Newsletter: Lenovo Unleashes Immersive Gaming Experiences through Powerful New Laptop, Monitors and Peripherals

01/17/2020 09:41:26 PM

Author's note: With the start of the year comes the annual Consumers and Electronics Summit (CES) wherein some of the biggest names in the tech industry come together and showcase to the world their newest, up-and-coming, must-have gadgets.

Of course, Lenovo is part of this year's CES. The tech giant launched a number of products that aim to provide the best immersive gaming experience. They are bannered by the G27c Gaming Monitor, Legion Y740S, and the BoostStation.

Read more of these offerings below.

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Who ‘gamers’ are may have evolved over the years but their collective desire for fun and immersive PC gaming experiences remains strong. Lenovo™ takes on the challenge of creating battle-ready Windows 10 PCs, gaming monitors, and accessories that balance the edge of work and play with new PC, monitors and accessories announcing at CES®. 

Designed with details custom-built for top title performance, Lenovo Legion products are forged from decades of user insights and engineering expertise. Made for gamers, Lenovo’s lineup comes serviced by the top-notch customer care team of gaming specialists in Legion Ultimate Support—giving Lenovo Legion gamers first-hand advice, software tips, and hardware tricks to help them master everything from first-person shooters to scenic role-playing games.

The Lenovo Legion Y740S

Serious Punch Without the Compromise​

For those who want a portable laptop for productivity and a battle-ready powerhouse to Livestream new eSports titles when it’s time for fun, Lenovo’s got the laptop they need. Unlike other gaming laptops weighed down by their heavy bodies, the new Lenovo Legion Y740S is our thinnest and lightest Windows 10 gaming laptop yet with up to eight hours of battery life.1

With up to 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 processors (coming soon) reaching more than 5 GHz, the Lenovo Legion Y740S has Q-Control allowing users to shift gears with a simple press of their Fn+Q keys. Jump into Performance Mode for higher frame rates, down-shift into Quiet Mode for better battery life to watch a movie or stay the course in Balance Mode for day-to-day usage. And don’t forget to custom-tune the PC’s gameplay experience with software from Lenovo Vantage for Gaming.

Made with long-term gaming usage in mind, enjoy the new tactile feel of Lenovo Legion keyboards, featuring quick response time with 100 percent anti-ghosting, improved ergonomic key size and responsive switches designed for smoother typing and gameplay. An anti-oil and abrasion-resistant coating amps device durability compared to previous generations.

With the extra security of a fingerprint reader built into the power button, gamers are just a tap away from filling their 15.6-inch 4K IPS screen with the greatest heroes and villains of all time with 100 percent sRGB color gamut for truer color accuracy. With a display up to 500 nits bright, VESA® certified, and Dolby Vision, which enhances your viewing experience through astonishing brightness, color, contrast and detail, the Lenovo Legion Y740S has a 60 Hz refresh rate so players can kiss washed out images goodbye.

The vivid picture quality is matched with next-generation specs including up to 32GB DDR4 of memory, vast 1TB PCIe SSD2 storage capacity, and an exclusive thermals design with the five-point sensor array and quad fan for four times the cooling when playing graphically intensive titles. Play action-packed multiplayer online battle arena games at the perfect angle for you with a new flexible 180-degree hinge.

Available in Iron Grey with a metal finish and illuminated Lenovo Legion Y logo on its cover, the Lenovo Legion Y740S laptop weighs 2kg and offers rear and side ports including Thunderbolt™ 3 to allow for easier coupling with Lenovo’s first-ever external eGPU companion accessory: the Lenovo Legion BoostStation.

Turn any space into a battle station with backlit keyboard, narrow bezels, and amazing immersive audio with Dolby Atmos® Speaker System, which can give gamers a competitive advantage.3 Play the hottest titles with the highest frames per second (FPS) when powered by eGPU accessory.4

eGPU That Plays Nice with Others

That’s right, the Lenovo Legion Y740S stays sleek on the outside while supporting savage gameplay when joined with the Lenovo Legion BoostStation. While on-the-go users get the advantages of a slim and light Windows 10 laptop, your performance station remains at the gamer’s home ready for the action to begin.

Aluminum body with cool expandable storage casing

Supporting the heart-pounding gameplay enabled by NVIDIA® GeForce® or AMD® Radeon™ graphics, the Lenovo Legion BoostStation with an aluminum build and the cool transparent side panel is compact and fits on virtually any playing surface at just under 8.5kg; it’s also 100 percent tool-free and allows for super-fast charging5. Mixed-reality features (augmented or virtual reality) are supported with applicable specifications via the eGPU.

In addition to the new Lenovo Legion Y740S with its BoostStation, the Lenovo Legion Y740 Laptop Studio Edition powered by NVIDIA RTX GPUs and Studio Drivers offers another option for enthusiast gamers who are also creators. It’s part of the RTX Studio program and supports unique features such as real-time ray tracing, AI acceleration and ultra-high-quality video that helps artists create amazing content in record time.

Visuals to Lose Yourself in the Game 

Stay savage and customize the desktop experience with one of Lenovo’s monitors and Lenovo Legion’s ever-expanding gaming portfolio that covers a range of sizes and segments from professional-grade and curved monitors to mid-size monitors for eSports players. 

For total domination, users are invited to manage the basic effects and advanced settings of their Legion Y-series gaming monitors with the upgraded 2.0 version of Lenovo Artery software. With Lenovo Artery, users can also customize brightness, contrast, and the scenario mode on their multi-screen displays and audio devices, as well as control the color settings and low blue light function for each game.

Exceptionally Smooth Gameplay 

Professional players at the highest levels of eSports have amazing manual dexterity, able to perform hundreds of actions within a minute of gameplay—only a purpose-built monitor can keep up with such savagery.

Stay focused on the game with the new Lenovo Legion Y25-25 Gaming Monitor with a 24.5-inch, Full HD IPS panel display built into the striking near-edgeless chassis. Crank up refresh rates all the way to 240Hz—more FPS means that more data flows between the GPU and monitor, helping to eliminate tearing in most multiplayer games boosted with AMD® Radeon FreeSync™ technology.1 

The Lenovo Legion Y25-25 Gaming Monitor

No matter how fast the character may be moving on the screen, just say “no” to capping and ghosting with a super-fast response rate at 1ms.

The Lenovo Legion Y25-25 Gaming Monitor comes with the anti-glare panel and up to 400 nits of brightness and is TÜV® Rheinland Eye Comfort Certified to reduce eye strain; its ergonomic stand enables a myriad of comfortable playing angles including, tilt, lift, pivot, and swivel, and VESA mount allows for on-wall display.

The Lenovo G32qc Gaming Monitor

Curved Visuals That Bend To Your Every Move

Curved monitors make gaming more immersive and comfortable as it simulates a more natural viewing experience for your eyes, neck, and head—allowing the gamer to see all the action at once.

Whether it’s a social gamer who loves multiplayer team shooters and doesn’t take anything too seriously, or a hardcore competitive player, all types of gamers can enjoy every second of gameplay on the new 31.5-inch Lenovo G32qc Gaming Monitor with near-edgeless bezel QHD (2560 x 1440) screen resolution for clear visuals and superior picture quality. Catch every player movement with its wide viewing angle, high-screen brightness, and excellent contrast ratio.

Or, choose the heavy-duty yet compact 27-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution display on the Lenovo G27c Gaming Monitor—both monitors have a curvature of 1500R for complete game immersion.

Engineered to deliver virtually tear-free and stutter-free gameplay with AMD Radeon FreeSync6 technology, the Lenovo G27c is capable of an amazingly high refresh rate of up to 165Hz, helping to rid gaming distractions such as choppy images, streaks, and motion blur. While the Lenovo G32qc Gaming Monitor offers a speedy 144Hz refresh rate—both monitors give users a high-speed 4ms response time for ultimate clarity and to help eliminate ghosting.

Offered in Raven Black hue, both curved gaming monitors are TÜV Rheinland Low Blue Light and Flicker-Free Certified to help protect gamers’ eyesight during those uninterrupted sessions. They’re available with adjustable stands for ergonomic positioning, as well as a VESA mount if users prefer to affix their displays to the wall. Easy access to HDMI, DisplayPort, and audio out makes for seamless connectivity to gaming rigs for better user experience.

Personalize the Lenovo Legion K300 RGB Gaming Keyboard or use the pre-designed colors.

Accessories With Smarter Edge

No warrior is complete without the right savage gear; Lenovo offers a range of elite gaming accessories to help them dominate the battlefield and look stylish doing it.

Starting with the fine-tuned Lenovo Legion M600 Wireless Gaming Mouse that features an extra-long battery life7 and energetic 1000Hz polling rate to dramatically lessen latency for lightning-fast reaction times usually reserved for wired gaming mice.

Focus on the score and not the battery with its clever Rapid Charge USB-C port that allows for up to 10 hours of battery life with five minutes of charge and up to 200 hours of battery life when fully charged.7 More gameplay advantages of the wireless Lenovo Legion M600 mouse include a smart optical sensor (PixArt 3335) that can be used on multiple surfaces and is capable of reaction speeds as fast as 400 inches per second without skipping.

Switch on/off lights with a quick click or change the mouse’s settings with its DPI switch.

Get the gaming specs that matter such as extreme sensitivity of up to 16,000 dots per inch (DPI), a maximum acceleration of 40G, plus, it’s fully ergonomic with nine left and right buttons. It’s ultra-precise – with microswitches good for a lifetime of 50 million clicks and over 16 million RGB color options for game-changing LED lights on the wheel and logo.8

With a smarter design for right- or left-handed gamers, the new Lenovo Legion M300 RGB Gaming Mouse offers competitive performance that’s easy on the wallet, wrist, and grip—regardless if the gamer prefers the palm vs. ‘the claw’ grip.

Play with the ultra-precision of up to 8,000 DPI with adjustable sensor tracking, solid 1000Hz polling rate, and appreciate the mouse’s microswitches good for a lifetime of 10 million clicks for left and right buttons. Discover the customizable RGB LED backlighting on the Lenovo Legion logo and comfortable textured soft side-grips that stay dry even after long sessions—these are just a few more reasons why this new fully ambidextrous mouse will be a favorite accessory.

Play like the best for less with the light and full-size Lenovo Legion K300 RGB Gaming Keyboard9 with clean minimalist design, curved body, and customizable five-zone RGB illumination and lighting effects. Dominate with anti-ghosting and programmable 24-key rollover membrane that allows for simultaneous commands.

Fully adaptable with programmable keys with great travel for up to 20 million key presses for lifelong durability and with spill-resistant draining holes to keep the user protected—gamers won’t be able to keep their hands off the tactile feel of this new quiet keyboard.

North America Pricing and Availability10

The 15-inch Lenovo Legion Y740S starts at $1099.99 as a configure-to-order (CTO) offering, and Lenovo Legion BoostStation eGPU starts at $249.99 as a standalone accessory or option to bundle an NVIDIA GeForce RTX2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT GPU. Both are expected to be available starting in May 2020.10

The 25-inch Lenovo Legion Y25-25​ gaming monitor will start at $319.99 and is expected to be available starting June 2020.10

The 32-inch Lenovo G32qc Gaming Monitor will start at $319.99 and is expected to be available starting March 2020.10

The 27-inch Lenovo G27c Gaming monitor will start at $219.99 and is expected to be available starting in March 2020.10

The Lenovo Legion M600 Wireless Gaming Mouse will start at $79.99 and is expected to be available starting June 2020.10

The Lenovo Legion M300 RGB Gaming Mouse will start at $29.99 and is expected to be available starting June 2020.10

The Lenovo Legion K300 RGB Gaming Keyboard will start at $49.99 and is expected to be available starting June 2020.10

1 With 60Whr battery and 95W power adapter. All battery life claims are approximate and based on test results using the MobileMark 2014 ver 1.5 battery life benchmark test. Actual results will vary and depend on numerous factors including product configuration and usage, software, operating conditions, wireless functionality, power management settings, screen brightness, and other factors. The maximum capacity of the battery will naturally decrease with time and usage. See https://bapco.com/products/mobilemark-2014/ for additional details.

2 Actual available capacity is less and varies due to many factors, including formatting, partitioning, and operating system, etc. which utilize part of this capacity. The available capacity may change with software updates. 

3 According to a recent study conducted by Dolby, players react more quickly on average with Dolby Atmos as compared to other audio solutions.

4 Up to 150+ FPS is dependent on eGPU configuration with NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 2070 GPU and 16 GB DDR4 option.

5 Supports up to 500W with 100W PC power supply.

6 AMD Radeon FreeSync requires a monitor and AMD Radeon graphics, both with FreeSync support. See www.amd.com/freesync for complete details. Confirm capability with your system manufacturer before purchase. GD-127

7 Charging for full battery ranges from 2.5-3 hours. Usage for 200 hours with full charge requires LED lights to be off. Actual results will vary and depend on numerous factors including usage, operating conditions, wireless functionality, and other factors. The maximum capacity of the battery will naturally decrease with time and usage.

8 To adjust DPI and RGB light settings, a link to a free software download is offered with mouse purchase.

9 Free link to software download offered with keyboard purchase; USB interface included with Lenovo Legion software.

10 Prices may not include tax and do not include shipping or options and are subject to change without notice; additional terms and conditions apply. Reseller prices may vary. On-shelf dates and color options may vary by geography and products may only be available in selected markets. All offers subject to availability. Lenovo reserves the right to alter product offerings, features and specifications at any time without notice.

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