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    ENVY 14 with i5-580 anyone?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by latebeat, Dec 14, 2010.

  1. latebeat

    latebeat Notebook Guru

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    Hi all,
    can anyone tell me what 3d mark 06/vantage I should be getting on an Envy 14 with the core i5-580?
    I'll be doing some light gaming and I'd like to figure out what sort of boost I should get from the additional speed of an i5-580 (instead of an i5-450) in the 3d department!

    thank you!
     
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  2. teotuf

    teotuf Notebook Evangelist

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    about 7000ish with stock 450/800mhz gfx card.

    3258 3279 3274 3255 3279 3279

    these are the a few cpu scores i've gotten from the my i5-580m before i returned it.

    (325x seems to be the ones you should be getting without overclocking the 5650, the 327x are all after i overclocked gfx memory to 960mhz)
     
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  3. latebeat

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    Before u returned it? What happened? Something with the cpu?
     
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  4. teotuf

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    no, hinge was broken when it came
     
    teotuf, Dec 14, 2010
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    You'll get a negligible actual gaming boost with a faster CPU. Almost all games will be limited by the GPU on an Envy 14, not the CPU. If an i5-450 is fast enough for everything else you do, there's no need for an i5-580. I got the 540 because I do video encoding on my machine periodically.

    Spend your money on an SSD or more RAM instead.
     
    Pitabred, Dec 14, 2010
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    sterben Notebook Consultant

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    I recently got an envy14 with an i5-580. I'm not sure if these are the values you are 'supposed' to be getting, but I just ran 3dmark06 and these were my scores, if they are helpful:

    3DMark Score 7101.0 3DMarks
    SM2.0 Score 2473.0
    HDR/SM3.0 Score 3098.0
    CPU Score 3197.0
     
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  7. latebeat

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    thank u all :)
     
    latebeat, Dec 16, 2010
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