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    Pavilion G4 with AMD A-Series ONLY at BBuy??

    Discussion in 'HP' started by cognus, Aug 4, 2011.

  1. cognus

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    :confused: Does Best Buy have some sort of exclusive on the A-series equipped G4's? I love the specs of the G4-1117dx but not necessarily a Best Buy fan... Amazon does not have. Haven't seen anywhere else online.
    Another model num with A Series??
     
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    Atom Ant Hello, here I go again

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    I just bought in bestbuy and paid only $414 with tax. It is so amazing laptop for the price! Some scores with factory drivers:
    3DMark2001SE:14793
    3DMark2003:9623
    3DMark2011:494
     
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    that is stinkin' impressive! I'm hoping for a coupon or back-to-school thingy or something on that bad boy.
    I'll have an ssd popped in there in a hiccup...
     
    cognus, Aug 5, 2011
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    Yes, I'll also going to change the 5400RPM HDD to SSD, because it holds back the computer's potential.
     
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    one would think they would realize this by now and just include an image on a dvd to 'restore' to the ssd of your choice.
     
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    If anybody buy G4-1117dx, I recommend to upgrade Dual-Channel memory configuration (add 2 or 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz). I've added another 2GB module near the 4GB and noticed huge performance increase.
    My new results are:
    3DMark2001SE:17659
    3DMark2003:14413
    3DMark2011:614
     
    Atom Ant, Aug 6, 2011
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    huge! are you giving thought to SSD?
     
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    Yes, just added an OCZ Agility 2 SSD. Laptop is lightning fast now and even good for games!
    [​IMG]
     
    Atom Ant, Aug 7, 2011
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