Recent content by Rhavi Marques

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    need a gaming laptop under 1500

    i'm leaning on the lenovo's high end model Y50 with the 860m, 16gbs of RAM and 4gbs of VRAM, i'm trying to find a 870m but i don't think i've found any under 1500 dollars, i know there are some custom laptop brands but those dont deliver in the 2-3 week window i have to buy one. any ideas? i...
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    Battlefield 4 capable gaming laptop

    in any case, i thought i'd drop by this post again to point out that today i downloaded and played BF4 beta on the y500 (not 510p), using wifi, with SLI, it ran on the default medium/high graphics, at 1080P, with a steady 30-40 FPS. i'm very pleased.
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    which laptop to buy?

    it really really depends on what your preference is. personally i hated w8 untill i installed start8 (which brings back the start menu and boot to desktop) my girlfriend however works with some older programs which simply wouldnt run on 8, so we got her a w7 laptop. if you like w7, go with w7...
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    Looking for a High Performance Laptop

    Ram won't affect fps unless you have too little of it, 8gb is fine, I have a y500 with the dual 750m and I'm very happy with it, it is a little on the hot side, the gpu reaches up to 80c under high load without a laptop cooler, but it's at no risk, i use a separate keyboard, so the heat doesn't...
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    lenovo y500 ultrabay accessories? where are they!

    i bought the y500 dual 750m SLI, (great laptop!) but when i bought it i was told it had many accessories i could plug into the ultrabay slot, mainly an extra HDD, DVD or a fan. now that i've used it a bit i notice that the performance drops dramatically on battery and i'm wondering weather...
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    better than the Y500 dual 750m sli?

    Hello tom's hardware folks, first time poster here but constant reader, i dont know why i even google anymore since everything i ask it brings me here. my problem is, whenever i buy something, be it a piece for my desktop or a laptop or w/e, i always find a cool one and buy it straight away, a...