ENVY 17-32XX Intel Ivy Bridge (AMD 7850M)

My order was shipped today woo...
Here's my Config. I placed my order on the 8th and the estimated shipment I was given was the 26th.

Envy17
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM Processor (2.3 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
• Radeon(TM) HD 7850M Graphics 1GB GDDR5 Memory [HDMI, DP]
• 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750G 7200 rpm Hybrid Hard Drive
• Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)
• FREE 2-year Norton Internet Security subscription (a $99 value). Pre-installed.
• 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery - Up to 5.25 hours of battery life +++
• 17.3-inch diagonal Radiance Full HD Infinity LED-backlit Display (1920x1080)
• Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
• 720p HD video streaming webcam supports Skype
• Intel 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R) with Wireless Display Support
• Full-size Radiance backlit keyboard
• Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) Elements 10 & Adobe Premiere(R) Elements 10
• 2 year limited warranty included
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

 

mine shipped today! Ordered on the 8th!!!!
3610 processor
8gb ram
blu ray
750gb hybrid drive

 

I'd only reccomend that if you have a half-decent upload speed and leas than 5GB of music... It would take forever otherwise...

 

Well I have about 3,000 something songs so I guess that option is clearly out of the question now lol. I guess its off to go get an external drive.

 

Yea I have over 9K songs, so I think an external usb drive would be out of my question too. I believe Mav answered this question a few pages back, I asked it.

By the way, I received an email saying mine was shipped also. I guess the 6th-8th were shipped this morning.

 

Ordered on 6/3 here. Still waiting. Guess it's true HP works in mysterious ways.

 

I too also received my shipping notice this morning. I ordered on the 6th. So I guess the HP reps were only semi-lying, since the tracking number is still not active. Hopefully they send out a huge amount today and everyone gets their laptops soon.


Keep us updated to all that shipped on when you get them and they type of shipping method you guys had. Thanks

 

Networked file sharing! It'll take 1 hour max

Sent from my SGH-i917 Windows Phone using Board Express

 

ordered on the 5th and still nothing... furthermore I knwo when I get I will hate the battery life since it is the 3D version so I am thinking of ordering anew one without 3D... hp will have whole lot of 3D envy laptop in the refurbished department soon.

P.S. I called ATI and they confirmed that it is not switchable graphics card but it saves battery via hybrid tech and should be comparable to intel graphics

we will see

 

So thankful that I can finally post on this thread... my baby has shipped this morning 6:45am i got my email, I ordered on the 8TH about 10am my date was also the 26 for the build date. I lost my last laptop to a thief so i got the lojack this time. I got some ram from newegg CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1866 Laptop Memory Model CMSX8GX3M2A1866C10 to drop in it when it comes (i got the 2 day shipping free with some advice from this thread lol) I tried to get the $50 off but mine was not delayed but I ended up making out with the wifi mouse HP WiFi Mouse LH571AA#ABA for 50% off and free shipping. I got the HD caddy from newmodus to add my 500gb storage I been using since with out a laptop. Also got Cooler Master Notebook Cooler Model NotePal X2 which I had with my dv7 to keep this thing cool anyone have any suggestions for cables to get to hook up screens via VGA? I have a HDMI to DVI gold plated that I used with my dv7 but whats good for the display port slots? Well anyway Ill be tracking and I get it add ram and my HD and fire it up. I like the videos that have been done so far but I will use this thing for everything so Ill try and post comments and reviews that talk about usage battery life video editing and dvd burning, play a few games and benchmarks and so forth.


Envy17
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM Processor (2.3 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
• Radeon(TM) HD 7850M Graphics 1GB GDDR5 Memory [HDMI, DP]
• 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750G 7200 rpm Hybrid Hard Drive
• Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)
• FREE 2-year Norton Internet Security subscription (a $99 value). Pre-installed.
• 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery - Up to 5.25 hours of battery life +++
• 17.3-inch diagonal Radiance Full HD Infinity LED-backlit Display (1920x1080)
• Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
• 720p HD video streaming webcam supports Skype
• Intel 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R) with Wireless Display Support
• Full-size Radiance backlit keyboard
• Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) Elements 10 & Adobe Premiere(R) Elements 10
• Computrace LoJack for Laptops, One Year
• 2 year limited warranty included
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

 

This. I believe my network will allow me to do so. I am guessing most of us will get ours the same day if they are on the same shipment. Maybe a day more for you people on the East Coast, MN here.

 

Well my tracking information went "live". Seems my delivery date is this Thursday. Fingers are crossed!

 

THE ENVY 17 3D Graphic card not switchable issue

someone with the 3D version and problem with the ATI card not switching please contact the HP Executive office in Palo Alto, California, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM pacific time by dialing 1-800-756-0608, option #7

I emailed the CEO and someone from exec office called me but I could not work it out since I did not get my 3D laptop yet.

so someone who has the 3D laptop with the issue in hand call them and report back to us here..

 

its their new stuff like powertune and zero core or w.e its suppose to shut off the card/parts of the card to save battery. I think u guys are the first ones to try it out . Keep us posted with results

 

Mine just switched and shows Friday as my delivery date. We'll see how this goes.

 

Finally. Ordered on 06/05 delayed till 06/20 shipped today estimated delivery date is Friday before 4:30PM.

 

per HP chat the part that is holding up the shipments is the Hard drive the hybrid hard drive not the SSD.

 

Has anyone posted the model and brand of the 750GB hybrid hard drive?

 

The 750gb Hybrid HDD is a Seagate Momentus XT with 8gb of flash NAND.

I noticed that mine makes a clicking noise though. It's not very loud, but definitely noticeable, and happens once every few seconds. The clicking noise comes from the right hand side under the handrest, right where the hard drive bays are, so I'm pretty sure it's coming from the Hybrid hard drive. Is it just a loud drive in general, or should I be worried about potential failure?

Has anyone else with the 750gb hybrid drive noticed noise coming from the right hand corner (basically near the SD card slot)?

 

Not the case with mine. I don't have a hybrid drive and mine is delayed. I have the mSATA SSD and the 2x 1TB 5400.

 

Do you have firmware rev & what speed is the connection reported as?
thanks
j

(Intel Rapid Storage Technology Utility should report both)

 

Can anybody sum up the current active coupons around for this thing? Thinking of pulling the trigger soon... If there's nothing good, I'll wait.

Also, can any coupon be combined with the Xbox 360 deal?

 

I'm pretty sure neither the $450 or 33% coupon work with the 360 deal.

 

they dont. its either/or it would be better for the guy asking to go for the 450/33% off and use that money saved to buy the 200$ xbox if u need 1

 

Hi, I think I asked this before but couldn't find an answer, so here goes. Is Hp still selling the envy 17 with the mangled arrow keys or did they fix the keyboard on this new version? Thanks!

 

I also ordered mine with the msata and 2x 1tb hard drive. It has shipped and is scheduled to arrive this Friday 6/22. If it does not have switchable graphics then I will ship it back in a week or two. Hopefully I can use AMD CCC to switch to intel graphics. If it doesn't, then how am I supposed to use the WiDi?

 

Nothing physically on the outside of the laptop has changed from the 3XXX series.

 

I am so happy my Envy 17 will be here on the 22nd. I originally ordered the envy 17 3000 on May 10th, My 21 days were over but by sweet talking them, it got me the Envy 17 3200 with Ivy bridge, AMD 7850m, 8gb Ram DDR3 1600 for basically an extra $50... WOO...

 

Congrats. That's a pretty sweet upgrade.

 

If you mean the size for the left and right arrows being bigger than the up and down arrows, than no. The design remained the same. Here's a shot of my keyboard.

 

You j3rk! You should just ship it to me, since HP is taking their sweet time to send one.

 

Believe me, I would have them send it to you if I could. To me there is no reason to upgrade to the ivy bridge processor if you cant use the 4000 graphics. I use dvdfab and I was looking forward to using intel sync with new integrated graphics. I have a WiDi receiver on my living room and bedroom television. Plus I don't want to use the amd graphics unless I'm playing a game. I need to be able to get 4 hours of battery life out of this. HP better be working on a solution!

 

Definitely have to agree on this. I am sure they will work on it once they realize the mess they created and the outcry from the consumer is bound to become much larger.

 

Hi Jstr_MSFT and maverick777 thanks for the info. I guess I'll have to look elsewhere!

 

Really stupid question here...

 

Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

If I understand this correctly, none of the 17in Envy 32xx models allow the user to switch back and forth between the integrated graphics chip and the dedicated graphics chip via bios, correct?

The 17in Envy 32xx 3D does not allow graphics switching via the Catalyst Control software, correct?

The 17in Envy 32xx non-3D does allow graphics switch via the catalyst control center, correct?

 

For the SWITCHABLE GRAPHICS Issue : For those who would like to discuss the switchable graphics issue can check this thread below so that those who are already receiving their units can confirm/report things about the battery life and hybrid graphics or if switchable graphics can be made available with a software or BIOS update.Thanks.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-...d-ivy-bridge-switchable-graphics-problem.html

 

I can confirm that the non-3D model definitely allows you to switch graphics. I have it set up to show a pop-up for any unassigned applications, so the first time I finish running a game, I can tell the graphics card to run it with the Radeon 7850m or Intel 4000 from that point forward.

You just right click on the desktop, and go to "Configure Switchable Graphics" to see this interface.

http://i.imgur.com/iMFiH.png

Seems like only the 3D display model is having trouble with switchable graphics.

 

Thanks for the info and the picture. This is exactly what I hope the 3d version would have!

 

don't see the link.

edit: See the link now. Thx for updating.

 

Sorry bro...The link wasnt showing up now updated the post with the link.Just click that.Thanks for pointing out..

thanks for the info gnat_ .Can please do us another favour?Can you please check and confirm whether both the Intel HD and AMD show up under Display Adapters in the Device Manager and post a screenshot of that if you can? Kinda confused with hybrid power saving profile thing of the radeon 7850M and specially coz the AMD website mentions it as not supporting the switchable graphics and having Hybrid Power saving profile built-in instead.Also how much battery life are you getting out of it?

 

Thank you for the information Gnat.

 

You're welcome. I'm away from my Envy right now, but will check later tonight.

 

Can someone here do a run of 3DMark Vantage Performance Preset?

I would like to see how the 7850M compares to the GT 650M 2 GB GDDR5 in performance. Notebookcheck.net has zero details on the 7850M.

 

Yes, both the Radeon 7850m and the Intel 4000 show up as separate display adapters in the non-3D Envy 17. Here's a screenshot as requested.

http://i.imgur.com/8NdV8.png

As for battery life, I don't know. I haven't run it down on battery power yet. My usage of the laptop has primarily been as a desktop replacement, so I don't take it off the plug very often. At 100% power, when I unplug it, the Windows Mobility Center says I have 4h32m left, but I wouldn't consider that estimate reliable. Maybe someone else can help?

 

Thanks a Lot gnat_ .Now just have to get a screenshot from someone who has the 3D model.
Adding a Rep as well.Thanks again man.

Also Maverick says that over 5hrs of browsing is possible with streaming music as well with 60 percent brightness setting.Dont know which power profile though.Have to ask him.

 

I had the Envy 17 3D 32xx version (I was the one who originally discovered the lack of graphic switching) and it only had the AMD card listed in the device manager under display adapters. I'd provide a screenshot but that laptop is well on its way back to HP for a full refund. I couldn't even make it though a DVD on battery power.

 

aww man i wanted to c more OC results

 

You might've answered this, but I couldn't find it using Google to search, what software did you use to OC?

 

I used Afterburner. The only problem I had was I couldn't find any software that would display the GPU temps, which is kind of dangerous when dealing with an OC'ed laptop GPU. Just make sure you enable the unofficial overclocking mode. See this thread for information: HOW TO: Enable UNOFFICIAL overclocking mode in MSI AfterBurner - Guru3D.com Forums