I’m about to sink my teeth into some more hardware. My current laptop is fading fast.
I’m looking at an HP DV7-616US laptop but I would really like some input from the community on this. I only run linux. The one I am looking at has these specs.
17.3 screen
6GB RAM
750 GB HD
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2620M Processor (2.7GHz, 4MB L3 Cache) Turbo Boost up to 3.4 G
10HR Battery
It’s got a Radeon Graphics chip. My last ATI was 1997.
If you have any suggestions please point me in that direction.
Sounds like a good machine. Though if it is a blender only machine, I’d recommend getting a desktop. It is more future-proof.
sounds good but what ATI chip does it have you need a fairly good card to run blender good.
Graphics chip 1G Radeon™ HD 6490M Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
Thanks for the replies. Jonathon6017. I’ve built a screaming desktop but I travel (way too much) and do a lot of blender work on laptop. I just wasn’t sure how blender would do with a radeon chip but I think ATI is doing a lot better since they were bought out by AMD. At least that’s what I have heard. It would be great if there was someone on board with experience with one of these DV7s. I have been using a DV6 for three years and it’s worked fine with the Nvidia chip. This new one is Intel CPU and Radeon GPU. I’ve had no experience with that combo.
I’d be very wary of getting an HP/Compaq laptop. Their quality control seems to be terrible, I know 2 people who have had bad experiences with them. Not saying that all their products are bad though. Personally, I’d go for a Acer or Toshiba.
ATI chips work fine with blender i know because i have one. But the radeon in the laptop is a bit low end so i would look for a better chip.
All I need is another 1500.00 extra above and beyond what I was going to spend to get one of these: