laptop for prongs298

[Prongs298]

1) What is your budget? (INR or USD)

Rs 50 k

2) What size notebook would you prefer?
a. Netbook; 10¡± screen or less
b. Ultraportable; 11" - 12¡± screen
c. Thin and Light; 13" - 14" screen
d. Mainstream; 15" - 16" screen
e. Desktop Replacement; 17"+ screen
14 or 15 inch



3) Which country will you buying this notebook? Also state that if Amazon.comor Newgg.comships to your country (Only if you know this info).
I will buy in india. From delhi. And i cant buy online.


4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?

a. Like:asus, lenovo, hp, dell

b. Dislike:hcl, acer, samsung, lg, toshiba


5) What are the primary tasks will you be performing with this notebook?

Gaming, virtualisation, at least two firefox windows with about 200 tabs, audio conversion, video conversion.


6) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places, leaving it on your desk or both?
Mostly at desk but will travel from jalandhar to delhi once every five months.


7) Will you be playing games on your notebook? If so, please state which games or types of games?
I want to run every game. No AA but some AF. Resolution not above 768p. And at least medium details in the in-game settings.



8) How many hours of battery life do you need?

1.5 - 2 hours at medium load should do.

9) Would you prefer to see the notebooks you're considering before purchasing it or buying a notebook on-line without seeing it is OK?

I will not be buying online.



10) What OS do you prefer? Windows (XP or Vistaor Windows 7), Mac OS, Linux, etc.
Windows



Screen Specifics

11) What screen resolution(s) would you prefer?

1366x768. Or more.



i want good build quality as i wont buy a new one every two years. i have shortlisted these -

Hp dv6 6121tx - HP Pavilion DV6 Series DV6-6121TX Laptop: Flipkart.com: Compare, Review HP Notebook
Hp dv4 3015tx - HP Pavilion DV4 Series DV4-3015TX Laptop: Flipkart.com: Compare, Review HP Notebook
Asus k53sv - Asus K Series K53SV-SX562V Laptop: Flipkart.com: Compare, Review Asus Notebook
Lenovo ideapad y570 - Lenovo - Affordable Laptops - Y Series by Lenovo | India(IN)
Sony vaio cb 15 - Sony VAIO C Series VPCCB15FG Laptop: Flipkart.com: Compare, Review Sony Notebook

I will buy it next week. And i'm confused as hell. Everyone has got its share of problems.

I love the dv6 and dv4 but they have this problem of the logo's light on the lid bleeding through the screen when the screen goes off to save power. Not sure if the dv4 has this problem.

The vaio has got a great screen. But crap gfx card. The 6630m is less powerful than the gt540m.

The lenovo has good build quality but again less powerfull gfx card.

The asus seems the best overall. With good config and build quality. But will the gt 540 be enough for 768p gaming at medium settings for at least 2 years?

The dv6 has the 6770m which is great but i will have to open the screen and cut of the wires for the led logo myself. Do you guys think that i should do this?

Please help.

 

[smartyrohan12]

dude calm down...the logo bleed is not a big thing to care about.. most of the members weren't even knowing about it until u started to shout about it..

..and ya the models dv6 have been discontinued(archived) as seen on the site..try n wait for a while if u would like to, so that u can think if they launch the new models...

 

[Prongs298]

Ok. I'll stop about the bleeding. Anyways, now as the new models are coming can the older dv6's in stock be got for less money?

 

[smartyrohan12]

nopes...they are discontinuing the product so hp will not supply it any more..

no supply, high demand -> higher prices.

btw it depends on how much u can bargain with them..and also on if they have the model with them...

 

[montsa007]

Did you check this one - HP Pavilion dv7-4080us Laptop Price – 17.3 inch & Intel Core i7

Am sure the price will be a bit on the lower side

 

[aniket.cain]

Did you check this one - HP Pavilion dv7-4080us Laptop Price – 17.3 inch & Intel Core i7

Am sure the price will be a bit on the lower side

This is a very old model. Why would someone buy an i7-720 and ATI 5650 when much better options are available?

 

[Prongs298]

Where can i buy the asus one in new delhi?

 

[dashing.sujay]

out of all those you mentioned, Vaio is the most balanced one. And its gfx is not that crappy as you said. It will run your games at reso n setting you desire for.(720p)

every lappi has some pros n cons.

BTW lenovo y570 has gt555 gfx, do you think its "less powerful gfx" ? then you can only be satisfied with HP (6770)

 

[aniket.cain]

out of all those you mentioned, Vaio is the most balanced one. And its gfx is not that crappy as you said. It will run your games at reso n setting you desire for.(720p)

every lappi has some pros n cons.

BTW lenovo y570 has gt555 gfx, do you think its "less powerful gfx" ? then you can only be satisfied with HP (6770)

Only the screen is better in the Vaio. The best option out of all would be the Lenovo Y570. Better processor, better GPU (Nvidia GT555M is almost same as the ATI 6770M on HP), and more RAM.

 

[dashing.sujay]

^^I was not saying performance wise. Vaio has got a brilliant 1080p screen, backlit keyboard. Although GPU should've been powerful. I agree lenovo would be the ideal one if performance is kept in mind.

 

[Prongs298]

That lenovo doesnt have 555m its a faster 550m and 550m has 96 shaders and 555m has 144.

So the lenovo y560's gaming performance will be equal to the asus, almost. And the asus gives me a quad, +ram, +hdd space, at 2k more. Thats why i am considering the asus. And the asus k53 also has an i5 + gt 540m version at 40k so can be buying that also.

Do you think hp will release the new dv4's and dv6's soon? Will the older ones be available for reasonable prices? How much will they go up, if they do?

And wont playing at resolutions other than the native one deteriorate image quality? Can i play at 768p on the vaio's 1080p screen and still almost retain the monitors quality at its native resolution?

 

[dashing.sujay]

I have been told by the local dealer that y570 has 555m anyways, asus is also bang for buck.

And wont playing at resolutions other than the native one deteriorate image quality? Can i play at 768p on the vaio's 1080p screen and still almost retain the monitors quality at its native resolution?

Actually, funda is, that on a laptop, games runs best at its so called "native resolution". I guess the vaio's native reso is 1080p. But if you're gonna game at that much higher reso, you will have to make sure that eye candies have to be kept at min. I cant say exactly about 6630 (which vaio has), but yeah, i can say about 5650. 6630 is actually advanced version of 5650, +10% to performance. I played Crysis 2 on 5650 (fst gen i5 procy), and i found gameplay was decent at i guess some 30 fps or so. So, 6630 would perform better than it. It all depends how much you desire to max the setting of your game.

 

[Prongs298]

No i know that 1080p res gaming requires a good card. What i wanted to know was whether lowering the res below 1080p on the vaio make the screen look washed out or pale or something like that. Will the down-scaling by the lcd from 1080p to 768p be good?

 

[dashing.sujay]

Well to be frank, i'm not sure about it. But i can tell you in some days, as i'm also buying same vaio in a few days But i think it won't differ much, though crispness would decrease for sure, but performance would be near about same.

 

[marvelousprashant]

Games will look more crisp at 1080p than 768p on Vaio. But There wont be any major issues while running games at 768p on Vaio as compared to running the same on a 768p screen. 6630 is a weak GPU for 1080p gaming, even 6770 is unable to handle some games like crysis 2 at 1080p. Having said that Vaio' screen is the best. If gaming isnt your primary priority go for it

 

[adnan87]

@OP

The 6630m in vaio can easily be overclocked to to get high performance in games. Check the below video where user has overclocked it.

AMD Radeon HD 6630M Overclock Benchmark Test on DIrt 2 1080P - YouTube

 

[dashing.sujay]

@OP

The 6630m in vaio can easily be overclocked to to get high performance in games. Check the below video where user has overclocked it.

AMD Radeon HD 6630M Overclock Benchmark Test on DIrt 2 1080P - YouTube

6630m is basically a lower clocked/ low power version of 6650m. Sony has got this history of incorporating lower clocked gfx cards to provide stability to system in cost of performance. I guess clocking 6630 would be easily, plus no heating issues should be there either.

 

[Prongs298]

Ok guys. Can you suggest me the cheapest laptop that will atleast play all the games at low settings at 768p no AA but some AF?

I got hp probook 4530, some asus ones below 35 wid gt520 and lenovo z series?

 

[montsa007]

Asus X53TA (Spend 2+ hours today checking its details, and am gonna buy it this month end )
27-28k~
Pre Order on Flipkart/Letsbuy

Pros
AMD A6
6650M
8 GB RAM Expansion (2 GB Provided)

Cons
Sh1tty Brown Looks

Asus X Series X53TA-SX096D Laptop: Flipkart.com: Compare, Review Asus Notebook

 

[Prongs298]

Guys is the dv4 3015tx still available in delhi?

Can someone tell me the address?

And is the dv6 now going for 56k ?