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    HP Pavilion with best performence?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Satyrion, Jan 19, 2010.

  1. Satyrion

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    I want a HP Pavilion 17 incher cuz they look so sexy but all i find have either bad CPU or GPU. WHen will the new serie GPU come in the HP Pavilion series?
     
    Satyrion, Jan 19, 2010
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    Not sure but congrats on 1001st post
     
    FatManChan, Jan 19, 2010
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  3. lvnatic

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    i think the dv7 or envys are quite performant but they are pretty expensive
     
    lvnatic, Jan 19, 2010
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  4. Satyrion

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    Satyrion, Jan 19, 2010
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    I'm figuring they'll just refresh the 230M to a 330M. Not much of an improvement really. It'll do quite well for casual gaming-what games will play there anyway?
     
    Howitzer225, Jan 19, 2010
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  6. Satyrion

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    Will play everything that looks cool like dragon age, fallout 3, far cry 2 etc. I dont need to run it at full grpahics though
     
    Satyrion, Jan 19, 2010
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    The 230M can run them at medium to medium-high settings.
     
    Howitzer225, Jan 19, 2010
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  8. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Do you specifically need a Pavilion? The Envy 15 has a very beefy GPU in it, if you can deal with the lack of integrated widgets (no optical drive or ExpressCard slot)
     
    Pitabred, Jan 19, 2010
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  9. Satyrion

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    I am only interested in 17 inches or bigger, gaming on something smaller is just boring for me
     
    Satyrion, Jan 19, 2010
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    Look here:
    Nevermind, checked link and it doesn't work when I copy it...to long to type. :eek:
     
    hovercraftdriver, Jan 19, 2010
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  11. chase17

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    There's rumor of an Envy 17 & 14..
     
    chase17, Jan 19, 2010
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    ASUS G73 is good choice... it has 17 inch full HD screen , Core i7 quad and ATI 5870... fastest mobile GPU with DirectX 11... and Blue Ray and 8GB RAM ... for $1600 so its a future proof gaming machine... will beat anything Hp Has....if u got the money , i would spend it on this...but problem is that it isn't out yet.. ETA is middle feb or late feb..
     
    sean473, Jan 20, 2010
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  13. Pitabred

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    Ehhh... 17" is freakin' massive. 15" is as big as I'll ever go... no point to a "laptop" if you get anything better.
     
    Pitabred, Jan 20, 2010
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  14. Serg

    Serg Nowhere - Everywhere

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    Have you tried the "What Notebook SHould I Buy?" Forum?

    People there might be able to help you more, but my honest suggest is getting ATI over NVIDIA, the 4650HD on some "older" Pavilions are very capable of gaming. Other than that I suggest against HP Pavilion for pure gaming. ASUS, Sager, Alienware, MSI, etc.
     
    Serg, Jan 20, 2010
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  15. Satyrion

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    I used to be happy on a 14 incher but than i got used to my desktop with a 24 inch screen and now i cant handle anything less than 17 on laptops hehe
     
    Satyrion, Jan 21, 2010
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