HP EliteBook 8740w: IPS on the Go
by Dustin Sklavos on December 8, 2010 3:10 AM EST- Posted in
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Battery, Noise, and Heat
Given the monstrous specifications of a notebook like the 8740w—the 45W TDP of the Intel Core i7-820QM, the 100W TDP of the NVIDIA Quadro 5000M—it should come as no surprise that even an 8-cell battery is going to struggle a bit with producing useful running time.
Well, Clevo and their glorified uninterruptible power supplies take their usual licks here and among these beasts the EliteBook 8740w doesn't come off too badly. You could definitely use this notebook off the mains in a pinch.
Temperatures aren't half bad either. Given the GF100 is a notorious space heater and the quad core processor certainly can't be doing the machine any favors, our load temperatures remain surprisingly mild all things considered. The cost for these solid thermals? The surface does radiate a little heat, and there's a low whooshing sound. In the grand scheme of things the EliteBook really is nowhere near as noisy as some other units we've tested. You can't expect silence with components like these, but that said the fan noise could be a heck of a lot worse.
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DanaG - Friday, December 10, 2010 - link
...I'd probably get it with the FirePro M7820. It's based on Mobility 58xx, and can do 5 displays if you have the fanciest dock -- 3 displays with laptop alone. And it's cheaper than the Fermi card!Laptop has: Internal, DisplayPort, VGA.
Fanciest dock has: 2 DL-DVI, 2 DisplayPort.
You can choose any 5 displays, but a maximum of two may be "legacy" (DVI or VGA, not sure about internal).
What was the color depth on that DreamColor display? I know the desktop DreamColor is a 30-bit display. Do any of your LCD tests show off the difference between six- and eight-bit-per-component displays (18 and 24 bits total, respectively)?
Plus, if my 8530w is any indication, you can install (without any hacking!) the generic Mobile Catalyst Drivers -- it shows up as Radeon in device manager, but the GL renderer name "Compatibility Profile Context FireGL".
nsiboro - Thursday, December 16, 2010 - link
FYI, future/current owners can get some peer support (and get acquinted with PROBLEMS of this "mobile workstation") athttp://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-business-class-...
Additionally if you intend to get one with the FirePro M7820, know that OpenCL driver is NOT available yet.
Yes, I own it (M7820, 2x SSD, 16GB) - and the experience is *frustrating*. YMMV.
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