14 DAY TRIAL // If you're one of those people who like to get the most out of their computers, you might want to hold off for now on buying one of Lenovo's new T50 laptops, since overclocking the GPU is now impossible. If you're not into overclocking though, the gates are wide open.
Of course, there is also a chance that the problem with the enforced overclock impossibility will be resolved by the time Lenovo finally releases the new laptop. Or laptops, since there are three of them.
The Lenovo Y50 line will be launched next month, March 2015, for prices that will range from €1,120 to €1,400. That probably means $1,120 - $1,400, even though exchange rates would suggest $1,271 to $1,588.
Exchange rates are weird like that. They seldom cross over between the USA and Europe, or Asia / EMEA for that market. In any case, we will know for certain in a few weeks.
Lenovo Y50 laptops
There will be three notebooks, set apart by three things: their storage capabilities, the RAM, and the type of display they possess.
It's not exactly clear what the combinations will look like, but the memory will be of 8 GB or 16 GB RAM, while the storage will either be provided by a 512 GB SSD or a hybrid drive with 1 TB capacity and 8 GB SSD cache.
Meanwhile, the screen will either be of 1080p quality or 4K. Two of the laptops have the latter option actually.
As for the rest, the specs are part and parcel of this kind of mobile PC: an Intel Core i7 central processing unit (Core i7-4720HQ quad-core with 2.6 GHz and 3.6 GHz Turbo clock, 6 MB L3 cache) and discrete graphics.
The GPU is the newest piece of hardware actually: an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M graphics with 4 GB GDDR5 video memory.
The implications
That announcement about NVIDIA gaming hardware might not be about a Tegra X1 SoC device after all, like a new Shield gaming tablet. Then again, the Santa Clara, California-based company might release both.