HP Pavilion dv9600 Series
Processor: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, Intel Core 2 Duo T7500Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Display: 17.1 inch
Weight: 3.6kg
1000, 1200
Average Score: 76% - good
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
mobility: - %, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %
HP Pavilion dv9655ea
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: HP Pavilion dv9655eaProcessor: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Display: 17.1 inch, 16:10, 1440x900 pixels
Weight: 3.6kg
Price: 1000 euro
Links: HP homepage Pavilion dv9655ea (Model)
Average Score: 70% - average
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
70% HP Pavilion dv9655ea laptop Review
Source: Pocket Lint 
If you’re on a budget and looking for a media centre for watching and recording media, the HP Pavilion dv9655ea is a great compromise. The screen is god, the storage excellent and the right features all in place.
However, if you’re looking to edit video and generally run high-end tasks, you’ll find it frustrating as we simply didn’t find it powerful enough. With a TV tuner, remote control and big screen this is a great media centre machine but we found it could run slow at times.
7 von 10, Preis/Leistung sehr gut, Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/07/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 90% performance: 40%
HP Pavilion dv9694eg
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: HP Pavilion dv9694egProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Display: 17.1 inch, 16:10, 1440x900 pixels
Weight: 3.6kg
Price: 1200 euro
Links: HP homepage Pavilion dv9694eg (Model)
Average Score: 82% - good
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
82% HP Pavillion dv9694eg
Source: Magnus.de 
online available, Very Short, Date: 04/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 82% price: 80% performance: 80% features: 95%
Comment
HP: HP is one of the biggest international manufacturers according market shares and reviewed models at the German- and English-speaking market. HP notebooks are often in top positions according price/value ratings.
Lower end of Graphics Cards for users who want to play games. New games should run on these cards, but only with decreased details and mediocre resolution.
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS: NVidia GeForce 8400M GS is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7400 for laptops and technologically a slower 8400M GT video card (because of the smaller 64 Bit memory bus).
These cards should be able to display all current games with fluent framerates but not all with high detail settings. Especially demanding games like Crysis, Age of Conan, or Mass Effect are only playable with lower settings. Less demanding (and older) games, like Fifa 08, Command & Conquer 3, or Battlefield 2142 can be played with higher detail levels.
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7600 / 7700 for laptops and technically a higher clocked 8400M GT. The performance is slightly above the 7600 / 7700 and, therefore, it can represent DirectX9 games fluently. For DirectX 10 effects, the power of the card is not sufficient.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
AMD Turion 64 X2: AMD Turion 64 X2 is intended to be positioned against the Intel Core Duo was presented in 17. May 2006. The current consumption is not higher than with Centrino-Duo-notebooks (TL-45 with ATI Xpress and Mobility Radeon X300). This means, that approximative the same battery runtime and fan functions can be expected (with this chipset). However, the performance was 20% below the T2300 (1.66 GHz) due to the lower L2 Cache (Core Duo has 2048 Kbyte shared L2 Cache). Nevertheless, the performance is sufficient.
Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).
The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.
17.1: Nowadays, meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. 17 inch laptops are built only in 16:10 format.
The DTR-Laptops can't be carried easily, need much current, but on the other side texts can be read easily and high resolutions are no problem. DTR mainly are intended for stationary usage on desks, where the weight and the energy need are unimportant.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
3.6 kg:
This laptop is heavy below average, compared with the average of notebooks. Therefore especially desktop replacements fit in this class of weight.
3.6 kg:
76%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
