Actually the whole point of having the y500 is to have SLI, having OPTIMUS in it is just a gimmik, or to me a total joke, I mean look at the big picture, A gaming laptop with good battery life? aww c'mon

Well, maybe can also.. I'm not sure... u try search the forums.. i forgot oredy the name of the forum.. sorry

yup! Agree with u 100000000% .... Why bother buying a gaming laptop if u want to use it on battery? Heck, even on batteries the laptop's gaming performance decrease by 70%.. to me, gaming laptops are laptops that we often use at home or working place without having to move or carry it around, and only rely on it's mobility when needed (for presentation, for business, etc)...

If u guys really want a gaming laptop with mobility, then go for y410.. the optimus extends the battery life by 2-3 hours for that laptop, whereas for y510, it increase battery time by 1-2 hours only

how much for psu & y400 version?

This post has been edited by ErgoProxi: Jun 20 2013, 04:43 AM

really?
need to buy external speaker?
&
turn off blacklit?

This post has been edited by ErgoProxi: Jun 20 2013, 04:54 AM

The other side benefits of having Optimus is it also allows you to use functions like Quick Sync. May not be of much help in gaming, but useful if you deal with a lot of media files/encoding works and such.

im using y400 gt750m & driver 311.27 driver stable

Looks like Lenovo have ditch away anti glare panel on their y510p and replace with glossy panel.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/ideapad-es...d-y510p-87.html

PSU Rm 260 ask for better price, y400 you have to go ask yourself

No no no no! I dunnoe what u mean, but this laptop's speaker is powerful as it is... i just dont want to put it at 100 as most speakers will break because of too high volume... Well, if u want, u can try it.. but buying an external speaker is not advisable... the JBL speaker is loud lol~

Urm backlit u can turn off during morning as it the red lights cant be seen well during morning. I did this too to prevent the LED from being overused. However if u using ur lappy in a dark environment, u can turn ur backlit to medium birghtness or full brightness..

Btw, ADVICE TO ALL NEW OWNER OF LENOVO Y400/410/500/510 , make sure not to put ur red-backlit keyboard on brightest setting and go for gaming.. The heat from excessive gaming and too much brightness on LED will overstress the LED, causing it to go dimmer.. Trust me, mine is now a bit dimmer (well, on some keys only... not all keys become dimmer )

Owh i see.. well, i'm not sure about Quick Sync function as i'm using my laptop for gaming and doing some studying projects on it (well, i'm a student ).... well, it's still up to people who wanna buy this laptop.. it's their money, their decision lol... We are here just to advice them

ya bro.. i am also using 311.27 driver, and yes.. it is stable.. but what i'm asking is: are there any new drivers for geforce gt750m graphic card? There is already driver version 319.17, but IT'S ONLY FOR LINUX AND FREEBSD OS

Someone from V1 thread suggested using the 320.14 driver under gt740m... Has anyone tried this?

im using my laptop primarily to work, others music and gaming so optimus is a must when im in a work mode so that we can maximize the battery

Using a y500 primarily to work?? Isn't that a bit overkill?

lol yup , also a heavy gamer. i do gaming onsite or when travelling for work

Lol if me I cannot do that lo I'd feel that my money is wasted...
16gb RAm, 128gb Crucial mSata, GT750 sli

wasted what? gaming you can, balik kampung also can gaming, working also can , Im an it engineer with lots of VM work. i7 + 8gb ram huge full hd screen really helps, what else can you get with the price og y500? mac book bs lor..

im also a heavy gamer.
but im looking something more massive, a 17.3" laptop.

next 4 years plan to travel to japan while bringing the lappy and i can play games at a cafe during lunch hours and perhaps, joining some high school girls if can.

lol 17' omg... 15' y500 sli enuff bro

anyway pm me the japan high school girls hehe ( must be pinky)