AMD Trinity news (looks, its near to launch?)

[Manicdan]

that 17w apu would be sick to put into the new microsoft surface tablet. with 42wh battery it would still get near 10 hours of use, and play a few decent games that make the new ipad look obsolete.

[Raqia]

What I'd really like is an 11.6" model. Screen dpi isn't sufficiently high for 15", and I'd also prefer smaller size / better battery life.

[cobra_kai]

HP sleek book

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/hom...kbook-6-1010us

Has 17w trinity (A6-4455M)

Nice I missed that one. Now they just need to put a decent screen on one and it will tick all my boxes

[tbone8ty]

Unfortunately that won't be happening.

edit higher than 1080p that is........

[Manicdan]

hp does offer screen upgrades for other laptops, its usually around 100$ to go from bad to 1080p. they might do that here if these really take off. and i bet they would since i just saw an advertisement for them last night on tv (so we know they are pushing them)

[Lanek]

Even AMD Hybride prototype ( from Conval ).. Computex 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkGag...eature=related

[tbone8ty]

ah you can customize the HP pavilion and sleekbook laptops now.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/hom...nt-Notebook-PC

HP sleekbook u can upgrade to 25w A10 but no HD screen.

HP pavilion you can upgrade to an A10 and discrete graphics and HD 1080p screen


hmm do you really need a discrete graphics card if you go with an A10 @ 1366x768????

these are the options....

1GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7670M Graphics +$50.00
2GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7730M Graphics +$75.00

i guess if you upgraded to the 1080p screen you would want it.

[tbone8ty]

interesting thread over here about hp pavilion dv6z-7000 with A10-4600m

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-p...-trinity.html#

apparently only limited OC so far with pscheck

[Mech0z]

WTf is up with all manufactures all dumping crappy panels in with these laptops :S

[BeepBeep2]

2.2 to 2.7 in a laptop with temps much in check is great...500 MHz OC.

A lot of laptops don't OC at all, I'd be in for one of these...

[Manicdan]

ah you can customize the HP pavilion and sleekbook laptops now.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/hom...nt-Notebook-PC

HP sleekbook u can upgrade to 25w A10 but no HD screen.

so the envy one has a few good options
25$ for backlit keyboard
50$ for the 25w chip, which does hurt battery life, but it already lasted really long to start. so i would get that one. 384 gpu cores at 500ghz turbo, should work very nicely

but then i would take out the HDD and throw in a 128GB ssd for ~125$, and 2 ram dimms for about 50$

so my total would have been 675 configured + 175 in personal upgrades = 850 for a really slim lightweight laptop that can play games better than most would expect. as much as i would like a better screen, the resolution is probably fine since you can game at hone on an external monitor, but on the go you probably only watch movies which look great even at 720p

also for the overclocking, i wouldnt even waste the time unless its done right (undervolting the stock speeds etc), and if they could only get 2.8ghz thats almost pointless if the turbo is good enough to get you there anyway.

EDIT, the cpu specs have been bothering me, i swore the A6-4455M is listed as a quad core on amds site, but also as a duel core. the 4655M however is clearly 4 cores with more mhz and more gpu, but only a little more power draw.

[tbone8ty]

I'm curious as at what point does the A10 hit 3.2ghz?

[G.Foyle]

apparently only limited OC so far with pscheck

Max multi is locked just like desktop non-K APUs. I'd be more inclined to use PSCheck to downclock or customize turbo.

[tbone8ty]

True

I was just curious if the a10 could hit 3.2ghz for turbo clock...

From what I've read the 7730m is gcn and can't crossfire with 7660g only 7670m can

[tbone8ty]

so about $900 w/ tax for a HP Pavilion Dv6z-7000 with all the goodies

specs:


HP Pavilion dv6z-7000 Entertainment Notebook PC

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
AMD Quad-Core A10-4600M Accelerated Processor (3.2GHz/2.3GHz, 4MB L2 Cache)
1GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7670M Graphics........7730m doesnt do crossfire
FREE Upgrade to 6GB 1600MHz DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
FREE Upgrade to 640GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
15.6-inch diagonal Full HD Anti-glare LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080)
SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
HP TrueVision Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone + HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
802.11b/g/n WLAN
Backlit Keyboard

to expensive for its relative performance... it will have to come down once they get more stock in and realize nobody is buying these at that price.


let me say that again... $900+ dollars!!!

[alpha0ne]

FREE Upgrade to 640GB 5400RPM Hard Drive

ANY 5400spin drive is too slow, really needs an SSD

[haylui]

so about $900 w/ tax for a HP Pavilion Dv6z-7000 with all the goodies

specs:


HP Pavilion dv6z-7000 Entertainment Notebook PC

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
AMD Quad-Core A10-4600M Accelerated Processor (3.2GHz/2.3GHz, 4MB L2 Cache)
1GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7670M Graphics........7730m doesnt do crossfire
FREE Upgrade to 6GB 1600MHz DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
FREE Upgrade to 640GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
15.6-inch diagonal Full HD Anti-glare LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080)
SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
HP TrueVision Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone + HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
802.11b/g/n WLAN
Backlit Keyboard

to expensive for its relative performance... it will have to come down once they get more stock in and realize nobody is buying these at that price.


let me say that again... $900+ dollars!!!

now is just $649.99

[EniGmA1987]

now is just $649.99

You didnt include the 1080p display, backlit keyboard, or upgraded GPU. Of course it is cheaper in your config.

[Manicdan]

you might have to swap out the memory, i doubt its 2x3GB, so you wont get duel channel working unless you take out the 2gb and throw in a 4gb

[tbone8ty]

Yah memory and hardrive I'd swap out any ways so yur talking $1000+

[Manicdan]

thats not bad for a fully loaded machine. do we have any reviews of the A10+7670m combined?
i would probably get a blu ray drive for it though, since theres no point having just a dvd drive (if you ever use it to install something, might aswell use a usb based one then, but if your on the go, then its to watch movies)

but its a touch choice between that and the envy, which will be a little cheaper, but much weaker, but also much smaller.

[tbone8ty]

Yah waiting on 7660g + 7670m reviews.... There very similar in performance so crossfire stuttering will be to a minimum

[tbone8ty]

Faaaak!

Again???

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/27...h-launch-in-q4

[tbone8ty]

hands with amd trinity eng sample and a85 mobo (just pictures no review)

http://en.expreview.com/2012/06/28/h...ard/23900.html

[haylui]

http://www.coolaler.com/showthread.p...88%90%E7%86%9F!!

early benchmark for A85 chipset?