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"The Lenovo Legion Y740 and Legion Y540 are touted as professional-grade gaming laptops"
Lenovo has refreshed Legion its gaming-centric laptop series with the launch of Legion Y740 and Legion Y540 in India. The laptops are the successor to the last year's Legion Y730 and Legion Y530, respectively. The design stays the same between the generations, but the internals of both Legion Y740 and Legion Y540 have been improved with new GPUs and 9th-gen Intel processor. The machines also feature updated display options that now supports up to 144Hz refresh rate. The company claims that the new Legion laptops are redesigned from the ground up and integrate features based on the feedback from online gamers.
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The flagship Lenovo Legion Y740 price in India starts at Rs 1,29,990, while its sibling Legion Y540 will set you back to Rs 69,990 for the base variant. The laptops will be available for sale on the company's e-store Lenovo.com, leading e-commerce platforms and Lenovo stores across the country. Apart from this, Lenovo also announced showcased the range of gaming accessories, including T730 and T530 desktops; M500 RGB gaming mouse; K500 RGB mechanical keyboard; and H500 and H300 stereo gaming headsets, at the event. Their price and availability haven't been announced yet.
The Lenovo Legion Y740 and Legion Y540 both ships with a near bezel-less 15-inch display that bears full HD resolution and 144Hz refresh rate. At their core lies the 9th-gen Intel Core i7 processor paired with up to 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD. The machines also rock the latest NVIDIA graphics card. The Legion Y540 employs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 GPU whereas the Legion Y740 employs up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q card. The Max-Q processors allow for thinner laptops; however, they are considered less powerful than the regular versions.
The Legion Y740 dons machined aluminium chassis with anodised Iron Gray colour coating up top. The laptop also includes customisable RGB lighting behind the keyboard and thermal venting. Other features include Dolby Atmos Speaker System with Dolby Sound Radar, options for a Dolby Vision HDR 400 500-nit display, and standard wired as well as wireless connectivity including Type-C port, audio jack, and HDMI port.
The affordable Legion Y540 comes in Raven black colour option and features Harmon speaker with Dolby Atmos, white-backlit keyboard, and the same connectivity options as the Y740. Apart from this, both the laptops run Windows 10 out of the box and houses battery that is rated to last up to six hours on a single charge. They also feature Lenovo Legion Coldfront dual-fan thermal layout to dissipate heat from the system.