dv6t-61XX / dv7t-61XX Switchable Graphics Discussion

[WednesdayAddams]

I really wanted to get this laptop, it had great specs for a great price.

So let me get this straight, its just opengl that the ati card wont work on?

So i basically want to play the sims 3 and left for dead on it, so they should work as long as they use direct x, or at least not opengl?

[HTWingNut]

I really wanted to get this laptop, it had great specs for a great price.

So let me get this straight, its just opengl that the ati card wont work on?

So i basically want to play the sims 3 and left for dead on it, so they should work as long as they use direct x, or at least not opengl?

Yes, you are correct.

[Stealth107]

They will fix it. We had an issue with the Envy 17 model throttling when the GPU and CPU were at full load, and it was fixed within a week.

My Dv7 does this
Although I'm not too worried about it, because it doesn't seem to happen outside of synthetic benchmarks. Its only throttled on me once while gaming, and that was the fault of the game AI's 8 threads maxing out the CPU.

I'm glad that they're going to fix the switchable issue, but I'd love to know is if the 60xx users are going to be left behind, or if we're going to end up on the same drivers as everyone else. There can't be much difference between the two, after all. If they plan on leaving the 60xx's behind, I might have to sell mine and buy a 61xx - Great excuse to upgrade to the full HD screen, heh.

[ArDarsh]

that's probably one day after the guy's 21 days are up.

Likely.

I responded to someone who was felt frustrated 22+ days later on the HP forum. I told them to go to BBB and your credit card company.

They banned me for 1 week after I made an indirect comment about the moderator in response to the private msg sent to me. SunshineF cited forum guidelines. Apparently moderating allows you to silence corporate dishonesty.

[awaizy]

Damn, this laptop is pretty insane. I have the i5 and the 6770m. At first I fired up BC2 and got choppy gameplay at medium settings 1xaa and 4x af at 1080p. I forced the 6770 on the control panel and bam. Smooth gameplay at all high settings, 1920x1080, 1x aa and 4x af. Seriously impressed. Temps were great as well. All under 70C.

[R3d]

Damn, this laptop is pretty insane. I have the i5 and the 6770m. At first I fired up BC2 and got choppy gameplay at medium settings 1xaa and 4x af at 1080p. I forced the 6770 on the control panel and bam. Smooth gameplay at all high settings, 1920x1080, 1x aa and 4x af. Seriously impressed. Temps were great as well. All under 70C.

Seriously? Under 70c?

Mine hits 95c... What. The. Heck.

[dark rider]

Seriously? Under 70c?

Mine hits 95c... What. The. Heck.

dv6 or dv7? My dv7 also only tends to hit high 70's to low 80's when gaming. the dv6 appears to run hotter due to the smaller form factor. either way, i don't think heat is an issue for either model, unless you get one of the dv6s that heats the palm rest.

[jaguare]

My max temperature during gaming is like 81 degrees.

If yours is hitting 90s something is screwed up.

[R3d]

It doesn't hit that high when I play Just Cause 2 and seems to hover around high 70s and low 80s but when I play GTA4 or BC2 it heats up over 90c.

I thought it might be a heat paste problem but the idle temps are really low... Dunno why I'm getting such high temps.

[jaguare]

Well I was playing Crysis not sure if you can tax the GPU any more than that :P