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I have had my y580 for a while now and whenever I play games ( skyrim, bioshock infinite, and some other titles ) the notebook gets pretty hot especially around the mousepad, which is the area where my hand is resting and it gets quite uncomfortable. I was wondering what is a good cooling pad...

I just updated to the newest drivers today and tried playing Witcher 2 after that. My laptop is always plugged in. In the power plan options there is "high performance" and also "Lenovo dynamic graphics" which one should I choose? as to the optimus switch, the y580 dosnt actually have a physical...

I just recently installed a couple games I enjoyed on my crappy desktop (6 yrs. old + 7750) like witcher 2, skyrim, dota 2 . . . will try gw2, sc2 I was expecting better performance than what I am getting. Witcher 2: the auto-detected to all high settings, but when I play the game all I get is...

i will be purchasing a new y580 this boxing week, not sure about the exact model just want to make sure it's a 1920x1080 res. screen, and i would really like to swap out the HDD for a SSd (around 256 gb) here are some examples...

I have decided to get a laptop during the boxing week sales, and was leaning towards the lenovo y580. I'm still open to suggestions as to what laptop i should get for the similar cost. msi ge60 (with 660m) gigabyte p2542g (havent even seen a website that i can order form in canada) or any of...

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1. What is your budget? around $1000 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15 - 17 inch 3. What screen resolution do you want? minimum 1600x900 or whatever the pixels are like 4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? gaming laptop for when i go to...