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is there a maxwell 4GB nvidia gtx 860m card?

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  • Lenovo
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May 21, 2014 1:03:44 AM

I am buying Lenovo y50 laptop which is specified with 4gb nvidia gtx 860m graphic card. But I heard all 4gb cards are Kepler based.Even I got assured buy their sales agent I want to ask community..

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May 22, 2014 6:03:47 PM



So is that a yes or no? According to the article, there is only a 2GB version of the card. I really want to know as well. Should I just trust the Lenovo sales rep, or are they just completely lying?

Oh and another thing to consider before buying the Y50 is that it has a TN panel.
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May 22, 2014 9:55:42 PM

other way of find it out is checking the gpu clock, maxwell has more clocks.
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June 3, 2014 4:41:14 PM

I'm also looking for an answear for this. Does the OP know about it already?
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June 12, 2014 5:29:32 AM

I just purchased the y50 with 4gb gtx860m and i can assure you that it is based on maxwell architecture ...its gpu code is gm107 which basically tells you that it is maxwell based on kepler ...hope this helped

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June 20, 2014 3:33:58 PM

demonpower101 said:
I just purchased the y50 with 4gb gtx860m and i can assure you that it is based on maxwell architecture ...its gpu code is gm107 which basically tells you that it is maxwell based on kepler ...hope this helped



@demonpower101 hello are you sure 100% that the 4gb version is maxwell?
http://www.cyberport.de/lenovo-ideapad-y50-70-notebook-...
Do you think the graphics card in this link is kepler or maxwell?
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June 29, 2014 12:54:35 AM

On the official lenovo webite it says "Up to GTX 860M 4GB (Maxwell)" and a number of other forums have people posting that the 2GB & 4GB are maxwell. Games like skyrim rely on a big amount of VRAM (not more than 2GB I think) but I would go for 4GB because firstly there isnt much of a price difference between the two models and also I would like my laptop to last me a while.
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October 9, 2014 6:35:52 PM

NEVER trust a Chinese company; Lenovo is Chinese brand; they won't last long at all.

I suggest go with Asus, MSI if you want to save money compared to Alienware, Samsung, and Dell.
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