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Hi forum people,

I have a comparison question that I'm looking for help with...

I am about to buy a second hand HP Envy 17 2070nr laptop with the following specs (according to the seller), for $1100:

i7 2.6 Ghz - 3.2 Ghz CPU
16 Gigs Vengeance RAM
2 x 500 Gg 7200rpm HDD's in RAID 0
ATI 6850 1 Gig Graphics

My question is what kind of difference in performance can I expect to see, in terms of gaming especially, compared to my old desktop system. I would test myself but I've recently moved to Korea and left the desktop behind. Its specs are:

AMD X3 445 CPU
Gigabyte GA-M61p s3 Motherboard F7i BIOS
3 Gigs DDR2 800 RAM
ATI 5770 512 Mb Graphics
500 Gb Sata II 7200 rpm Seagate Barracuda HDD

Insight would really be appreciated!

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Should have similar gaming performance. While you have a "6850", I'm sure its the mobile version so it will perform more like a 5750 or your 5770. Doing CPU tasks will be much faster, but gaming over would be rather close.

4745454b said:
Should have similar gaming performance. While you have a "6850", I'm sure its the mobile version so it will perform more like a 5750 or your 5770. Doing CPU tasks will be much faster, but gaming over would be rather close.


Ja, its the mobile version. Its only 1 tier lower on the Toms hierarchy chart but I hoped that the better CPU and RAM would make a difference. I just hate stepping back in terms of GPU power but the laptop is such a great deal....

Thanks for the insight!

The CPU and ram won't make a big difference, at least in gaming. Unzipping files and data conversion should be faster. But its the GPU that does the heavy lifting in gaming.
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