Is this (Lenovo Y510p) good for gaming?

[yoshimonster]

So I wish I had the ability to build my own desktop, but sadly it needs to be vaguely portable.

Found the Lenovo Y510p: http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-ideapad-y510p-laptop-intel-core-i7-2-4ghz-16gb-ram-1tb-15-6-blu-ray-black/p625306

Is this any good? I'm UK based so it's very hard to get hold of one at the moment, Lenovo themselves clearly have no idea what's going on based on their Facebook page.

The main games I'll need it for are Assassin's Creed 3 and 4. I'm fine with playing on normal/low settings.

 

[Effeectt]

The processor needs to be clocked at 3.0GHz or more if you going to play CPU intensive games like AC3 and AC4.

Also even if AC3 only need 2.4GHz. You will still need a 3.0GHz to run AC4 as it seems at the moment.

I wouldn't buy a laptop for gaming usage. Its good for games such as Minecraft and basic titles, but not for AC and other Triple A titles.

 

[Platinum Era]

It has a GT 750m. You can play both AC3 and 4 on high settings, you might be able to max them out.
But the AC4 specs aren't official so they can change for better or for worse.

 

[yoshimonster]

So you think it would definitely be the CPU bottlenecking it?
AC4 is the worrying one, it looks insanely intensive; they say "open-world" every other second.
Trust me, if I had a choice I wouldn't be buying a laptop, but I have to have something and a desktop isn't possible.

 

[Platinum Era]

So you think it would definitely be the CPU bottlenecking it?
AC4 is the worrying one, it looks insanely intensive; they say "open-world" every other second.
Trust me, if I had a choice I wouldn't be buying a laptop, but I have to have something and a desktop isn't possible.

Some details:http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=1314&game=Assassins+Creed+3&p_make=Intel&p_deriv=Core+i7-4700MQ+4-Core+2.4GHz&gc_make=Nvidia&gc_deriv=GeForce+GT+750M&ram=16&screenRes_width_FPS=1920&screenRes_height_FPS=1080&checkSubmit=#systemRequirements
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=6805&game=Assassins+Creed+4+Black+Flag&p_make=Intel&p_deriv=Core+i7-4700MQ+4-Core+2.4GHz&gc_make=Nvidia&gc_deriv=GeForce+GT+750M+2GB+GDDR5&ram=16&screenRes_width_FPS=1920&screenRes_height_FPS=1080&checkSubmit=#systemRequirements

 

[yoshimonster]

Thanks for the links
Looks very high - but would a lower speed i7 outperform a high speed i5?

 

[Platinum Era]

Thanks for the links
Looks very high - but would a lower speed i7 outperform a high speed i5?

A lot of games nowadays are getting more optimized for quad core CPU's. I'm pretty sure quad core mobile i5s don't exist so the game will have a harder time running on 2 cores vs 4 even of the i5 has hyper-threading and even if the i5 is faster. That i7 turbo's up to 3.4Ghz so you will be fine.

 

[yoshimonster]

Fantastic. Thank you so much for all the help!