Is this worth the price ?

[medwatt]

Lenovo IdeaPad V570A
Display 15.6'' (1366x768) LED
Processor Intel Core i5-2450M (2.5Ghz)
ram DDR3 4Gb
hard drive 750 Gb
nVidia GT540m, 2 Gb
DVD Super Multi
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0
High Definition Audio
No operating system
Battery Li-ion 6 cell
3 x USB 2.0 / 1 x VGA / 1 x HDMI / 1 x RJ-45 (LAN) / mic-in / audio-out
Webcam (2 Mpixels)

Cost = $760
Is it worth it ? If not what is estimated worth ?

 

[jaguarskx]

Not really since for $90 more ($850) you can buy the new model IdeaPad Y580 which comes with an Ivy Bridge Quad Core i7-3610m (2.3GHz) and a GTX 660M.

While the i7-3610m has a lower clockspeed, Ivy Bridge CPUs are about 5% on average more powerful than the older Sandy Bridge CPUs... So an Ivy Bridge 2.3GHz = Sandy Bridge 2.415GHz.

The GTX 660m is a much more powerful graphics card. The older GT 540m is equivalent to the current GT 630m graphic card. The difference is significant. The GTX 660m can allow you to play many games at 1920x1080 (assuming to want to pay extra for that resolution) with medium quality graphics and good performance (30+ FPS) with the exception of very demanding games like Crysis and Metro 2033. The GT 540m? Not really recommended.

http/shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=AC523278A4F13F27A84F5F5622D1AC7A

The Y570? I wouldn't pay more than $650 for it since it is older and slower.

 

[airanp]

Not really since for $90 more ($850) you can buy the new model IdeaPad Y580 which comes with an Ivy Bridge Quad Core i7-3610m (2.3GHz) and a GTX 660M.

While the i7-3610m has a lower clockspeed, Ivy Bridge CPUs are about 5% on average more powerful than the older Sandy Bridge CPUs... So an Ivy Bridge 2.3GHz = Sandy Bridge 2.415GHz.

The GTX 660m is a much more powerful graphics card. The older GT 540m is equivalent to the current GT 630m graphic card. The difference is significant. The GTX 660m can allow you to play many games at 1920x1080 (assuming to want to pay extra for that resolution) with medium quality graphics and good performance (30+ FPS) with the exception of very demanding games like Crysis and Metro 2033. The GT 540m? Not really recommended.

http/shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=AC523278A4F13F27A84F5F5622D1AC7A

The Y570? I wouldn't pay more than $650 for it since it is older and slower.

Agree with jaguarskx on this one. Not to mention unless you have a legit copy of Win 7 laying around to put on the V570A then you are going to be spending another $100 for the OS anyway. May as well just get the Y580 with better specs and it comes with an OS which would actually cost you like $20 less total.