Tencent Digital (compilation: Mi Ke) In fact, my personal feeling for the game before this is not great, there is not much attention, but when we first saw Lenovo IdeaPad Y900, I know my attitude began Change has occurred.
And now I finally understand why I'm still in love with such a clunky laptop, given that I already have a dedicated game PC at home. Although the IdeaPad Y900's volume is quite small, but one feature really surprised me, and IdeaPad Y900 is enough to change my overall impression of the gaming notebook.
design
Generally, most of the so-called "game notebooks" on the market have adopted very aggressive designs. Not a very angular cutting line is a variety of bright colors, but the Lenovo IdeaPad Y900 is not. When the IdeaPad Y900 is in the closed state, the overall design style is relatively low-key, and the smooth aluminum body shell does not have many decorative elements. Unlike other game books, they can't wait to tell the world that "I'm just a game should be such a disobedience to bite me."
The IdeaPad Y900 has few decorative elements on the top cover, but only the colored Y word logo will shine, and after the IdeaPad Y900 is turned on, the interior design is relatively simple. Although there are some LED decorations, it doesn’t seem excessive and the whole is still walking. More low-key style.
After opening the IdeaPad Y900, we will see a large 17.3 inch screen with 1080P resolution. At the same time, the keyboard takes up most of the space. There are cushions on both sides of the touchpad, which can provide enough cushioning and rest for our wrists. Does not directly contact the wrist with the metal. There is no doubt that the IdeaPad Y900 is definitely a big guy as a 17.3-inch notebook.
The IdeaPad Y900 is equipped with a mechanical gaming keyboard and looks pretty good. The IdeaPad Y900's keyboard provides a customizable backlight setting and is excellent both in visual effects and feel. For the 17.3-inch large notebook, there is an advantage that even with a full-size keyboard, the key layout will not be particularly crowded.
However, although the IdeaPad Y900 provides a touchpad, it is still not very usable for gamers, so you have to use an additional mouse. However, when not playing the game, the IdeaPad Y900's touchpad does not have any problems with daily operations, and the response speed is also very fast, and the volume is also large enough to operate more smoothly.
On the right side of the IdeaPad Y900, we see a very rich interface, including the OneKey latch, a 6-in-1 card reader, a headphone/microphone jack, two USB 2.0 ports, and a Kensington security slot.
On the left side of the fuselage is the power connector, DisplayPort connector, HDMI connector, Gigabit Ethernet connector, USB 3.1 Type-C connector, and two USB 3.0 connectors. Although some notebook manufacturers are now pursuing the design concept of “simple is beautifulâ€, Lenovo does not seem to think so. At least on the IdeaPad Y900, we have seen all the interfaces that are currently available on laptops. This is very necessary for gamers.
Although the IdeaPad Y900 lacks a built-in optical drive, it can still be used with USB externally. I personally think that it is a good idea to cancel the design of the optical drive. After all, this can not only save space, but at the same time, the digital media is becoming more and more mainstream, and the optical drive is not a necessary component. Therefore, it is a reasonable choice for the IdeaPad Y900 to cancel the optical drive.
performance
For a laptop, performance is always the first prerequisite, and here's a look at the complete configuration of the Lenovo IdeaPad Y900:
Intel's sixth-generation Core z main frequency;
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Graphics Card (8GB VRAM);
16GB DDR4 RAM@2133MHz;
1TB HHD hard drive/5400 rpm;
256GB Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe SSD Solid State Drive;
JBL stereo speakers (2W x 2/3W x 1) to support Dolby sound;
6-cell 90Wh battery;
Body specifications: 42.5 × 31.5 × 3.6 cm;
Weight: 4.6 kg;
Basically IdeaPad Y900 hardware is absolutely the mainstream of the game this standard, although now NVIDIA has introduced the latest 10 series flagship graphics card, but the previous generation GTX 980M is still a very powerful graphics card, will not let us down in performance. At the same time, Lenovo has equipped the Nevve Center software for the IdeaPad Y900, which can be used to overclock the CPU and GPU with the Turbo buttons on the keyboard.
IdeaPad Y900's Turbo mode allows us to see its strong performance in various games. For example, in Watch Pioneer, the IdeaPad Y900 has a hardware refresh rate of 65 to 75fps, and it can satisfy the highest quality picture provided by Blizzard.
In addition, in "Sorcerer 3: Wild Hunting", although not as good as expected, it can absolutely meet the requirements of high quality. In some static scenes, the IdeaPad Y900 performs well, and in some dynamic scenes, the refresh rate is reduced to 30 to 55 fps. Most of the time, the IdeaPad Y900's frame rate stays around 30fps, and I was impressed by the performance of the scrolling video.
In "Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor", the IdeaPad Y900 is more intuitive because it comes with a dedicated game performance testing tool. After installing the game HD test package, the IdeaPad Y900 has an average frame rate of 67fps, a maximum of 89fps, and a minimum of 48fps. To be honest, this kind of performance is enough to impress me, and if you can lower the frame rate slightly, it will make the picture look more beautiful. To know that many games have some compromises in this area, the IdeaPad Y900 is no exception.
In the battery test, after I fully charged the IdeaPad Y900, I began to play "World of Warcraft" until the battery was exhausted. The entire test process, the IdeaPad Y900, lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes, and this was under the premise of the highest quality and the screen brightness was adjusted to 50%. This performance is basically satisfactory, but it should be noted that "World of Warcraft" is not a game that consumes a lot of hardware resources. Therefore, the specific performance of the IdeaPad Y900 depends on which game and the consumption of the equipment.
In terms of speaker effects, the IdeaPad Y900 is also worthy of praise. IdeaPad Y900 sounds pretty good, if you do not use headphones, the IdeaPad Y900's sound is basically able to satisfy most gamers.
IdeaPad Y900's display effect is moderately high, the color is full of vitality, and the maximum brightness is also sufficient. Lenovo said that IdeaPad Y900 uses an "anti-glare" display, and in the test I found that the reflectance of the IdeaPad Y900 screen is indeed slightly lower than that of other games. Of course, matte material screens in non-sunlight conditions or in dark rooms do not seem to perform as well as normal screen performance.
to sum up
Overall, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y900 changed my previous impression of the game, and now I also began to feel good about the game. However, although I was quite satisfied with the performance of the IdeaPad Y900, the price of $2,500 (approximately RMB16,837) is still a bit high. After all, there are some other brands of products that offer some better configurations at the same price.
In addition, the IdeaPad Y900 is also a little bulky in terms of portability. The weight of 4.6 kilograms makes it difficult for me to take it out. However, there is a trade-off between weight, portability, and performance for game titles. If you spend 2,500 US dollars to buy a powerful but cumbersome game this is an ultra-thin portable but performance bottleneck super pole, also depends on the user's own needs.
So this 17.3-inch game book wouldn't have to worry about much portability if you're usually just at home or in the office. And if you occasionally use your notebook to go out and use it, then it seems that you have to consider more portable options.
advantage
Excellent performance;
The design is low-key and beautiful;
1080p resolution screen effect is excellent;
insufficient
Bulky;
Too much weight
The high price of $2,500;
Source: slashgear