Y500 SLI worth it?

[zvmanning]

Seems like it, outperforming a 670mx. However I hear tell of micro stuttering. I have imagine this would put a damper on gaming, fps drops here and there. Wondering if anyone who has experienced it would say its not a big noticeable problem, or would getting a 660m be better with the lesser performance. Or spend even more money for a g75vx. Right now it's between a y500 SLI or 660m y580

 

[Guest]

It depends on what you want to do with it.....

 

[zvmanning]

Well play games.. Haha

 

[dudewitbow]

if you are going for brute performance, go for it. though i personally recommend getting the single stronger card.

 

[zvmanning]

Yeah I agree to a point. I mean the SLI. Outperforms its expensive single card alternatives which is why I'm on the fence. I feel like ill buy SLI and get upset with SLI problems. So it's my unsure attitude is now leading me to either a y580 or a g75vx

 

[olin9]

I have the Y500 and love it. I have not had any issues, except for games not supporting SLI. Like MW online since it is in Beta, but i still get about 30 FPS on max at 1920X1080.

Metro 2033 was real smoth on ultra settings.

Check out the link for more info.

http/www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y500-Notebook.87585.0.html

 

[whyso]

Seems like it, outperforming a 670mx. However I hear tell of micro stuttering. I have imagine this would put a damper on gaming, fps drops here and there. Wondering if anyone who has experienced it would say its not a big noticeable problem, or would getting a 660m be better with the lesser performance. Or spend even more money for a g75vx. Right now it's between a y500 SLI or 660m y580

When SLI works (80-90% of the time) 650m SLI 50-60% better than 660m.
When SLI doesn't work (10-20% of the time) 650m 20% worse than the 660m.

Go for the SLI'd 650ms. Most of the time there will be a a significant increase, sometimes there will be an insignificant decrease.

 

[zvmanning]

Yeah I read the notebook check review and nothing strikes me as bad just don't know what to expect with SLI problems. The 650s seem really powerful and for 1000$. The 660m is weaker yeah and I can't afford an asus vx. Not like I'm playing crysis or super demanding games. Mostly maybe a little guildwars 2 and maybe a little WoW. Thanks for your I put fellows! I think I'm just looking for problems. 1000$ for a laptop powerful than high end expensive alternatives just seems like a dream! Glad it's an awesome laptop ill snag it off newegg when I sell my desktop

 

[olin9]

The Y500 is on sale on the Lenovo site for $869 with one GPU and a DVD burner.

The 2nd GPU is also on sale for $137.

 

[zvmanning]

Yeah but I hear ba things about their service like it takes a long ass time to get f from them idk

 

[olin9]

Yes, Plan on 3 weeks. Is a 3 week wait worth $500 savings? I thought it was.

The shipping time is off also. Lenovo list a week for shipping. Once UPS get the order, it only took 2 days to get the order to me.

 

[zvmanning]

Well the full price is 1146 with tax the card isn't in sale so that's 146$ more than newegg = /

 

[olin9]

The card is not on sale any more and it is $229.

http/shop.lenovo.com/us/itemdetails/0C22235/460/3E71FB3EB22D4A308B517832F7D2264A#learnMore

But the ones on Newegg do not have a DVD. But new egg has the best customer service.

Lenovo has sales every few weeks. But right now, Newegg is the best solution. You can get it with SLI and buy the DVD burner later if you need it at all.

 

[zvmanning]

Yeah I'm leaning towards newegg. Honestly I stream stuff and I never buy DVDs and well all games are pretty much digital download nowadays so! Perfect for me. With the visa discount it's a flat 1000$

 

[olin9]

You can get the DVD Burner for $69.

http/shop.lenovo.com/us/itemdetails/0C22231/460/5BFE409A13354D448384648EC90876FD