HP ENVY 15.6" - Win 8.1, Core i7, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD - $959.20 (after Discount + Free Shipping) @ PowerBuy IT

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Store RepPowerBuy IT on 21/08/2014 - 09:00 powerbuy.com.au (315 clicks)
Last edited 21/08/2014 - 11:18 by 1 other user

Full Spec:

Windows 8.1 64
Intel® Core™ i7-4510U with Intel HD Graphics 4400 (2 GHz, 4 MB cache, 2 cores)
8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM (1 x 8 GB)
1 TB 5400 rpm SATA
SuperMulti DVD burner
15.6" diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit (1366 x 768)
NVIDIA GeForce 840M (2 GB GDDR3 dedicated)
3 USB 3.0
1 HDMI
1 multi-format SD media card reader
Beats Audio™ with 2 speakers and 1 subwoofer
802.11ac (1x1) and Bluetooth® 4.0 combo
1-year limited parts and labour
Part Number: J2C37PA

NOTES:

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  CyberMurning on 21/08/2014 - 09:23

  +3

  —>15.6" diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit (1366 x 768)
  not good…

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    MrZ on 21/08/2014 - 09:29

    Why not?? The major let down on this laptop is the 840M video card - 64-bit rubbish. 128-bit 850M is the card you want, at a minimum. 840M is something I'd expect in a $700 laptop not a nearly $1k one.

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      st33p on 21/08/2014 - 09:56

      +1

      powerful graphic card will be pointless without good screen (resolution)

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        MrZ on 21/08/2014 - 10:00

        +1

        And high screen resolution is pointless without a good graphics card. This screen resolution suits the graphics card - an 840M would struggle with full HD.

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        st33p on 21/08/2014 - 10:35

        @MrZ:
        I think basically we agree this notebook should have better graphics card AND better resolution

      • 

        rodericb on 21/08/2014 - 10:43

        +2

        @MrZ:
        No. That resolution is crap for doing any meaningful work. My eleven year old IBM has a 1400x1050 screen. You would have to hook this HP up to an external monitor which defeats the purpose of having a laptop.

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        MrZ on 21/08/2014 - 10:54

        +1

        @rodericb:

        Er, you do realize that 90% of laptops have this resolution? It's far from useless.

      • 

        jv on 21/08/2014 - 10:57

        +1

        @MrZ:

        I guess it's OK if you mainly play Tetris

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    bentan77 on 21/08/2014 - 11:35

    http://www.computeralliance.com.au/asus-x550ln-cn074h-15.6-core-i7-notebook-windows-8.1-save-$100

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  angelkulit025 on 21/08/2014 - 09:58

  if it was a 17" i would consider..

  • 

    jv on 21/08/2014 - 10:37

    It's not the size of the boat that matters, its the motion of the ocean…

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  Riczter on 21/08/2014 - 11:13

  +1

  A 'premium' laptop without at SSD..
  That's cute.

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  PVA on 21/08/2014 - 11:24

  Isn't 1x1 Ac wireless not really great?

  Man, laptops are getting to be pretty poor value lately.
  I have mentioned before that dse had a Toshiba for $1039, i7Q (not the lower u processor) full Hd touch screen, hybrid sshd 1tb,Blueray,8g ram (1stick leaving 1 slot empty), 4gig video, AC wireless etc. I missed getting it and lately nothing is even close to something in price or specs to this.

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  MasterScythe on 21/08/2014 - 11:44

  For 13-16" screens, we should be DEMANDING 900p (HD+)
  1080 is too small sometimes, and 768 isn't enough real estate.

  Also, at those resolutions, an HD4600 in the i5 4***m chips is MORE than enough for most games.

  CLEVO have a few good ideas, and LENOVO too, but still no one is hitting it JUST right.

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    MrZ on 21/08/2014 - 11:53

    I hope you're joking. 840M is significantly better than HD4600. According to Notebookcheck, at 768p, Bioshock Infinite (as an example) runs at a very playable 40fps on high. With 4600HD, it runs below 20fps making it useless. Even decreasing settings to medium only increases fps to low-mid 20s. Other games show similar results.

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      MasterScythe on 21/08/2014 - 12:07

      Hope all you like.
      If you're gaming on high on a laptop, I'd say you're an edge case. Msot PC gamers still run desktops for this reason.

      Also, all notebookchecks' tests are run on laptops they get in review, and a database built on them.

      They have almost exclusively single sticks of ram (regardless of how much) which means the IGP is running on single channel memory. You get up to a 40% boost in FPS using a dual channel config.

      If its meant to be a gaming desktop replacement, then no, both my tips AND yours go right the hell out the window.

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        MrZ on 21/08/2014 - 12:13

        You didn't read my entire comment. "Even decreasing settings to medium only increases fps to low-mid 20s.". Are you suggesting a game is playable at 22 fps?!

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        MasterScythe on 21/08/2014 - 12:48

        -1

        @MrZ:

        Define playable? I bet I could easily beat it, yes.
        Pleasantly? No, but at 30 it easily would be (50% vsync rate)

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm4DL1gtjfE

        As I said, add another 40% to most games when you go dual channel. On top of that, notebookcheck's charts are all very wrong for IGP's because they're averaged between CPU's.

        The HD4600 on a i5-4300m, is very different to an i3.

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        bentan77 on 21/08/2014 - 14:07

        @MasterScythe:
        A 4600 is not "more than enough for most games" especially at 1080p otherwise what's the point in so many people buying video cards?
        There's some benchmarks here http://pclab.pl/art58911.html
        Unless you're happy with playing with low settings and low frame rates I wouldn't expect it to run many current games.

        Yes a lot of laptops can come with single channel memory setups but dual channel will not make as much of a difference as you think. Look up the benchmarks, it's probably closer to 20-30% and even it were 40%, it's still significantly slower than an 840M.

        The HD4600 on a i5-4300m is not very different to the one on an i3, just clock speed differences which wouldn't make a large difference.

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  MrZ on 21/08/2014 - 11:46

  -1

  Are these specs correct? GDDR3 hasn't been used since the Geforce 400 series 5 years ago…