laptop question

can some1 give me the upgrade options for this notebook and also how well would it run battlefield 3 also will it support dual hdds

HP Pavilion dv7-7010us Entertainment Notebook PC | HP® Official Store

 

It will not run battlefield 3 (or if it does, very badly at absolute minimum settings), and there are almost no upgrade options for it other than HDD (only 1 slot) & RAM.

 

ty are their any like it that will

 

AFAIK not from HP they don't make gaming laptop that you will have to look elsewhere like Asus, MSI, Dell XPS, Sager or other various custom laptop makers that makes gaming laptop or custom gaming laptop.

 

you do realize that the 650m in the dv6 and dv7 can do the job right? Not to mention that the envy line is also gaming capable.

The dell xps is probably going with a 640m, and last year it lost easily for the dv6 in terms of gaming capability.

Just avoid getting the trinity laptop if your intention is heavier gaming (if it aint coupled with a discrete gpu, the one that came in there is good enough for gaming, it would play BF3 on meddium settings at 1080p), and look at MSI, Clevo/Sager and alienware for more intensive gaming.

It would be much better if you posted in the what notebook should I buy subforum, and fill the form.

 

Just because it has a capable GPU doesn't mean it's meant for gaming. The new Mac ultrabooks come with a 650M too.

HP's overheat horribly, my dv6 has been replaced twice and repaired 8 times and still it overheats. I would never buy one for gaming just because it has a GPU which "does the job".

 

s/he has pointed for a dv7 with trinity, do you really think that the budget is enough for a high end gaming notebook?

and btw the 650m is still faster than your 5870m

 

If your laptop needs to be repaired twice, there might be something wrong in the way you are using it. Have you blown out your fans? Besides, the 650m is 28nm so it will run cooler.

 

That's the problem one is inferring a GPU to do something that most likely because of the architecture of the motherboard wasn't made for hardcore gaming but to to spice up the aero feature or increase eye candy. Also HP has had a history of poor case design that caused over heating or lack of proper cooling system causing system board failures. That is a fact and of using bad GPU chips as well. Now I do have a HP DV4, DV5, DV6 all with Intel HD graphics and they work fine. HP IMO isn't known for gaming laptop but consumer grade laptop for everyday computing and that is what they are known for the entertainment laptop that isn't the same as gaming laptop. Those are for two very different kinda consumers. Nothing beats a desktop for true hardcore OC water cooling for true gaming experience it's not portable but then again hardcore gaming doesn't make sacrificies but if you do hardcore laptop that will drain the battery and you will need PS constant to play on gaming laptop otherwise the batter won't last long.

 

I am actually not sure what i was looking at yesterday, I've only just noticed the Ati 7660 where i thought it had an integrated intel HD.

@ OP - i take back what i said, that laptop would play BF3 at probably mid-high settings (not really familiar with the BF3 video settings so wouldn't know for sure, but it will definitely run it smooth on medium).

It was replaced twice, repaired 8 times. There was nothing wrong with the way it was being used or the environment it was in, i'm a tech so i would have done the repairs myself if it wasn't for the warranty. It was just horrible hardware which kept breaking, had the temp sensor break 3 times the fan 3 times as well, motherboard replaced once thermal pads & repasted at least 4 times and several times they sent it back to me with the fan unplugged and they wouldn't let me take it apart without voiding the warranty so it had to be sent back just for them to reconnect a cable.

HP never again in my life.

 

The laptop cools only as good as the design is made to allow for air flow use a bad or old design on new GPU and it will still heat up because it doesn't allow for proper air flow when needed this overheating and a dead GPU will surely follow. Heat and lack of proper air flow is a laptop dead end. The GPU will run cooler but restrict air flow and it will heat up that is what happens. And could be they need to vacum or blow out the dust or repply the thermal paste to improve heat flow but if they done all that and still dies more likely is dying GPU or restricted air flow design causing the GPU to over heat and shutdown the system. So we need more info on his laptop age and how dusty it is before know for sure what is real cause but my bet is if all those mantainance and still dies most likely cause is poor case design or dying GPU.

 

True except I think the probability of poor usage and dust etc., is higher than a renowned laptop company designing their products poorly. This is just a probability - may be HP sucked when they made that laptop.

 

Have you seen and taken apart the exact model they are talking about?

I don't think so.

You guys dont seem to understand, not only have you overlooked HPs premium Elitebook series which generally does NOT overheat, but you've overlooked the fact that laptops in the same series sometimes change manufacturers and the design, if only on the inside, will be entirely different along with the cooling.

You're really not informed enough to say, "this laptop has bad cooling" and neither am I. Your making all this stuff up based on at most a few older models you've had.

 

I have to simply agree.