Lenovo IdeaPad Y700-15ACZ Notebook Review

[Redaktion]

Badly designed. Even though it might not be the fault of the processor manufacturer, AMD based notebooks do not have the best reputation. The reviewed model of the new Lenovo Y700 confirms this statement. The alleged gaming notebook is hardly suitable for gaming, although the performance should be sufficient in theory.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y700-15ACZ-Notebook-Review.158768.0.html

[Lew]

How is a computer that fails in its primary function satisfactory?

This should be less than 50%.

[Zaerin]

Got to agree with Lew, considering the contents of this review the score of 74% does strain credibility. Compare and contrast with the review of the Razer Blade (2015 refresh) - "2015 Razer Blade 14 is at its core the best lightweight 14-inch gaming notebook money can buy" - which scored just 85%.

How can 11% be the difference between best-in-class and a strong don't-buy recommendation?

I love the reviews on this site, they're some of the best I've found anywhere, but the scores aren't worth the screen space they take up. While I appreciate the fact there's a metric which goes into producing them, if that metric does not produce scores which reflect the user experience then it needs to be changed.

[Assembler]

Got to agree with Lew, considering the contents of this review the score of 74% does strain credibility. Compare and contrast with the review of the Razer Blade (2015 refresh) - "2015 Razer Blade 14 is at its core the best lightweight 14-inch gaming notebook money can buy" - which scored just 85%.

How can 11% be the difference between best-in-class and a strong don't-buy recommendation?

I love the reviews on this site, they're some of the best I've found anywhere, but the scores aren't worth the screen space they take up. While I appreciate the fact there's a metric which goes into producing them, if that metric does not produce scores which reflect the user experience then it needs to be changed.

Your are comparing a high end gaming machine for more that twice the price with an entry level gaming / multimedia notebook... and you should consider that the rating consists of more than just performance in 3D applications.

The verdict is very clear that it is not recommended to buy it, unless Lenovo does fix those issues (and i doubt this will ever happen)... you can read more about it in the notebookreview forums.

[Adan Jaramillo]

The problem is the filter in the intake. Removing it will fix the throttling issue. The filter doesn't allow any air flow into the case.

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/ideapad-y700-15ACZ-throttle-FIX-I-GOT-THE-SOLUTION/td-p/2251878

[Shane]

As stated previously, this laptop DOES perform as it's specs indicate it should if you remove the faulty intake filter. I'm playing games like rust with mid settings at 40-50fps with this exact model, after removing the faulty filter.

https://youtu.be/ENx16Zq7udA

[Shane]

As stated previously, this laptop DOES perform as it's specs indicate it should if you remove the faulty intake filter. I'm playing games like rust with mid settings at 40-50fps with this exact model, after removing the faulty filter.

https://youtu.be/ENx16Zq7udA

Link corrected!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJlh4FB_Hgk&t=18s

[Maverick Wolfe]

"Badly designed. Even though it might not be the fault of the processor manufacturer, AMD-based notebooks do not have the best reputation. The reviewed model of the new Lenovo Y700 confirms this statement. The alleged gaming notebook is hardly suitable for gaming, although the performance should be sufficient in theory."

This is absolutely false, and Completely bogus in statement. I must completely disagree as I am capable of running Farcry 4 on this laptop. I am sitting here typing on it now. I use this thing to DJ and do many other things at the same time, it's MORE than capable of handling anything you throw at it. Before I formatted and upgraded the HD to an M.2 SSD I was playing games That would have killed Most laptops in this class on full 1920x1080 resolution. Filter? what filter? There was no filters at all on mine, You people are nuts speaking of something that is not even there.