*HP dv6z AMD Llano (6XXX series) Owners Lounge*

[clarkkent57]

Better yet they need to come up with a way to modify a performance ratio variable so that you can tune it in.

Fom your lips to AMD's ears. They'd need an active utility to measure performance and then set an an optimum ratio, or constantly measure performace and dynamically adjust.

Like I said before, standard CF and SLI were designed to originally two exactly equal cards, so any tweaking of that scheme isn't the optimal solution for Hybrid. However, Hybrid's solution would be effective for standard CF.

[baiii]

Yup, low score. AHCI mode should be enabled by default (Can't modify it in the BIOS) and Trim is enabled.

It actually seems right(compare to the review) , considering SSD have big write performance decrease on small drives.

Also factor in: Desktop vs Laptop

Here is a review on 60GB I just found
Corsair Force 3 60GB SATA III SandForce SF-2281 SSD Review-Hi Tech Legion-Corsair Force 3 60GB SATA III SandForce SF-2281 SSD Review

[Bulletmunchr]

kk thanks for the information Sly Corsair people using marketing tactics! :P

[hypertek]

HP Pavilion dv6z Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC

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With coupon code NBJ5867

$574.99 w/ tax

...but you could probably even get by w/o the upgraded video, which takes you down to almost $500 even.

Just find a dv6 6135dx if you can still find them.. Better CPU A8 3500m and once you get comfortable with it, you can do a mild overclock to the cpu if you really desire so. Newegg.com - Refurbished: HP Pavilion dv6-6135DX Refurbished Notebook AMD A-Series A8-3500M(1.5GHz) 15.6" 6GB Memory DDR3 640GB HDD Blu-Ray Drive AMD Radeon HD 6750M

Some of us like to tweak and mod, but when it comes down to it, stock would have been just enough to do about everything.

[baiii]

TD may still have the 6135dx, I must assume HP is dumping all their unused parts to make these amount of "refurbished" laptop.

Most HDD should br old drives. Probably new broad though, as these amount is just insane. I mean 100+ newegg review? Are we looking at like 500 refurbished unit...?

[R3d]

Sure, if you move it further out of the 1.75:1 (or less) CF ratio, you're more likely to have problems. (Since it still trys to CF even if useless, apparently.)

Just curious, where are you getting the 1.75 ratio from?

AMD should be able to bake their drivers with 1:2 AFR instead of 1:1 AFR... Tri-fire seem to work pretty well, dunno why they can't get dual graphics to work right. Maybe it's such a niche setup that they aren't putting much manpower into it. Heck, if they really wanted to they could probably do all the post processing on the iGPU so you pretty much get free fxaa and stuff.

Better yet they need to come up with a way to modify a performance ratio variable so that you can tune it in.

Well the application profiles in 12.1 let you choose the CF config (not the exact ratio though), but I haven't really messed around with them so I don't know if changing the settings do any good.

[HTWingNut]

Just curious, where are you getting the 1.75 ratio from?

AMD should be able to bake their drivers with 1:2 AFR instead of 1:1 AFR... Tri-fire seem to work pretty well, dunno why they can't get dual graphics to work right. Maybe it's such a niche setup that they aren't putting much manpower into it. Heck, if they really wanted to they could probably do all the post processing on the iGPU so you pretty much get free fxaa and stuff.



Well the application profiles in 12.1 let you choose the CF config (not the exact ratio though), but I haven't really messed around with them so I don't know if changing the settings do any good.

Right. But that's for the specific game not necessarily for the card performance configuration.

[clarkkent57]

Just curious, where are you getting the 1.75 ratio from?

AMD should be able to bake their drivers with 1:2 AFR instead of 1:1 AFR... Tri-fire seem to work pretty well, dunno why they can't get dual graphics to work right. Maybe it's such a niche setup that they aren't putting much manpower into it. Heck, if they really wanted to they could probably do all the post processing on the iGPU so you pretty much get free fxaa and stuff.



Well the application profiles in 12.1 let you choose the CF config (not the exact ratio though), but I haven't really messed around with them so I don't know if changing the settings do any good.

1.75 from HardOCCP. Great soiurce of trusted information.

Dual/Hybrid may have been a niche product at one point, but since AMD is targeting mobile processing as its main market, the Hybrid needs to be revamped since it'll affect the majority of their target clientele.

[calc_yolatuh]

bobapjok: Faster CPU will never slow down graphics. The 1GB dedicated video card just draws fancy 3D games better than integrated graphics, but it mostly affects modern PC games. Faster CPU makes editing large spreadsheets with complex math faster, and allows emulators to run smoother.

N64 games easy to render(draw) but sometimes difficult to emulate(recreate game CPU features).

[Sxooter]

I wonder if AMD might try a couple things in the future. One would be to use an asymmetric frame rendering engine so that say 2 frames are rendered on the dGPU and then 1 on the iGPU. This might help on the microstuttering issue.

The other possibility, especially with the upcoming Trinity APUs would be to put two of them in a laptop and CF the two iGPUs together. You'd get 8 CPU cores and two fairly capable iGPUs working together. No dGPU just the dual iGPUs.

Lastly, I found this article on microstuttering with desktop GPUs. The methodology seems like it could prove useful for benchmarking our llano laptops