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Got my ivy ultra book and not impressed at all with igp

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grkM3 said:
Ohh trust me guys I wasnt expecting much out of the igpu but just from reading about the AMD VS INTEL gpus and then seeing what intel is all about it dosnt make sense to even bother in home system builds as a cheap card will out do them with ease.
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If you're not gaming, then you need a better reason to add a card apart from the obvious fact that one can outdo the IGPU.
 
I'm not gonna hop onto the Ultrabook bandwagon just yet, not when user replaceability/upgradability of parts is sacrificed for the slimmer form factor. Still waiting on Dell to refresh the Vostro V131 to an IB model.
 
These... ultra-posh-books would have rather had Solar Panels at the back... as a back-up power source. Now, that would be useful.
 
T_Yamamoto said:
Of course igpu suck.


What did you expect?
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This is exactly what I expected lol it sucking.

I just find it funny on how the and vs Intel igp goes when a cheap card from 1999 will blow them away.

I got this laptop for ease of use talking it on the go and using it at work so long run times and decent CPU performance was my main priority
 
grkM3 said:
This is exactly what I expected lol it sucking.

I just find it funny on how the and vs Intel igp goes when a cheap card from 1999 will blow them away.

I got this laptop for ease of use talking it on the go and using it at work so long run times and decent CPU performance was my main priority
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Can you see on CPU-Z if its really running on dual channel? The memory tab will show you. Its kinda strange because on HP's page it says 1 DIMM.
 
IntelUser2000 said:
Can you see on CPU-Z if its really running on dual channel? The memory tab will show you. Its kinda strange because on HP's page it says 1 DIMM.
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there is no dimm inside and its all intergrated.I would of bought the 8gb version but didnt justify the price increase thinking I could just put a 20 dimm inside it and get 8gb that way.

It is at least running dual channel even though its 4gb

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Meanwhile, ultrabook makers are soldering in RAM...
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The Ultrabooks that are closer to maximum allowed dimensions have upgradeable memory. Like the Sony Vaio T13 has 1 extra DIMM slot: http://store.sony.ca/webapp/wcs/sto...52921666452157&categoryId=8198552921644771498

But I think integrated DRAM is unavoidable for much smaller form factors. Like these ones will be extremely difficult,
875 grams: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/03/necs-lavie-z-ultrabook-japan/
12.5mm thick: http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/03/acer-aspire-s7-ultrabook/

grkM3 said:
It is at least running dual channel even though its 4gb
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That's good. I mean some do use single channel memory, like the base configs of the T13, Envy Sleekbook/Ultrabooks, and Lenovo U310. Going to dual channel is enough to gain 30-40% on the graphics side.
 
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HD speed test up!

Guys the more I use this the more im falling in love with it,windows is lighting fast and very responsive and it just runs so well.i was even suprised on how minimal the hp preloaded junk was,its like a stock windows 7 instal with basic things installed.

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pelov said:
That's only standardization for the battery.
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I brought that up because if Intel standardizes batteries....this will open the door for standardizing other components within the ultra book.

(With Ultrabook not yet hitting its growth phase) I am really looking forward to seeing the level of Ultrabook and/or Tablet innovation Intel engineers are working on for the future.

pelov said:
Meanwhile, ultrabook makers are soldering in RAM...
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Good point and thank you for bringing this up.

Here is some really good commentary I found on the topic:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5872/intel-dual-core-ivy-bridge-launch-and-ultrabook-review/2

It appears from the review slides that there are some versions of the above Ultrabook with 8GB RAM, but our sample included 4GB DDR3-1600 from Samsung in a dual-channel configuration. As we’ll see in a moment, the RAM is soldered straight onto the motherboard, so there’s no upgrading it. This isn’t a huge issue for our benchmarks and testing, but if I were an end user I would definitely go straight to 8GB these days (assuming you can find such an Ultrabook). For one, opening up an Ultrabook is typically more complex and/or frustrating than getting at the RAM/HDD in other laptops[/b], but more importantly it looks like most Ultrabooks are soldering RAM onto the motherboard—the extra thickness of an SO-DIMM might not seem like much, but when you’re trying to get under 18mm every bit of savings counts!
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8 GB "soldered in" vs. 4 GB "soldered in" + the ability to upgrade to another 4GB? (Impact on Form factor size?)
 
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grkM3 said:
It is really light and thin tho and that was my main reason for getting it and so far I got about 3.5 hours and its at 50% battery
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Nice review(though it should be in the Notebook thread. 😛).

So what is the final verdict for battery life? I'm guessing with its 45WHr battery and your words it should last 5.5-6 hours.
 
IntelUser2000 said:
Nice review(though it should be in the Notebook thread. 😛).

So what is the final verdict for battery life? I'm guessing with its 45WHr battery and your words it should last 5.5-6 hours.
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so far its around 7 hours give or take but that is with benching and stessing the laptop out.

I dont see any reason for it to not hit its 8 hour adverstised run time
 
Run HWMons turbo boost monitor then run a intensive task like prime or ibt (with another gpu load taking place as well, possibly heaven), you should see actual real time boost changes.
 
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