HP dv2500t Review

kickace...the socket and chipset may be the same, but as mentioned cooling could definitely be an issue. The extreme CPUs usually have a much higher thermal envelope. Also, will the mobo be able to supply the proper voltage? That would be more my concern and if the bios would even recognize the chip as R4000 mentioned.

Not trying to bring the black rain...there's just a lot more to it than the basic chipset and socket.

 

I called HP yesterday and the rep said the only model with HDMI
is going to the dv9000 series
yeah I thought the 2500 had it too, but I may still get it

 

I thought someone here already posted their dv6500t showing an hdmi port.

 

my dv2500t has an hdmi port, been using it on my 50" plasma.

all dv2500t-9500t notebooks with a dedicated card come with hdmi

 

damn it, so that rep was just smoking crack?

 

lol over 5 techs and customer reps have told me that they only hold 2GB ddr2, but using 4gb now.

must have a little meth mixed in too

 

kickace: u running vista64?

 

Just got my dv2500t today, its definitely very very sweet; lives up to the review. And ya the service rep is on crack, if you get the dedicated card, you get an HDMI port, but you only get two USB ports. And they're too close together, the dongle for my logitech mouse won't fit with a Sandisk Cruzer, there's really not much space between them at all.

 

dont you get a usb port on the right side of the laptop as well?

 

There's two on the right and zero on the left.

 

All I really want to know is if the X3100 will be able to play games like Starcraft, Warcraft III: Frozen Throne, Starcraft II... could someone with the laptop check it out for me. If they cannot be played, could one of you give me an average battery life on a dv2500t with the nvidia 8400GS with regular office use.(ie. Wireless on, internet, word processing) Thanks for the help in advanced.

 

I was actually wondering the same thing b/c those are the only games I play; I ended up getting the dedicated Nvidia card instead of the X3100; I think the X3100 could easily handle starcraft and maybe warcraft III on moderate settings, but according to joystiq.com:
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/21/new-starcraft-ii-details-from-pc-gamer/

No decisions have been made as to minimum system requirements, but Blizzard has always made games for a wide range of computers. The team did note that a Shader Model 2.0-compatible graphics card will be required. (That's GeForce FX, Radeon 9000 or better, PC Gamer reports.)

 

dv2500 or the new dell 1420

i think the dv2500 only has a 64mb dedicated
while the dell 1420 has the 8400 in 128mb

the dell one is a hell of a lot cheaper too =\

 

Excellent news!