*HP ENVY 17 & 17 3D (1XXX series) Owners Lounge*

[sinafl]

I'm happy to overclock and install new drivers, I'm returning mine anyway. Just let me know the instructions on how to do it.

for a new one?

[koopal]

I'm happy to overclock and install new drivers, I'm returning mine anyway. Just let me know the instructions on how to do it.

If you wouldn't mind... Before you send it back, could you try moving the HDD (or SSD?) from the left to the right bracket and see if the heat on the left palm rest decreases?

[jaxxy]

for a new one?

Yep, hopefully fault free this time, wish me luck!

If you wouldn't mind... Before you send it back, could you try moving the HDD (or SSD?) from the left to the right bracket and see if the heat on the left palm rest decreases?

hmm, it already has 2 HDDs in it so I'm not sure if I can do that.

[jaxxy]

download the amd gpu clock tool vs. 9.26. run it as administrator. It will read the clocks at 400/1000. I think that's not right, the core clock is 500 i believe, b/c when I lock the core at 400 I get a 400 point performance hit on 3dmark. So try locking the cpu speed at 500/1000, test it, then slowly go up from there.

Here are my results, I didn't overclock it past 550/1000 because basically I don't know what I am doing and I didn't want to break anything. I did notice that the CPU tests (brown mountainous scene with spaceships) ran at 1fps, is that normal?













Temps at 500/1000:

[c@esar]

Here are my results, I didn't overclock it past 550/1000 because basically I don't know what I am doing and I didn't want to break anything. I did notice that the CPU tests (brown mountainous scene with spaceships) ran at 1fps, is that normal?

Yep - that test always runs really really slow. I have a i5 desktop PC overclocked to 4.2ghz & it only went to 2 frames per second.

Did you notice a marked tempreture rise on the laptop when you were overclocking Jaxxy? My GPU already runs at 82c under load - I don't want to be taking it any higher than that

[ms960]

I wonder if i5 owners have the same problem with heat.

I've got my Envy i5 on a laptop cooler, so there is almost no heat that I can discern. Yeah, it's a tad bit warmer than if it wasn't on, but it's definitely not too hot to touch. At all. Not an apples to oranges comparison I realize.

This is the first time i"ve used a laptop cooler and it makes a huge difference. My HP dv2910 heats up like you wouldn't believe and the cooler makes a huge difference with it as well, and it's only got a lowly intel T5550.

[jaxxy]

Yep - that test always runs really really slow. I have a i5 desktop PC overclocked to 4.2ghz & it only went to 2 frames per second.

Did you notice a marked tempreture rise on the laptop when you were overclocking Jaxxy? My GPU already runs at 82c under load - I don't want to be taking it any higher than that

Yes, see the screenshot I just added above.

It seems like the factory shipped core speed of the GPU is 405Mhz, but literature states it should be 500Mhz, so what's the story there? HP have deliberately underclocked the GPU to fight heat? If so then it seems a bit sneaky to me.

[metril]

Jaxxy, can you post a picture of your Envy's keyboard looking at it from above and one from the left?

I think the escape key on my keyboard is lifted up a bit, but I'm not too sure. Maybe I'm just imagining things.

[Lifebylife]

Not yet posted in Youtube a real full review by the Envy17's owners, WHY ????????????????????????

And Nevian ??? Where is gone ???

[Websurfer]

I noticed on the first page of this thread that shows the Envy 17 has RAID 0/1. However I cannot find this on the HP Store order page nor the manuals for Envy 17. So does the Envy 17 support RAID 0 or 1?