*HP dv6t & dv7t (70XX / 71XX series) IVY BRIDGE Owners Lounge*

[xAnimal]

Agree with you. I also intend to buy 256GB SSD OCZ Vertex 4 but not sure if the new HP can support it since only 160GB SSD can be upgradable in HP website. Anyone know?

You can put any sized SSD in there. HP just wants to maximize their profits by giving you only one option of an SSD as if they are worth a lot

Hey, basharg and xAnimal, thank you both for ur helpful thoughts.
I've just placed my order with the 2gb 650M and no mSSD since I think the video ram would weight more to me over the mSSD. To me, 5400rpm HDD is good enough and more video ram seems to be more useful in case I'll connect an external monitor or edit video.


Here's my specs:
HP Pavilion dv6t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM Processor (2.3 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
• NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 650M Graphics with 2GB GDDR5 memory [HDMI, VGA]
• FREE Upgrade to 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• NO mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache
• Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)
• No additional security software
• 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery - Up to 6.0 hours of battery life +++
• 15.6-inch diagonal Full HD Anti-glare LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080)
• FREE Upgrade to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam
• 802.11b/g/n WLAN
• Backlit Keyboard
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

BTW, unfortunately the laptop is said to be shipped on May 15th while it was May 10th if I'd have ordered yesterday:/

My order is at the factory May 9th, but they usually ship about 5 days before the shipping time to make us believe as if they sped up the order.

[DjSweetBazz]

This is slightly incorrect.
The DDR3 version of the GT650m ranges from 29-44% better than the 7690m XT.

The GDDR5 version of the GT650m ranges from 50-60% better than the 7690m XT.
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50-60%? come one get real, the 650m ddr5 gets ~2000 gpu points in 3dmark11, while the 6770m/7690m get 1300-1450 gpu points, do your math, the 650m has like 30-35% improvement over the these radeon cards

Also gt650m ddr5 = gtx560m

[xAnimal]

50-60%? come one get real, the 650m ddr5 gets ~2000 gpu points in 3dmark11, while the 6770m/7690m get 1300-1450 gpu points, do your math, the 650m has like 30-35% improvement over the these radeon cards

Also gt650m ddr5 = gtx560m

I did my math, this is with YOUR numbers:
2000/1300 = (1.53 x 100) = 153% i.e. 53% improvement.
2000/1450 = (1.38 x 100) = 138% i.e. 38% improvement.

So a 38-53% performance improvement.

Plus if you are referring to the results on Notebookcheck, they tested the DDR3 version, not the GDDR5 version.

The performance is exceptionally good in shader-heavy DirectX 11 games and benchmarks. However, the 128-Bit memory interface can be a bottleneck if DDR3 graphics memory is employed. Despite the slower core clock of only 735 MHz, the GDDR5-version of the card should be much faster.

Geforce 650m - Notebookcheck

[DjSweetBazz]

I did my math, this is with YOUR numbers:
2000/1300 = (1.53 x 100) = 153% i.e. 53% improvement.
2000/1450 = (1.38 x 100) = 138% i.e. 38% improvement.

So a 38-53% performance improvement.

Plus if you are referring to the results on Notebookcheck, they tested the DDR3 version, not the GDDR5 version.


Geforce 650m - Notebookcheck

lol that makes sense now :P
btw if you click on "benchmarks and specifications" you will see that they tested the ddr5 version on all benchmarks too

[xAnimal]

lol that makes sense now :P
btw if you click on "benchmarks and specifications" you will see that they tested the ddr5 version on all benchmarks too

I gotta go check that out later. Anyways, this DV6 better make the damn Fedex cutoff this time. My last DV6 collected dust in China for 4 days

[laptop_newbie87]

Just want to ask again because it looks like nobody care about my question. Is it a good time to buy HP dv6t now with Win 7 or should I wait until Win 8 come out regarding both hardware and software compatibility? Money is not my issues.

[HazeT]

Just want to ask again because it looks like nobody care about my question. Is it a good time to buy HP dv6t now with Win 7 or should I wait until Win 8 come out regarding both hardware and software compatibility? Money is not my issues.

If money isn't an issue for you, then buy now and buy win8 later. the only advantage that I see in buying later is to get a free upgrade to win8.

[garreto]

Pretty sure the new DV6s and DV7s will run win8 just fine. I personally do not see anything great coming from Windows 8. I say if you need a new laptop, now would be a great time to.

In an unrelated remark, for those that have purchased a new DV6, I have also bought one and wanted to know the reasons for peoples' configurations. Mine is like everyone else's, but I opted for the mSSD cache and the 1GB 650m. I see others opted for the 2gb 650m and no mSSD cache. I have been told the 2GB 650m won't affect much unless you play at higher than 1080p settings and that getting the mSSD cache will speed up selected software.

[autobulb]

In an unrelated remark, for those that have purchased a new DV6, I have also bought one and wanted to know the reasons for peoples' configurations. Mine is like everyone else's, but I opted for the mSSD cache and the 1GB 650m. I see others opted for the 2gb 650m and no mSSD cache. I have been told the 2GB 650m won't affect much unless you play at higher than 1080p settings and that getting the mSSD cache will speed up selected software.

In my opinion the 2GB is a waste as well. 2GB of video memory is useful in higher end cards where you're gaming at 1080p on high/ultra settings. But the 650m is not powerful enough to game at those settings for most games, and thus will not be able to take advantage of the extra memory. This has been proven countless times in mid-range video card reviews where they compare the 1GB and 2GB versions and see no noticeable improvements at standard resolutions.

After reading an analysis of mSSD cache on tech sites it does seem like a nice addition to have. The only problem is that it will be hard to know what type of drive it is until people start receiving theirs and cracking them open to find out. If it's good SLC memory and in a standard format then the price might be worth it, but it's crappy memory in an HP proprietary format then it might just be better to invest in an actual SSD drive.

[kitsune556]

Does anyone know what speed RAM they're putting in these laptops?