The Lenovo Z500 with GT 740m thread

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GDSKJ

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xsreality said:
Hi Guys,

Thinking of buying the Z500 as my budget is around 40k. Any alternatives I should look up before finalizing this?
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Just like you I'm also planning to get a new laptop this Diwali :razz: You all can suggest me some good ones till Rs. 45000 :cool: Is it good to get the Sony Fit 15E with i5 3337U and Gt 740M? Or I should get the dell laptop with i5 3210m and Gt 640M? Please tell me what should I do? :-?
 
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TheSpaceDude

Broken In
GDSKJ said:
Just like you I'm also planning to get a new laptop this Diwali :razz: You all can suggest me some good ones till Rs. 45000 :cool: Is it good to get the Sony Fit 15E with i5 3337U and Gt 740M? Or I should get the dell laptop with i5 3210m and Gt 640M? Please tell me what should I do? :-?
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Go for Sony if you want better looks (comparatively), slightly better battery(around 40mins but it depends on what you're doing) and slightly better performance in gaming.
Go for Dell if you want significantly faster CPU (not that gaming will improve by a lot infact it might decrease by a slight margin), cooler CPU and GPU (both will run cooler in Dell)

Go for Z500 if you want the best of both. :D

xsreality said:
Hi Guys,

Thinking of buying the Z500 as my budget is around 40k. Any alternatives I should look up before finalizing this?
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I was confused between Z500 and Sony VIAO Fit because Sony looked quite awesome. It kindof depends on what you want. And BTW Z500 has better battery backup than Sony's ULV processor series.
 
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babzz47

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is any bodys mouse pad acting a bit weird , in the z500 ?? . it was fine when i got it but today morning it was a bit different .
 
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Bencollins

Broken In
hi guys, my friend is thinking about buying ideapad Z500. does this laptop feature backlit keyboard? already checked the first few pages and found it lacks backlit kb. but many sites and reviewers have mentioned that it features a backlit kb.
 
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debarshi

debarshi

Otaku
rohitshubham said:
^^not a problem till now... the synaptics drivers are working fine
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Isn't it ElanTech?

Bencollins said:
hi guys, my friend is thinking about buying ideapad Z500. does this laptop feature backlit keyboard? already checked the first few pages and found it lacks backlit kb. but many sites and reviewers have mentioned that it features a backlit kb.
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The model shipped to India doesn't have back-lit keyboard, confirmed.
 
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UnknownPrince.786

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rohitshubham said:
sammy has no optical drive and 8750m is somewhat slower than 740m . but np370 is lighter so, if you want to game then z500 tops it.
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Personally i did not like the design of Lenovo z500. I know HD 8750m is bit slower then but it can Run all the Games like Crysis 3 and Metro last light at Medium settings
 
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prithvikg

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Hi All,

I'm having a problem and hope someone can help me out. i bought my z500 two weeks back. (ci5 + 6gb + nvidia 740m 2gb + 1tb HDD).
I did a clean install of windows 8 on the lappie to get rid of al the bloatware. but i didn't get rid of all the recovery partitions. Everything went fine. also i installed all the drivers that came on the drivers partition of the HDD. (The hdd had a lenovo partition on it which had all the drivers.) All ok. and when i clicked on open nvidia control panel it opened up. But after a few days when i noticed that when i cliked on the nvidia panel i am getting the message "you are currently not using a display attached to (an nvidia gpu" and if i look at the device manager it is showing as that the device reported an error and has stopped working. (code 43)

i tried everything including re installing the drivers. but no luck. i also used the lenovo one key recovery button on the side of the laptop and recovered the laptop to the initial state that it came in (with all the bloatware) and it is now showing the same problem.

Help please!!

P.S i've tried installing the drivers (both from what i got on lappie and from the lenovo site which seem to be the same versions actually but no luck. also tried uninstalling device and reinstalling but again no luck.)
 
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GDSKJ

Right off the assembly line
prithvikg said:
Hi All,

I'm having a problem and hope someone can help me out. i bought my z500 two weeks back. (ci5 + 6gb + nvidia 740m 2gb + 1tb HDD).
I did a clean install of windows 8 on the lappie to get rid of al the bloatware. but i didn't get rid of all the recovery partitions. Everything went fine. also i installed all the drivers that came on the drivers partition of the HDD. (The hdd had a lenovo partition on it which had all the drivers.) All ok. and when i clicked on open nvidia control panel it opened up. But after a few days when i noticed that when i cliked on the nvidia panel i am getting the message "you are currently not using a display attached to (an nvidia gpu" and if i look at the device manager it is showing as that the device reported an error and has stopped working. (code 43)

i tried everything including re installing the drivers. but no luck. i also used the lenovo one key recovery button on the side of the laptop and recovered the laptop to the initial state that it came in (with all the bloatware) and it is now showing the same problem.

Help please!!

P.S i've tried installing the drivers (both from what i got on lappie and from the lenovo site which seem to be the same versions actually but no luck. also tried uninstalling device and reinstalling but again no luck.)
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I think the Nvidia GPU has ruptured or got damaged. The lappy must be in warranty, so I advice you to take it to Lenovo care and get your query sorted out. I don't think there is any other problem as you have already tried many ways. I hope this solves your query :|
 
debarshi

debarshi

Otaku
I saw the dealer installing Mint on his system....... He didn't fill me in on the details. But he told me not to change partitions (to keep recovery intact), preferably install Ubuntu within Windows using WUBI, or you need to change boot settings in BIOS.... That's what he told me.... And yeah, the Nvidia gfx card is causing some problems, as he mentioned. *sigh*
 
rohitshubham

rohitshubham

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debarshi said:
I saw the dealer installing Mint on his system....... He didn't fill me in on the details. But he told me not to change partitions (to keep recovery intact), preferably install Ubuntu within Windows using WUBI, or you need to change boot settings in BIOS.... That's what he told me.... And yeah, the Nvidia gfx card is causing some problems, as he mentioned. *sigh*
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i was thinking more on the lines of using grub, after disablng secureboot and fast boot... but i will wait till driver issues are sorted :|
 
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anaklusmos

Youngling
UnknownPrince.786 said:
I want to buy Lenovo z500 with 1 GB Graphic Ram.Will it perform same like 2 GB . And game which use high VRam start using System Ram
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yes it will perform EXACTLY the same as a 1 gb one. Even my DESKTOP Radeon 6970 hit its max VRAM (2 GB) usage with Crysis 3 and that was when i was playing on 2 monitors (at 2560 x 1440).
 
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goutham897

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detials on flipkart shows that lenovo z500 wid 2GB graph and 6gb ram as gaming lappy and dat wid 1GB & 4gb ram as entertainment. Is it true dat a 1GB brings dat much difference in gamin?. Does it mean dat earlier one( 2gb variant) handles heat fairly good compared to the other varaitn(1GB)? Also the price differnce between thm iz Rs-5000. Is it worth to go for 2gbgraph +6gb ram variant paying xtra 5000 rs. (Thanks in advance guys 4r running this thread!!!! )
 
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rohitshubham

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goutham897 said:
detials on flipkart shows that lenovo z500 wid 2GB graph and 6gb ram as gaming lappy and dat wid 1GB & 4gb ram as entertainment. Is it true dat a 1GB brings dat much difference in gamin?. Does it mean dat earlier one( 2gb variant) handles heat fairly good compared to the other varaitn(1GB)? Also the price differnce between thm iz Rs-5000. Is it worth to go for 2gbgraph +6gb ram variant paying xtra 5000 rs. (Thanks in advance guys 4r running this thread!!!! )
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well won't recommend going for 2Gb variant coz you wont get any performance gain due to GPU. You can spend Rs. 2.5k more and upgrade to 8 Gb ram.
 
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