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    HP Spectre x360 - gaming impressions

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Guy Oren, May 12, 2015.

  1. Guy Oren

    Guy Oren Notebook Guru

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    Is someone with hp spectre x360 tried to run games on it?
    I would like to hear some impressions.

    Thank you :)
     
    Guy Oren, May 12, 2015
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    Will like to hear some too.
     
    TZamir, May 13, 2015
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  3. bigmac999

    bigmac999 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Since this laptop have an integrated Intel HD5500 gpu ,most games probably run on low. Just look for Intel HD5500 preformance to get an idea
     
    bigmac999, May 13, 2015
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  4. Guy Oren

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    How long the battery takes under gaming?
    Is it very noisy? What's about the heat level too?
     
    Guy Oren, May 13, 2015
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    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    Helping someone find the right laptop and the Spectre looks awesome, light gaming is one need , would also love to hear how the HD5500 handles games.
     
    IKAS V, May 24, 2015
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    Depends what type of games you're going to be playing. Dont expect to play anything recent with a IGP like a HD5500. Only Older games that are less demanding are playable with that chip
     
    KING19, May 27, 2015
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    I've been playing Heroes of the Storm....Works get around 45-65 FPS at native with everything on low...turn the sound effects to low or medium to get rid of the weird stutter Didn't try dota or Lol as I don't like them
    TF2 was playable from what I remember
    PvZ Garden Warfare not so much 25-30FPS at best
    DA Origins and DA 2 seemed to run just fine didn't play much just the start of them (got the Origin humble bundle the other day)
    CIV5 ran fine when I played with it a while ago
    Diablo 3 at 1366x768 at Medium gets around 45 FPS consitently
    StarCraft 2 runs just fine
    Homeworld remastered runs great also...

    I do have it on a laptop cooler and intel XTU just came out with support for the broadwell i7 so I have only played with it a little bit but I suspect i can undervolt and get a FPS per game...

    Overall for the games I play I am pretty happy...I miss my old laptop for gaming but this one is so much better for everything else...
     
    Akro42, May 28, 2015
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  8. madmook

    madmook Notebook Evangelist

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    Sweet, thanks for letting me know that XTU is now supported. I use XTU to undervolt my other Haswell i7-equipped laptop, and was bummed to see that I couldn't install it for the Broadwell in my Spectre x360.

    Edit: 3DMark06 results, in case anyone's interested:
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    madmook, Jun 1, 2015
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  9. D4rk_nVidia

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    CS GO is playable in lowest settings and Hitman Blood Money on middle settings.
    For games I bougt a xbox one and for my favourite game the i7 is more than enough
     
    D4rk_nVidia, Jun 22, 2015
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    Anyone play Cities: Skylines using the Spectre x360? I figure it's doable on low settings, but I'm curious what the threshold is for city size.
     
    PsylentStorm, Jul 22, 2015
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  11. iunlock

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    I'm curious as well. Has anyone benchmarked yet using the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility?

    If so, could you please share your score along with specifying what CPU you have on your x360?

    Thanks!
     
    iunlock, Sep 19, 2015
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    I managed to get Ultra Street Fighter IV running smoothly at 60fps by dialing everything down to its lowest except for Self-Shadow and Stage Quality and lowering the resolution to 1600x900.

    I'm glad I finally have a portable computer that runs Street Fighter IV but it's just in time for Street Fighter V to come out and that game probably won't be able to run on this computer (since it's using the Unreal Engine 4), which kinda sucks.
     
    SolidSonicTH, Sep 21, 2015
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    fallout 3, fallout:NV, Rocket League, and GC emulators alll work perfect for me
     
    blizard.wizard, Oct 1, 2015
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  14. iunlock

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    Not bad for the stock GPU eh?

    Sent from my Note 4 [Powered by: FireKat V19X]
     
    iunlock, Oct 3, 2015
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