NOW AVAILABLE: ENVY 17-32XX Intel Ivy Bridge (AMD 7850M)

[Eldaren]

damn nice. im only at 667/1000 from 575/1000. but i dont think the powersupply will be a problem for me haha. the 7750m should draw much less. how are you measuring the watts? i got a multimeter thing my dad has with two prongs but idk if that would work

Use a killawatt meter. You can pick it up from your local hardware store. It's a wall adapter that has a readout.

[PaKii94]

Use a killawatt meter. You can pick it up from your local hardware store. It's a wall adapter that has a readout.

ah alright

how is ur envy performance wise compared to ur sager? jw

[Eldaren]

The CPU's perform about the same but I'm afraid the 7850m gets smoked by the 6970m. Which is to be expected considering the higher pipeline count and 256bit vs 128bit memory. Overclocked I get almost 4k GPU score in 3dmark 11 on the Sager. However, I do favor this envy. It runs cooler, quieter, and it sounds much MUCH better.

[doctorman]

who ever did not order SSD is losing out big time
the difference is huge...
now that I got my SSD in I can not olerate the slow 7200RPM HDD anymore...

it is my forst few hours and the ENvy does not tell me how long the battery will last for .. just says 100% even when not plugged in..

thanks guys...

[PaKii94]

The CPU's perform about the same but I'm afraid the 7850m gets smoked by the 6970m. Which is to be expected considering the higher pipeline count and 256bit vs 128bit memory. Overclocked I get almost 4k GPU score in 3dmark 11 on the Sager. However, I do favor this envy. It runs cooler, quieter, and it sounds much MUCH better.

damn ah well the 6970m competes with the 670m lol. I wished hp put the 7850m in the 15 and the (rumored) 7950m for the 17. or atleast 7770/7870 but ah well. HP atleast give us ability to OV and OC it more

[Eldaren]

damn ah well the 6970m competes with the 670m lol. I wished hp put the 7850m in the 15 and the (rumored) 7950m for the 17. or atleast 7770/7870 but ah well. HP atleast give us ability to OV and OC it more

Intel XTU is also enabled on these models. With your i7-3720QM you should be able to set the multiplier higher. I think up to 38x on all 4 cores. You should be able to set it: 40x 39x 38x 38x.

[PaKii94]

Intel XTU is also enabled on these models. With your i7-3720QM you should be able to set the multiplier higher. I think up to 38x on all 4 cores. You should be able to set it: 40x 39x 38x 38x.

yeah but that doesnt really help with gaming fps much right? thats what im mostly going for... maybe for engineering programs that might need it later then ill OC

[Eldaren]

yeah but that doesnt really help with gaming fps much right? thats what im mostly going for... maybe for engineering programs that might need it later then ill OC

Gaming fps won't go up. It's mostly useful for encoding or running VM's.

[mraufait]

Hey guys, just uninstalling anything that doesn't need to be there before I run it & it goes into the registry.

Is the office 2010 a trial version or did I get a freebie. I don't want to install it if it's a trial

[AU4U]

Hey guys, just uninstalling anything that doesn't need to be there before I run it & it goes into the registry.

Is the office 2010 a trial version or did I get a freebie. I don't want to install it if it's a trial

Its limited, I use Open Office, it does everything MS Word does and more, its Freeware:
Apache OpenOffice - The Free and Open Productivity Suite