***ENVY 14 Gaming Lounge***

[HTWingNut]

Regarding the whole 5650 underclocking, here is my theory.

HP has been trying to squeeze as much battery life out of this thing as possible b/c this is a direct competitor to the MBP. Typically, higher clock speeds do not negatively affect battery life as much as higher voltages. So, to save on battery life, they undervolted the GPUs, but as a consequence, they had to lower the clock speed for stability.

Now, the question of the hour is... is it possible to increase the GPU voltage w/o a hardware modification?

Personally, i'd jack the GPU voltage waaaaay up so that i can maximize a stable OC, coz i only plan on using the dedicated GPU while plugged in.

But usually GPU's have an "idle" state for basically desktop work where it's already significantly underclocked and draws very little power. This would only apply in a high GPU load scenario.

[FatskiRatski]

Was that done using an auto-detect setting? Have you tried using lower settings to see if that improves the FPS?

Yes it was auto detect and I'm sure the FPS will improve once the settings have been lowered.

[bdon]

This is strange... I was trying to play dota and it seems that I can't click a hotkey then use the mouse immediately after, i have to wait for about 1 second before my mouse click registers... anyone else have this problem?

[HTWingNut]

This is strange... I was trying to play dota and it seems that I can't click a hotkey then use the mouse immediately after, i have to wait for about 1 second before my mouse click registers... anyone else have this problem?

what kind of mouse? wired or wireless? bluetooth or radio dongle (tee hee)?

[bdon]

what kind of mouse? wired or wireless? bluetooth or radio dongle (tee hee)?

wired asus mouse but it was the same with my touchpad also, hopefully it solves itself after i install windows updates or something

[DrPterodactyl]

Although I'm sure it's been brought up already, but I get above 60 FPS constantly in Team Fortress 2, all maxed. It goes 80+ when you're not in firefights or anything.

Oh, maxes out TeS: Oblivion too. :P

[dookie11]

Does anyone have a basic rundown of the ENVY's problems during gaming (hardware or software) experiences? Please do share, and @2.0, if anything's interesting/relevant please add to the OP.

Thanks doodettes and doodes.

[cwldanny]

I tried running TF2 on my Envy, but with everything maxed I still get 30FPS or so during large fights in open field (High Tower, 24 Man?) Does anyone else experience this? Running an I7-720 and 5650 @ 500/800.

But while running around normally its 60-80 FPS. Are you guys putting everything on Max including Vsync and AA?

[dookie11]

Is the general consensus that most games can be run at High/Highest settings? I don't intend to play too many FPS games.

On a related note, anyone know how well PC version of Gears of War runs?

[xfiregrunt]

Hey so how does the 5830 in the Envy 15 compare to the 5650 in the Envy 14? I like the Envy 14 overall considering the built in CD-Rom drive, and VGA port, but I'm worried the 5650 will be low powered compared to the 5830 for gaming. I would mostly be running starcraft 2 though.