GPT partition and it cannot been shrink if using 3rd party software, unless u reinstall fresh copy of Win 8 and install driver urself it will be work back, but one key recovery will be useless.....

Noob question.

I'm using Y580 and on my lappy got C drive and D Drive.

So C Drive is only got 229 GB and D Drive is 196 GB

Since I noticed D Drive is a lot of space and by default, if install will go to C Drive, I divert some of the games to D Drive. is it ok?

bro, re you using 310.64 for graphicsl card?

sss2sssss <<---- thanks for your input. But, tomorrow morning I will send the laptop to the Lenovo Service Center. Hopefully, they can get my laptop fixed.

minzisme <<----- Yes, i tried the latest 310.64. But you will lose the brightness control Fn. The brightness will always be at maximum. It's okay during day time, but quite eye-sore during night.

haha,Is there any fps improvement which you can see from 306.00 to 310.64?
i am thinking wan to upgrade it or not=.=
so far i havent install any driver yet,i am still using the driver version which came with machine itself
last time try to upgrade to 310.54 but failed to do so

As far as the game I have played are concerned...it can be said more smooth.

Actually, the benefit of the upgrade is that Nvidia will keep updating the SLI profile for newer games.
So, instead of using 1 GPU. Now, we can utilise both GPUs.

Listed from Nvidia website:

NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:

Alan Wake's American Nightmare – added
Borderlands 2 – added
Darksiders 2 – added
End of Nations - added
F1 2011 – updated
F1 2012 – added
Final Fantasy XIV – updated
Nexuiz - added
Orcs Must Die! 2 – added
PlanetSide 2 - updated
Saints Row: The Third – updated
Shogun 2: Total War – updated
Sleeping Dogs – updated
Spec Ops: The Line - added
The Secret World - updated
Torchlight II - added
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added
Tornado Force - added
Tribes: Ascend – updated

You can always check the release note accompanying the driver release.

But, the short-fall is that you will lose the brightness control. (you can't do anything about it) . Unless , you don't mind.. u may proceed to download.

This post has been edited by AmyDazz: Dec 2 2012, 01:10 PM

thank for all ur information !
ok,i will upgrade it
but can i directly upgrade my current version 306.00 to 310.64?
or i have to install all those older WHQL/beta driver 1by1 1st?

You can upgrade directly to the latest one. Just make sure you uninstall every Nvidia Driver as per in Control Panel "Program and Features".

Oh, by the way...if you have other games than I played. Maybe you can report whether is improvement? Thanks.

so far only tested in crysis 2
ultra setting all max 1920*1080p is around 30-40 fps,much better then y580

how long can GT650M SLI last, since games requirement are getting hardcore day by day

Well since NVIDIA still no fully optimize Kepler GPU, so let's see abt it....
and also lot of lappy GPU still din catch up...

u upgrade the latest version 310.64 right..
ya i also lost to adjust brightness
better wait the official since beta v is not stable yet.

2 things:

1. As always, make sure you prepare a recovery media before you play with partition.

2. Don't need to use any 3rd party partition software in Win8. Do you know Win8 has its own partition management tool?
Just type "Partition" and enter. You will see an Admin tool "Create and Format HDD partition". It's not flashy, but all the functionalities are there. You can resize all you want. Yet another proof that Win8 is better than Win7

Wrong. Win 7 also have this tool