better than the Y500 dual 750m sli?

[Rhavi Marques]

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 week later i find i could have bought something better for the same price, or the same but cheaper.

this time i'm trying to make it different, i need a powerful laptop, i'm doing architecture in college, huge models in sketchup and 3D autocad and revit massacred my laptop (i3, 8gb ram, gt520 1gb), and did a number on my desktop as well (radeon 6870, 8gb ram, athlon IIx4) and i love them games, wont deny it.

so i'm going to buy a new laptop, cant have my models running at 2FPS in college, but now i cant buy one right away, i live in brazil and will buy a laptop in the US next month, so this time i'm doing some research.

TL;DR? read from here:

i've found the lenovo Y500 very attractive:
http/shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/builder.workflow:Enter?sb=:000001C9:0000C509:

i7 processor, 16 gigs of ram, dual SLI geforce 750m, and about at the limit of my laptop budget at 1,100 USD.

is there a better choice?
better for same price or the same but cheaper?

how good IS the 750m in SLI? would it blow my desktop away?

 

[k1114]

Sketchup, revit and autocad's viewports do not support sli/cf, neither does other 3d software so a single 750m is less performance than a 6870. There aren't any benchmarks for sli 750m but guessing from the 650m sli, it would be only 1 tier above the 6870. A desktop will always be better price/performance.