Lenovo finally announced the GPU-refreshed ideacentre Y900 gaming desktop, and it comes in two variants. One is equipped with Nvidia’s latest GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card, while the other comes with AMD’s Polaris-based Radeon RX 480 GPU.
Touted as Lenovo’s top-of-the-line gaming PC, the ideacentre Y900 comes packed with up to quad-core 6th generation Intel Core i7 processor. Having the GTX 1080 on board, the graphics card is twices fast compared to the GTX Titan X, has a faster clock speed, and a low power consumption rate at just 180 watts. It allows gamers to enjoy 4K gaming, as well as multimedia content on multiple high resolution monitors.
Apart from the Nvidia variant, we also saw the Lenovo ideacentre Y900 that features a newly-announced Radeon RX 480 from AMD. This variant of the Y900 is not only fitted with the Polaris-based GPU, but it also has 16GB of 2133 MHz RAM, a 128GB SSD, as well as a 2TB + 8GB solid state hybrid drive (SSHD).
It doesn’t matter which graphics card you’re a fan of, Lenovo wants to make sure the ideacentre Y900 comes built with what you want. Should an upgrade be required, the Y900 is also easily upgradeable.
The Lenovo ideacentre Y900 with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 will be available starting June, with a retail price of USD$1,899 (approximately RM7,900). As for the AMD Radeon RX 480 variant, no pricing or availability information has been shared with us yet.
