Raqwe » Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review https://www.raqwe.com Hi-tech news Thu, 14 May 2020 10:06:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review – in a knockout competition with the first strike! https://www.raqwe.com/lenovo-ideapad-y7070-review/ https://www.raqwe.com/lenovo-ideapad-y7070-review/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:06:26 +0000 http://www.raqwe.com/?p=19170 Chinese engineers Lenovo’s usually delight their fans with quality appliances. Among the dominance of tablets and smartphones, the main emphasis is still on laptops, because they are, in fact, are the driving force behind the development of the company. Each laptop refers to a line, which defines its characteristics. Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review is a 17.3-inch device, which, moreover, that is equipped with an excellent display, stylish body, so also boasts a powerful stuffing, problem-solving abilities of different levels of complexity. Together, these characteristics determine its form factor gaming. Design – Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review is a continuation of the game line, and in general, is […]

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Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

Chinese engineers Lenovo’s usually delight their fans with quality appliances. Among the dominance of tablets and smartphones, the main emphasis is still on laptops, because they are, in fact, are the driving force behind the development of the company. Each laptop refers to a line, which defines its characteristics.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review is a 17.3-inch device, which, moreover, that is equipped with an excellent display, stylish body, so also boasts a powerful stuffing, problem-solving abilities of different levels of complexity. Together, these characteristics determine its form factor gaming.

Design – Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review

Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review is a continuation of the game line, and in general, is very similar to its predecessor – IdeaPad Y5070, at least in their appearance. Its cover is made of black metal, enough of the brand. Fingerprints are on it with enviable regularity, and the user will have to live with it. The design is dominated by minimalism, there is absolutely nothing more. For example, on the cover there is only a small corporate logo of the manufacturer, and is not even in the middle and to the left. Interestingly, the surface is slightly convex due chopped lines; it creates a certain aggressiveness, in principle, as befits a powerful gaming laptop.

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

Open view of Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review only strengthens pleasant experience. Inside the user expects a huge touch screen is completely covered with glass. In the center – an oblong metal hinge, which securely holds the gadget? The keyboard seems to be very comfortable, not for nothing that the firm AccuType from Lenovo is considered exemplary. Evenly on either side of the casing distributed interfaces. The bottom, as well as the cover, also made of aluminum, it whole. In its lower part can be seen two square feet, through which the device does not slip on the surface. In addition, the lower panel is the ventilation device, next to which – the subwoofer.

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

This gaming laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review turned out relatively heavy, even for 17-inch device, its weight is 3.4 kg. Dimensions, respectively, are not the smallest (422h290 mm), although the thickness pleases (26 mm).

Display, sound and webcam – Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

If the previous model IdeaPad Y5070 could choose between a conventional displays with multitouch support, in the case of its 17.3-inch sibling as such there is no choice: only one version is available with a touch screen. Matrix – IPS with a glossy surface. Resolution is 1920×1080 pixels, and perhaps it is the best solution for the gameplay, and in general to the user’s eye. Excellent quality of matrix inversion is not observed at the slightest deviation of the screen and the image is pleasing to the eye.

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

Touchscreen, however, it is hardly the way to enter information useful during gameplay. It is more urgent during web surfing, the more so because the response is good, fast, the commands are executed without delay; need to repeat the specified action does not arise. There is support for 10-finger multi-touch gestures enabled.

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

The sound of a conventional laptop does not play a big role, but for true gamers it is very important. To satisfy their needs endowed manufacturer Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review speakers from JBL supported by Dolby Advanced Audio v2, which are hidden under the grille above the keyboard. By the way, the location quite interesting, because the speakers have a high length and involve the edges. In addition, there is a subwoofer on the bottom; it is useful to enhance the sound effect by bass.

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

At the top of the screen frame is located webcam with a resolution of 720p. She was not able to provide a good, clear picture, and therefore not suitable for photographing. But videoconferencing 0.9 megapixels will suffice.

Keyboard and Touchpad – Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review

As part of the materials keyboard AccuType less fortunate than the top and bottom: all of it, including the working surface, plastic, besides, coated soft-touch. It is, of course, island type, due to what cannot be afraid to miss and get on the wrong key. Buttons have a typical shape, they are slightly rounded at the bottom, which makes the process more comfortable printing. The substrate does not flex even under very intense depression, for which she single plus.

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

The keyboard layout is standard; location and size of the keys do not cause problems. For example, [Enter], double-row, [Shift], [Ctrl], [Caps Lock], etc. – Medium size, very comfortable to press. Of course, there is an additional digital unit. The key travel is average, they are moderately hard, but pressed without effort, and very comfortable to use.

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

Each button is framed in red, which determines the color of the LED backlit keyboard. Illumination has only two modes; however, this is quite sufficient. It is moderately bright, and does not hurt the eyes very gently highlighted. Adjusting the backlight is done with the key combination Fn + Space. Above the keyboard, next to the right speaker, you can see two buttons. The one that more – a key switch on the notebook, and the smaller, so-called super-key Lenovo, launches recovery mode system.

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

Located under the keyboard dimensional touchpad, also plastic. It supports multi-touch gestures such as scrolling, zooming, dragging, and others. Physical keys he does not. The touch keypad is very responsive and works perfectly, however, it is useless for games. Yet for these purposes appropriate to use gaming mouse that is guaranteed to have every gamer.

Performance – Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review

Given the presence of the touch display support, it is easy to guess that the role of the operating system gaming notebook Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review (80DU002URK) supports 64-bit Windows 8.1. It is fully adapted to this option, whereby the coordinated work is guaranteed.

Filling presented quad-core Intel Core i7-4710HQ architecture Haswell processor with a clock frequency of 2.5 GHz, which can reach up to 3.5 GHz, thanks to technology Turbo Boost. There is also support Hyper-Threading, which involves processing of four core eight threads simultaneously. CPU is built on 22 nm technology, the cache level 3 is 6 MB, and the maximum power consumption is 47 watts.

Of course, the graphics accelerator gaming notebook – a key aspect that determines its form factor. In this case, as a discrete graphics card supports NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M with 4 GB of graphics memory standard GDDR5, based on the architecture of Maxwell. Its operating frequency can range from 1029 MHz to 5000MHz. The video card is built on the 28 nm processes and supports DirectX 11 and Shader 5.0. It is noteworthy that it is equipped with a video processor PureVideo HD (VP6), which decodes the video H.264 and MPEG-2.

For tasks that do not require the participation of the “heavy artillery” perfect integrated graphics Intel HD Graphics 4600. It is ideal for everyday work, and the level of performance it can be easily compared to the editor discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M. Its minimum clock speed of 400 MHz, but it may increase up to 1350 MHz. By the way, the video card supports DirectX 11.1, OpenCL 1.2, OpenGL 4.0, a decoder and encoder 4K Quick Sync.

Well, now let’s get to the fun part: see what results in popular games is able to achieve such a filling. So, Tomb Raider with a native resolution at maximum settings show 40-42 frames per second. Game Metro: Last Light on ultra-settings goes with 30-34 fps, whereas in Watch Dogs can play at high speed with more than 27 fps. But arcade tank simulator World of Tanks on ultra-settings also show about 40 frames per second. Thus, the picture is clear enough: Modern demanding games are fine on high settings at maximum, some of them may slowdown. As for the game easier, then ultra-settings they run quietly.

RAM is 8 GB DDR3-1600 MHz standards – not the highest figure for modern gaming notebook, but that is what it is. To store the information provided by the manufacturer 1TB hard drive with a spindle speed of 5400 rpm and 8 GB SSD-cache.

Ports and Communications – Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review

On the left side you can see the gadget such interfaces: two ports USB 3.0, video output HDMI, RJ-45 connector and the connector for charging.

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

Located on the right side port USB 2.0, card reader 4-in-1 (SD / MMC / SDXC / SDHC), SPDIF, combo audio jack and a Kensington lock.

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

The rear panel is empty, and on the front there are four LEDs, among which, the indicator of the laptop, drive, touchpad, as well as the state of charge of the battery.

Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review - in a knockout competition with the first strike!

By the way, if you wish, you can connect an external DVD optical drive by wire USB. With respect to wireless technologies, they are presented with Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Battery and heating – Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review

Priori gaming laptop does not imply good indicators of autonomy, so expect some good results, in principle, it is not necessary. Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review equipped with a lithium-ion battery capacity of 7400mAh. The manufacturer guarantees up to 5 hours on this device, however, does not indicate what mode. In fact, this figure does not correspond to reality, because the capacity of the gadget is enough for about 3 hours in read mode and load conditions, unfortunately, reduce the result, at least twice.

Level heating happy and we can conclude that the cooling system copes with its functions. Thus, even in the running demanding games or applications, the laptop does not overheat, yes, it becomes warm, but not enough to cause discomfort to the owner.

Conclusion – Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review

Gaming laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y7070 review not shaking their technical characteristics and does not offer anything new users. Despite this, it will find its customers, and here’s why. Firstly, the apparatus has a pleasant appearance, both universal and unobtrusive. Secondly, the gadget is equipped with a good display, with an optimal resolution for high-quality gameplay. Third, it has a powerful stuffing, which will cope with today’s demanding games. Add to this a comfortable keyboard, all necessary interfaces, and it turns out perfect “set” for gamers! Well, in the fourth, price: still cost about $ 1,380 (in the reporting package) sufficiently humane, given the current prices for notebook market for such gadgets.

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