Regarding Envy 17 3D YouTube Videos

Ok.... I know only a few of us have received their Envy 17 3D, and I know those who have them are busy testing them out, playing with them, etc.... but...I was hoping as I am sure many out there are too, that those who have this laptop would upload videos to youtube so we can all see what's it all about. Yes, we have seen the HP videos, and other professional reviewers, but NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE (real consumer) has posted any videos of the Envy 17 3D of anykind. No unboxing, no playing, to FPS, nothing.

So yeah, if people with HD cameras could please upload to youtube regarding this amazing machine, I would thank you. Share the love! Lol. Thanks in advance.

P.S. Don't even ask me how many times I've gone on Youtube to check for new vids, but nothing..ugh. --- Videos are up, so kindly ignore above statement, I will leave it for reference of my angst. Lol. Enjoy the vids below guys, and please feel free to keep adding more!!! Thanks.

UPDATE: VIDEO LINKS WILL BE POSTED HERE!
1. YouTube - HP Envy 17 3D Bad Company 2 1080p Thank you armoured This is the first consumer YouTube vid of an Envy 17 3D gaming
2. YouTube - Envy 17 3D playing Black Ops Thank you beertha COD Black-Ops
3. YouTube - Envy 17 3D playing Streetfighter IV... beertha Streetfighter IV
4. YouTube - Envy 17 3D Brief Review Part 1 johnnobts review of the Envy 17 3D, Thanks.
5. YouTube - ENVY 17 3D Black Ops.. Another by beertha
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrFBJWjXPM4 T3CHR3V13W5 Thanks! You have the very first unboxing of this laptop.
7. YouTube - HP Envy 17 3D unboxing Unboxing of Envy 17 3D freespace303
8. YouTube - HP Envy 17 3D First time booting up Another by freespace303 First time boot up of Envy 17 3D
9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD4gWvPmbOI&hd=1 1st 3D gaming video (part 1 of 2) Left for Dead 2 by freespace303!
10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOYIMwQF5fI&hd=1 (Part 2 of 2) Left for Dead 2 in 3D from freespace303
11. Starcraft 2 in 3D Starcraft in 3D by freespace303, thumbs up!


KJ

 

im gonna do it as soon as i get it and set it up properly!

crysis (+wh), far cry 2, mw2, black ops, oblivion, cs:s, maybe bf:bc2

 

YES!!!! necrophyte, thank you very much...can't wait!

P.S Of course give this thing all she's got! Put them on max settings! AAxmax, shadows, textures...yeah, this should be good, real life numbers/performance....
One more thing..you would def. be the very first real consumer with this vid!
KJ

 

of course, i only play such games if i can max them out. ok crysis will probably run on high, not gamer/very high, but rest maxed.

but by the time i get it, there certainly already will be plenty of user-made videos, since i think its gonna come somewhere mid-december or just before christmas.

 

necro, no prob. Whenever you can do it.

 

I'd love to see that as well.
Just don't do as the video I saw, where the guy tried to show us the amazing 3D effect by filming through the 3D-glasses, haha

 

I hate 3D
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Too bad, you're missing out.

 

I can kinda understand where you are coming from. I feel sometimes 3D does not work for several reasons.

1. Glasses are not comfortable, too dark, coloring affects movies/games...etc..

2. The movie itself could have used inferior 3D technology to produce it in the first place so then the effects aren't worth very much in terms of impact. I believe if the movie is done with the proper equipment, and good direction, and proper effects, there is no reason that the WOW factor woud not be there.

Again, I understand because a few of the last Hollywood movies I've seen in 3D in the IMAX sucked. Some of my fav 3D is from Disney World/Epcot rides in Orlando Florida...fun times.

Also, I suspect that the 3D will work amazingly for the games....at least I hear good things. We are in for a treat guys!!!! Woot!!!

P.S. Let's see some vids already, first poster on youtube gets a big, loud cheer!

KJ

 

I'm pretty sure most people who jumped on the Envy 3D aren't exactly die-hard 3D fanatics. I think we were mostly people looking at the Envy 17 who saw that the Envy 17 3D was basically the same price, and jumped on it. It was like the 3D was an added free bonus.

Personally, I think 3D is ok (don't love or hate it), but like I said, that wasn't the selling point of this laptop for me, and I'm sure it wasn't for otherwise.

 

i actually didnt aim for the envy 17 3d because of 3d, but because the lack of my preferable hardware configurations of the elitebooks in europe forced me to choose the envy.

my first choice was the elitebook 8540w with the firepro m5800, 740/840qm cpu and the dc2 display. but since there is no model with such a configuration available in europe, neither one can pre-configure ones own model like in the us, i had to either take an elitebook that i wouldnt be satisfied with (either old dx10 nvidia quadro or an i5 cpu), or abort my now almost 4 year long love with the elitebooks (formerly hp compaq 8-series). although i am now actually using an 8440p and an 8540w, the envy is going to be my new main desktop replacement.

then the envy 17 3d came out and that was the only notebook from the hp consumer line that i would accept, mainly because of the 5850m and the obviously really great hp brightview 3d display. but not because its capable of 3d, but its 120hz.

however, after reading some of the really promising reviews of users already having tried gaming @ 3d, i think this is gonna be a nice extra feature. i just hope hp release a bios update that reverts the 5850m's clocks to its stock clocks.. and this doesnt fry the inside of the envy

 

Running recovery discs, then video if I can find the damn cam lol

Initial impressions are great, no issues. The box it ships in is bigger to accommodate the 3D glasses, but the internal Envy box is same as standard E17. Those of us who have had both versions will notice that instantly.

More to follow!

 

hey guys. Just bumping this up a bit.... Anyone have any vids yet? When you do, please post a link here.....and I will update my first post of this thread and I will keep all links to the youtube vids organized.
Good luck everyone.....

Also, I will post any new Envy 17 3D videos on YouTube or where else I find them here, so we can all enjoy them. Ok, laterz....

P.S. Maybe this weekend is a good time for people to make their vids....


KJ

 

Bad Company 2
1080P
DX11
Low Shadows
Everything else med/high

YouTube - Envy 3D BC2 1080P

 

We have a winner!!!! armoured is officially the first real live consumer to post an Envy 17 3D Youtube vid... I can't thank you enough. It looks amazing, I need this game now, well I need my Envy first! lol, Enjoy it.

armoured I'm gonna subscribe to your channel and comment.

 

with minimum 45fps you should definitely be able to set shadows to high and most other settings from mid to high without having the fps drop below 30. give it a try, i am sure theres still a lot of spare room! maybe for a single-player game or bfbc2 in single player mode its still optimal, whereas for a multiplayer game 40 should be kept as the minimum, but still, performance is what were interested in!

 

I think I viewed armoured's vid several times... I can't get enough how sweet the gameplay/graphics are... we've come such a long way from Quake II, which back then made leaps and bounds.... armoured, did you try playing it in 3D using the Tridef drivers? They list it as one of their supported games. Does playing on 3D really cut frame rate by half?

http://tridef.com/ignition/3d-games.html

So I hear 3D makes all these games more fun....come on Fedex..come on....

 

Thus far the best 3d content I've been able to find was an IMAX 3D under the sea documentary. The content itself was so so but the 3d was definitely done well and wasn't that cheap 3D diorama that a lot of the cheaply made ones are. Most of the other stuff I've been able to find hasn't looked all that great but as more content becomes available I'm sure that will change.

I have been having ghosting issues with stuff bleeding across to the wrong eye slightly and though it isn't getting any better, I am kinda getting used to it. In some things it's totally fine but things with certain color schemes make it unbearable.

 

Well here is my first video of Streetfighter IV on the Envy 3D. I show the improvement in FPS when switching to 120 Hz instead of 60 Hz.
Then I show the drop in FPS when using the Tridef 3D for 3D mode. Pretty much had to drop resolution from x1080 to x768 @60Hz to get a more desirable 56 FPS.
I liked using this game because of the easily configured benchmark and setting modes. I could switch back and forth seamlessly and lag free.
Next game up is probably going to be "Black Ops".

YouTube - Envy 17 3D Streetfighter IV in 3D vs 2D

 

why do you have vsync on?

it is quite logical that with vsync on and a 60hz/fps cap the average (and max!) fps will be far below those @ 120hz/fps cap, since vsync makes the game-fps align with the monitors hz (fps), so there is no "room" upwards! so the maximum achieveable fps @ 60hz vsync is 60fps; @ 120hz vsync > 120fps!

turn off vsync and then try again, youll get far higher fps! im quite sure there is absolutely no need for vsync on an envy 17..

 

Thanks I had no idea about that !
I will definitely make sure that's off from now on.
I'm still a noob when it comes to pc game settings
I don't suppose you know optimal settings for "black ops" do you?

 

optimal settings are everything maxed out and "on" (however, vsync actually isnt a graphics quality setting, its just a way to solve some minor problems, but these arent likely to occur on the envy 3d's 120hz display; so if you dont know you need it, you dont, so keep it off)

but the envy should definitely be able to run black ops with everything maxed out, except anti-aliasing and maybe shadows, but for single-player even the shadows can be maxed and one should test how it runs with AA. for single-player gaming most games should run very well at about 25-30+ fps.

 

necrophyte, I wasn't sure what vsync was for, so thanks. I won't put it on either unless there are some video issues, which I don't expect to have.

 

OMG, I turned Vsync off and it was hitting approx 90 fps - what a difference that makes.
In "Black Ops" I guess its not called "VSync" but labeled "Sync every frame" instead.

I'm gonna have to delete that Streetfighter IV video and replace it with another one, because that first vid made me look stupid. Not to mention making the ENVY 17 not look too good etiher.
Anyways I was getting 90 fps and up until I turned on Anitaliasing then it dropped down to the high 50s fps or so.
Playing "Black Ops" without the Sync helped out tremendously as well. The game runs in the upper 50s fps without AA and then upper 40s fps with 2x AA (1080res).
Video being posted tonight. Will try to do a 3D version too.

 

Here is the Black Ops Video;

YouTube - Envy 17 3D playing Black Ops

Here is the new Streetfighter video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeC6n75o3kY

Here is another Black Ops Video, this time recorded with FRAPS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUe5VTWuBho

 

Hey KJ, been having SSD issues thus no vids. I started taking some vid for illustration to the Clean Install procedure provided in The Lounge when Win 7 install could not see my SSD. I feel like such a tard for having these issues, however I think its my drive I got from dushe-egg after reading recent rash of drive failures.

Vids will flow after I resolve this issue.....

 

aub urnmk, first priority is to take care of your system. Once she's up and running at 100% we'd love to see your uploads. Thanks.

 

The BC2 vid is just what I've been waiting for. Thank you so much. Mine will ship on the 21st, and that's the game I will be playing the most on it.

 

Glad you liked it. If you have a HD vid cam, I do hope when you get yours you'll post a vid or 2 for us? Infact, there are still no unboxing videos for the Envy 17 3D....so if you were to do one, yours would be the very first unboxing....! Well, I can't wait to hear once you open your box and tell us how you feel about it....erm, hopefully in a vid. And no, I don't have a vid cam otherwise I'd have posted..lol

KJ

 

Updated first page with T3CHR3V13W5 's video showing the very first unboxing of the Envy 17 3D! Hope we can get some more of those for you guys.

YouTube - HP ENVY17 3D Unboxing

 

Thanks for posting my vid, dude ;D

 

no prob! Welcome to the NBR forums. If you have any more vids, please post the link in this thread and I will put it on the first page. Enjoy.

KJ

 

ill probably making the review tomorrow, so it'll prolly be up by thurs

 

hi, just checking if you had a chance to make that review vid yet, I just checked on your youtube channel and you only have the one video of the unboxing which I've watched several times....again, love the track.... Let us know about the next vid, all the best.


KJ

 

i recorded and edited it but i didnt upload it yet. ill set it to upload overnight tonight ;D

 

Thanks, looking forward to it.

KJ

 

Posted my review =]

YouTube - HP ENVY 17 3D Review

 

totally unhelpful. if you have legitimate gripes with the notebook, point them out. otherwise, why bother?

 

Totally agree, I hit the "Dislike" thumbs down myself.

And his name is TECHREVIEWS ???

 

Wow,lol, I'm about to see what the fuss is all about his video..brb...

K, just saw that ...uhm... I'll just be quiet....but ask why oh why? Lol, T3CH, your unboxing was better, lol. Anyway, I'm not going to bother linking this to the first page, no point. Hope others will bring forth worthwhilte videos. Seriously, if someone says they will do a review, do a review....

 

Wow ummm.... I was gonna interject since it seems you guys are being a little too condescending, but after seeing that video....ummm...

 

Note: Page one updated with new vids by freespace303, thanks.

 

freespace303 has just brought this thread back to life thanks to another new video, make that 3 new ones!!! So far he gave us an unboxing, a first time boot up and now 2x3D game benchmarks. In fact, these are the first 3D gaming vids on YouTube for the Envy 17 3D as far as I'm aware.

freespace303 good stuff, thanks. Now we have a better idea of which games are playable on 3D mode...hope to see more.

Note: First page updated.


KJ

 

Bumped up for nielo and other new members who might be interested.

P.S. I imagine that this thread will also be updated when vids of the Envy 17 3D SB edition will be in our hands.


KJ