HOwz the DV6???

hey i was plannin on buying a HP pavillion Dv6 1110AX...

the config is as follows-
AMD turion X2 RM 74 2.2ghz
4 GB RAM
ATI HD 4650- 1 GB dedicated graphics
15.6 inch screen and the other usuals........

Is it a good computer for general using and some gaming..
Has anyone reviewed it yet?
Does it produce a lot of heat?..(I had a horrid experience with my previous AMD TL60)
I wud be thankful if someone cud help me out..

 

I would personally recommend staying away from AMD CPUs, especially if heat is a concern...

 

well heat maybe a concern but it has a level after which it becomes a problem..i dont mind some amount of heat....but in my experience i had an acer aspire with a TL50 which reached upto 100 degrees Celsius while playing games..thts a bit too much...maybe it was a problem with the computer itself..

 

HP's cooling systems leave much to be desired and thermal compound is sometimes incorrectly applied, causing heat problems on HP AMD and Intel systems. The current generation HP AMD notebooks have cool running ATI chipsets versus the not-so-cool (and very defective) NVIDIA chips the previous generation had, so that helps. Much of the bad rap AMD has received for heat can be attributed to NVIDIA.

That config looks really nice to me. The 4650 is going to generate a fair amount of heat while gaming but it's a seriously nice chip. You might want to buy a notebook cooling pad to compensate for that.

 

hmmm...thanks for the reply...my main competitor is the Dell studio 15...which has the Intel T6500 2.0 ghz, 4 gb ram, ATI HD4570 512 MB....considering both of them cost the same for me any ideas which wud be the better choice?
personnaly i prefer the HP thanks to the graphics card but the only thing tht concerns me is the heat...

 

Any discrete graphic card will generate a fair amount of heat. I can't say for sure if Dell's cooling system is better than HP's. However the T6500 might run cooler than the AMD. In all probability you should opt for a cooling pad to offset the risk of heat damage. The Radeon 4650 is much better than the 4570 so it is your call really what kind of applications you will indulge in.

 

thanks for the reply...yeah i already have a cooling pad which i used for my last AMD ...i guess ill be going for the HP all because of the 4650...:

 

I have heard that AMDs have alot of heat and poor battery life. I would recommend the HDX16, similar to the DV6 but better.

 

I say go 1 higher and get the AMD ultra x2 2.3ghz

 

I had a HP dv2104eu with a AMD TL-50, see my other thread, I'm actively having to buy a new machine now as I can no longer put up with the heat.

 

The dv2000/dv6000/dv9000 series AMD machines had those problematic NVIDIA chipsets. HP ditched NVIDIA in their current AMD models for good reason. FWIW, I'm happy with my HP dv4z, though it only has integrated graphics. I'm trying to swear off video games.

 

hey i read in the AMD forums about undervolting..basically reducing the voltage or something...which helps in reducing heat significantly...
have any of u heard of it?...and is it safe?

 

@brianstretch--I actually had a TL-50 1.6 ghz with an ATI radaeon 1100 series...its was quite hot...in fact hotter than my friends amd with nvidea!!!...but i assumed something was wrong with the laptop itself..

 

You are correct in assuming it was the laptop itself because my previous acer aspire had that same exact setup (TL-50, Xpress 1100) and it didn't get hot at all, but that maybe down to Acer's cooling design vs. HP's.

 

@Evolution- the funny thing is that even mine was a acer...aspire 5052/.. ..i guess then it may hav been a prob with my unit itself..