Are There Any Laptops With I7-620M and ATI 5830

--Ideally in a 17 inch 1920x1200 screen?

Honestly that seems like the best combo for what I need. Any laptop makers have that? I don't want the 720 or Nvidia.

 

well there's the envy 15... but if u pay as much for that , ur better off with an ASUS G73 with i7-720qm and ATI 5870 which is like the best single card laptop on the market.

 

Envy has the i7-720. That's too hot with limited performance gains.

 

You can buy HP Envy 15 with Intel Core i5 / i7 with ATI HD 5830. xD
They just updated it.

 

AGAIN--that is not the i7-620.
NOT THE SAME CHIP. Unless I have gone completely blind --I can't see the i7-620m as an option.
I7-720 not what I want.

 

Sorry. xD
Just tought that since its using mobile i5, it should also work with mobile i7 dual core.
Bet its HP just cashing in on the quad core i7 premium price. xD

Look in this picture and you can see that it specifies Intel Core i7 620m!

 

Not with 5830 and not a 17'' but still might be worth looking, MSI GX640 comes with 5850 and has i7-620 upgrade option.

 

envy has i7-620m but is 15 inch just for warning...but u got the advantage of having 2 batteries... well if u really want a 17 incher with i5/i7 dual core , alienware M17x R2 pops out to my mind...but still an ASUS G73 which has 17 inch full hd screen , 5870 , 8GB RAM and blue ray and with core i7 quad is a ripp off for $1600 and u should get it... it still has a battery life of 2Hrs plus and with a 12 cell , it will be more... u can't really expect to find many laptops with 17 inch and dual core now since they have the cooling for quads... fi u look for 15 inchers , then ur more likely to find dual core laptops...

 

hp envy 15 doesn't have the 620m.

 

what does the product finder at newegg.com tell you?

 

The 620M uses a LOT more power than the 540M, while being only marginally faster in real-world use: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Intel-Core-i3-i5-i7-Processors-Arrandale.25085.0.html (specifically this image: http://www.notebookcheck.net/typo3temp/pics/f3d52024f9.gif )

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If you want the lower power envelope CPU, go with the i5-540M. The i7-620M is too close to the i7-720QM's power usage with almost negligible performance gains over the i5-540M. The Envy really is a great mobile machine. You won't get a more mobile powerhouse.

 

Why do you need the 620M? The i5-540M and even the 520M perform just as well in 95% of applications at a lower price.

 

That's a good point, and I will research that however..
it seems unlikely I am gonna ge a i5-540 with an ati 5830

 

Well good luck then... Envy 15 doesn't have 620M but when the new one came out , i remember seeing 620M... looks like u have no other choices other than envy then...

 

The Envy 15 has this...

 

It'd only appeared on hp website for a couple hours with a premium price(more than 820qm).

 

the problem with the envy and a low voltage chip-is it has high voltage power so you might as well just get the 720m. i.e. even with the low TDP, you still have tons of heat and no hand off between on board graphics and discreet (or so i have read--not sure).

truth be told if they had a 17 inch envy (may come soon). I'd take it with a 720 or a 620.

but with Cebit a week or so away..seems wise to wait.

 

man just go with envy you will be happy.
This whole thread is funny all you see is "envy" and more envy hahaha

 

Don't know where you're getting that info, unless they weakened the CPU heatsink b/c the i5s consume less power than the i7s, so the only way the heat will remain the same is if the heatsink has lower dissipating power.

 

well according to the guys who have the envy 17 gen 2s...the board is the p55 (?)....the thing won't allow switchable graphics for i5s or it7-620ms. or..if you have an i7 quad core--obviously it runs slower and there is no gpu on the chip.

I've come to the conclusion that I want a 540 or a 620m with ati 5830...and switchable graphics for heat management...but not a lot of pcs make that.

I think honestly the most likely will be apple when they do their refresh. who knows when that will be

 

Unfortunately that's the case right now. The graphics switching probably won't be available in common laptops for 3-6 months. It takes a while to make a new design. That said, I have an Envy (see the sig) and it runs surprisingly cool and long on the battery. I used the slice traveling on the airplane to the east coast here, and I watched an episode of Angel and two episodes of The IT Crowd (~2 hours of standard-def video, DXVA accelerated), as well as playing an hour or more of Civilization 4 (1920x1080, high everything, 2xAA) and I still had 11% of the slice and 100% of the main battery left. It really does amazingly well on the battery, as well as being a powerhouse of a machine. I wish I could do the switchable GPU, but honestly, I don't find I miss it that much, and the heat stays well manageable while mobile. The power management on the radeon really is quite good, and it's only a 24W chip in the first place (this is all on the Catalyst 10.3 beta drivers).

Just to be clear, if you're happy with your laptop now, you will probably see a number of machines with a fast GPU and a fast CPU as well as switchable graphics in the next 3-6 months. Whether they're as pretty as the Envy, I don't know and you may not care. But if you're looking to get a machine now, there's a lot of fuss about the Envy not getting as much battery life as people think it should, but I honestly have no idea what they're talking about. It doesn't get too hot, it doesn't go slow, and it lasts for freakin' ever on battery compared to all other laptops I've used (including my T61 with the extended battery here).