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    ENVY 15 - Should I buy now or wait for ivy bridge/7750m?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by imak179, Apr 22, 2012.

  1. imak179

    imak179 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm going overseas in may for 3 months. My options are buy now, or buy when I get back in August (I assume the envy will have been upgraded by then.) Will the performance increase be worth the wait?
     
    imak179, Apr 22, 2012
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    PaKii94 Notebook Virtuoso

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    i would definately wait unless u need the comp for your trip. from the performnace of the 7970m, u can tell that the 7750m will be very powerful prolly like 2x as much as the card right now 7690m. battery life should also improve cause of more efficient gpu+cpu, the cpu gets a nice little boost, and they will prolly fix the red-orange issue in the screen
     
    PaKii94, Apr 22, 2012
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    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    Definitely wait for more info about the next refresh unless you don't plan to run games on it.
     
    moviemarketing, Apr 22, 2012
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    imak179 Notebook Enthusiast

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    When do you guys think we'll be seeing an announcement. I'm a very casual gamer. Sometimes I go months without playing a game till I get the itch again. How much of a performance increase do you think we'll see? 10%? 30%?
     
    imak179, Apr 22, 2012
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    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    7750m vs. 7690m.

    Not much solid info is known yet, but the rumored 7750 specs suggest it will be comparable to the 6970m and faster than many other cards such as the 670m, even faster than a desktop HD 5770 or desktop GTX 550Ti.
     
    moviemarketing, Apr 22, 2012
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    cheese0409 Newbie

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    Orange LED, lower than 7750, old generation.
    The answer is already fixed.
     
    cheese0409, Apr 22, 2012
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    eenxsoon Notebook Geek

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    anyone know an estimated release date?
    I just purchased a hp envy 17 and I am thinking of returning it and wait for the upgrade.. but the problem is I want it before may 15th when d3 comes out
     
    eenxsoon, Apr 23, 2012
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    PaKii94 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Use ur new envy until almost the end of the return date and return it... The next upgrade should be a good boost

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    As for the op best option is to wait if u can a lot more powerful stuf is going to be out very soon
     
    PaKii94, Apr 23, 2012
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  9. eenxsoon

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    whenever i ask hp if they are upgrading the hp envy line soon.. they say there are no updates coming up
     
    eenxsoon, Apr 23, 2012
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  10. Genoskia

    Genoskia Notebook Guru

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    Well of course, they would love your money and to get rid of a soon to be outdated model. They would probably try and tell you anything to get a sale right then.

    Anyways most often sales and customer service reps. are outsourced to other companies or are such a secluded division of the company they don't know squat. We are usually more informed here than they are .
     
    Genoskia, Apr 23, 2012
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  11. eenxsoon

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    okay im gonna listen to you guys! im gonna return my hp envy on the 21st day of my return policy and wait for the upgrade
     
    eenxsoon, Apr 23, 2012
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    Dumb question, but when the envy15 gets an update, will the 14 get a refresh as well?
     
    bimmerboii, Apr 27, 2012
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    the 14 in regular envy prolly wont come back out again but the spectre should. in fact I think they will all refresh together
     
    PaKii94, Apr 27, 2012
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