At CES 2019, Lenovo launched its gaming lineup for 2019 that included the brand new RTX laptops as nicely. The new Lenovo gaming lineup begins from Y540 and goes all the way in which until Y740 (17-inch). All the laptops are powered by Intel’s form of newest ninth gen processors together with Nvidia’s flagship RTX graphics. One factor to notice right here is Lenovo for some causes contains solely the Max-Q model of RTX 2070 and 2080. For those that don’t know, Max-Q is mainly a stripped-down model of the total desktop graphics card.
To check out the brand new Lenovo’s gaming lineup, we went forward and grabbed a Lenovo Legion Y740 gaming laptop computer. We went with Intel i7-9750H CPU which is coupled with 32 GB of DDR4 RAM at 2666 Mhz and Nvidia RTX 2060 GPU. Do notice that Lenovo does supply the total desktop RTX 2060 GPU which is barely higher than the Max-Q model. We even have a 1 TB Seagate Barracuda HDD working at 7200 rpm paired with a 512 GB WD SN720 PCIe NVMe SSD for the boot drive. For WiFi and Bluetooth, Lenovo has included a Killer 1550i community card and the {hardware} is powered by a 57Wh battery.
Design
At first look, Lenovo Legion Y740 does look higher than a lot of the gaming laptops out there. Even although I personally take pleasure in video games, I don’t like gamer accents like crimson colors throughout the laptop computer or bizarre graffiti on the laptop computer. The design of Y740 is clear and easy and aside from the RGB keyboard, there’s nothing that screams gamer.
This easy and clear design lets you carry it round and in conferences or to school with out the concern of being judged. I personally liked the Legion branding on the laptop computer and the way in which Lenovo put it to the highest aspect of the lid and never within the center like different corporations.
In phrases of show design, I preferred the truth that Lenovo made an effort to create a close to bezel-less show. However, that will get shadowed by a large chin on the underside. The chin homes the digital camera and it’s probably not helpful because it’s a nostril cam. I wouldn’t thoughts giving up the bezel-less show for uniform bezels on all of the aspect and the webcam on prime of the show, the place it belongs.
Moving on to the keyboard, the design is much like what we have now seen in different gaming laptops. One annoying factor that Lenovo did was so as to add a set of keys on the left which pushes the entire keyboard to the appropriate. It’s a bizarre design and it takes time to get used to it. You will by chance find yourself urgent Lenovo Vantage key as a substitute of escape or RGB brightness key as a substitute of Shift. It’s annoying particularly when taking part in video games. While we’re as regards to poor design selections, Lenovo for some causes determined to heart align the trackpad to the laptop computer and never the keyboard. Due to this, you may count on some unintentional faucets and clicks whereas typing because the trackpad is slightly to the left aspect of the keyboard.
The keyboard itself is fairly good and the important thing journey is low which I personally like however it may differ from individual to individual. It additionally has assist for RGB lighting which might be managed utilizing Corsair’s iCUE software program. Speaking of RGB, Lenovo has additionally added lighting to the aspect exhaust vents in addition to to the “O” in Legion brand. All these might be managed from iCUE and you too can flip off lights in particular areas.
I/O
Since Lenovo Legion Y740 is a gaming laptop computer, it doesn’t lack the I/O. Lenovo has managed so as to add each single port you’ll ever want. Another factor that Lenovo did was to place all the key I/O to the again of the laptop computer which hides the wires behind the display screen and provides you a tangle-free expertise.
On the again, left to proper, is the charging port, a USB 3.0 Gen 1 port, Ethernet port, a USB 3.0 Gen 2 port, an HDMI output, a mini-display output and mini security-lock slot. On the left aspect is the USB Type-C port with Thunderbolt Three and a 3.5mm headphone jack. On the appropriate is an Always-on USB-A 3.Zero and the Novo button for Lenovo one key restoration.
Performance
There’s little question the Lenovo Y740 is a beast and you’ll really feel how snappy it’s even…
