*HP EliteBook 8740w Owners Lounge - PART 1*

[xsrx]

I'll do the vantage test tonight now I have to test the premiere cs5 vs nvidia cuda as I have one tv advert to do on this lap this week.

BTW.. on my pictures you can see a little syringe with some blue liquid inside Its just a pen.. so please dont ring FBI CIA MOSAD and other

[keptin]

Hi all, I've been following the thread for a while.

That begs the question.... why a different Model instead of must a suffix to the Mobility Radeon HD 5879 name?

I guess I just don't understand the whole "certified" aspect then, and why another model would be called for if it's 'identical' in all other ways. But no matter. We'll know more/all in a few weeks as they hit the streets and a few of you who have access to the machines that use the 5870 do a compare & contrast.

Ati and Nvidia have been doing this for years. It often comes down to a difference in firmware; reason enough for the huge leap in price. It's optimized to work with the popular professional software suites and sometimes has unlocked pipelines, etc, that exist but are otherwise firmware-locked in their consumer counterparts. As for the name change, I'm pretty sure it's just to better distinguish the cards from one another for the consumer--to justify the increase in cost between them, usually three or four times higher in desktop cards.

There's always softmodding; replacing the firmware on a consumer card with that of the professional variant. That could be why kaltmond wants to get a hold of the 3800M VBIOS from xsrx, just a thought. I tried it on an 8800GT--->FX3700, identical hardware both w/ G82 GPU and the results were promising, although, it didn't perform as well as the real FX3700 from what I could tell.

Also, xsrx, you rock. Awesome pics.

[Aikimox]

thanks for the pics

personally I find the GPU runs cool but the CPU a little hot, but this could be normal for a QuadCore

That is a normal temp for i7-quads with stock thermal paste.
My M17X with i5 (and superior cooling system) had the same temps till AS-5 was applied. Now, max is 65C under heavy load and 28C room temp.

And yes, i7-quads tend to run hot by default.

@Xsrx,
The beast is so elegantly gorgeous! Thanks for the pics! Now for the month of waiting...

[xsrx]

@Xsrx,
The beast is so elegantly gorgeous! Thanks for the pics! Now for the month of waiting...

Yep, the design is great. I love simple designs...
You dont have to wait I've found my on PriceGuideNetwork.com

BTW... the keyboard is not spill proof I think... there is nothing aroud the keyboard to stop liquid to go inside... no rubber or anything...

[Sotton]

are you satisfied with the LC-Display? Since it is no DC but LED backlight...

[Aikimox]

Yep, the design is great. I love simple designs...
You dont have to wait I've found my on PriceGuideNetwork.com

BTW... the keyboard is not spill proof I think... there is nothing aroud the keyboard to stop liquid to go inside... no rubber or anything...

The reason I'm willing to wait is the DC screen and backlit keyboard. But the screen is the primary reason for even choosing HP. If Alienware had anti-glare RGB LED as in M6500, I'd never even think of switching.

[lethial]

thanks for all the updates xsrx! The temperature and the pictures looked very good. Now the rest of us have something to drool over while we wait.

If Vantage is too much of a hassle to install, esp. since it is not something that you'd use regularly. I recommend OCCT. It is a very small and effective CPU/Mem/GPU stress/stability/OC testing tool. It also has a very nice test report generation feature.

[pc_geek]

BTW... the keyboard is not spill proof I think... there is nothing aroud the keyboard to stop liquid to go inside... no rubber or anything...

If I understand the design correctly, they actually have the keyboard designed to let liquids flow through it with a drain directing it harmlessly out the bottom so it's more "resistant" than "proof" but explains why it doesn't look like it.

[Aikimox]

Yes, OCCT is a nice tool. You can also try the Furmark GPU stress test, but be warned it really pushes the card to its limits and thus not completely realistic as you won't be stressing your system that much in real life. Still, if you run this test, do it for only 10-15min and if your temps reach 95C - stop.

[xsrx]

The reason I'm willing to wait is the DC screen and backlit keyboard. But the screen is the primary reason for even choosing HP. If Alienware had anti-glare RGB LED as in M6500, I'd never even think of switching.

The screen can be upgraded later
BTW why you want the screen so much ? Im in design industry (TV ads) but I would never do any serious job on a laptop screen just because its too small. At home I always have 1-2 screens (Eizo CororEdge) connected.

BTW - standard full HD 1080 screen in 8740w is great I've calibrated it by eye one yesterday + a bit manual correction to match my Eizo screens and the result is just perfect.

I would spend the difference in price between DC and non DC for a good 22inch screen or fast 2 raptor discs.