HP Pavilion dv8 Series

Processor: Intel Core i7 620M, Intel Core i7 720QM
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850, NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
Display: 17.30 inch, 18.40 inch
Weight: 3.5kg, 4kg, 4.1kg
Price: 1500, 1800 euro
price: 80%, performance: 82%, features: 80%, display: 71%, mobility: 59%, workmanship: 65%, ergonomy: 75%, emissions: 30%

 

HP Pavilion dv8

Specifications

Notebook: HP Pavilion dv8
Processor: Intel Core i7 720QM
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
Display: 18.40 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 4.1kg
Price: 1500 euro
Links: HP homepage
 Pavilion dv8 (Series)

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Average Score: 85% - good

 

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HP Pavilion dv8-1250ea

Specifications

Notebook: HP Pavilion dv8-1250ea
Processor: Intel Core i7 620M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
Display: 18.40 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 4kg
Price: 1500 euro
Links: HP homepage
 Pavilion dv8 (Series)

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Average Score: 80% - good

 

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HP Pavilion dv8-1250er

Specifications

Notebook: HP Pavilion dv8-1250er
Processor: Intel Core i7 720QM
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixels
Weight: 3.5kg
Price: 1800 euro
Links: HP homepage
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HP Pavilion dv8-1190ee

Specifications

Notebook: HP Pavilion dv8-1190ee
Processor: Intel Core i7 720QM
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
Display: 18.40 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 4.1kg
Price: 1800 euro
Links: HP homepage
 Pavilion dv8 (Series)

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Average Score: 80% - good

 

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HP: Founded in 1939, the US company is a major server and printer manufacturer and one of the leading IT companies in the world. Until 2015, the company was called Hewlett-Packard Company. After a split, the computer division was renamed HP Inc.

In 2023, HP had an approximate market share of 22% of global PC sales, making it number 2 after Lenovo.

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Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M: The GeForce GT 230M features 48 shader cores as the 9700M GTS but only a 64 bit memory bus. Because of the 40nm process the power consumption is in the region of the GT 130M.

Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850:

The HD 5850 is a slower clocked HD 5870 and is reliant on fast GDDR5 memory to perform in the high-end segment. It is based on the Desktop HD 5770 chip but with a lower clock speed.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

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Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.  

720QM: The Core i7-720QM is the slowes Core i7 Quad Core in 2009 and clocks between 1.6 and 2.8 GHz (due to the Turbo Mode). Therefore, it combines the advantages of a slow quad core CPU with a fast single core one. Compared to the faster Core i7 mobile CPUs, the 720QM only features 6MB L3 Cache.

620M:

The Core i7-620M is the fastest Dual-Core CPU for laptops (at the time of introduction in Q1 2010). The 620M clocks betwenn 2.66 and 3.33 GHz due to the Turbo Mode and because of Hyperthreading, 4 threads are executed simultaneously. In the package, Intel also included a second die with an integrated GPU (GMA HD) and a memory controller. Therefore, the TDP of 35 Watt of the whole package is still quite good.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

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» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

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3.5 kg:

A laptop with this weight is comparatively heavy and less designed for mobility than for use at the desk. Therefore, the devices tend to shine less with battery life than with a large screen and higher performance.

4.1 kg:

Only a few laptops are in this weight class because the mobility is rather limited due to the high weight. 

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82.5%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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