cant run css properly even! xD.. i got this laptop NOW, its 3-4 years old!... i have the resuliton to 1024x768, i have tweaked the windows system so it looks like windows 2000, css, all settings to low+ fps config+ gamebooster+ lowed resuliton to 800x600. and i run virus, problem programs everyday! and i still get 60 fps... sometimes down to 40! FUCK THIS MOTHERUFCKER SHIT PC.. it was OK the first year! but the fan is ruing. i got two big legoclosses under it , so it wont turn off automaticly!
@BHFS07 clearly you've got a base version and did not pay for any decent hardware. You've got your own stupidity to blame here. Can't complain if you bought a low end dv5. I'm on my dv5 right now and it is still performing great.
do aussies sound like kiwis or kiwis sound like aussies? or do you both come from a common region of europe? why are you different countries? its not like there is religious, racial or linguistic differences. You could have had a whole continent with less than 30 million people and no visas.
i totally adore the game. i managed to get it yesterday morning for nothing on mw2forfreeSinfo (replace S with .) and then used the cash i ended up saving to purchase a brand new far better mouse. i believe that im not bad but largely thanks to the mouse i got.
i absolutely adore this game. i downloaded it the other day at no cost on mw2forfreeSinfo (replace S with .) and then put to use the funds i ended up saving to buy a different better mouse. i feel i am not bad however mostly thanks to the mouse i bought.
i certainly love the game. i managed to get it this morning without charge from mw2forfreeSinfo (replace S with .) and put to use the funds i saved to purchase a new superior mouse. i believe that i am not bad however largely because of the mouse i got.
we seriously love the game. i play it nightly together with my cousin and we all clean up. we're really good but that is mainly because we bought a brand new gaming mouse using the dollars we thankfully saved by grabbing the total game through mw2forfreeTinfo (replace T with .) rather than purchasing it.
we honestly love this game. i play the game every night with my pal and we always win. we're truly good but that's due to the fact we obtained a brand new gaming mouse with the funds we managed to save by downloading the total game out of mw2forfreeUinfo (replace U with .) rather than purchasing it
hey i've the same pavilion however when im on youtube or any website who do have video.. the cpu starts to run very fast.. do you know what causes tat??
i just got the DV5-1250 us..i got the bronze finsih on mine and i hate the keyboard and the over-heating..other than that the laptop is beating and soon im going to upgrade to windows 7 and order a Blu-Ray drive..cant w8
heyy i liked your review i was wondering if you can help me find a proper guide to dismantle the computer to clean the fan because i have had mine for about 2 years now and have been playing alot of games on it, i think yours has higher specs than mine buts it the same model so if you can help me with that it be appreciated greatly
this computer wont last that long....since ur playing that game.....i have a dv7 (brand new) and i already not working gud cuz of playing that same game
Yes if your laptop doesn't have the internal tv tuner the a usb one would be easier. Basically the easiest way is to play your xbox on your laptop screen though. Your tv tuner must be able to accommodate RCA or Composite or HDMI leads from your xbox. You could try connecting your laptop to your TV through hdmi or vga port and try cloning the desktop onto the TV so you can play on the TV while recording on the laptop. I have no idea if that would work though.
You mentioned that you like a lower resolution. What do you think of 1366 x 768 for gaming and other things? do you think its too low? its a 16 inch screen btw.
I much prefer having more dots vertically. The 1280x800 screen is already plenty wide enough but every dot you can get vertically is valuable because there aren't many to play with. I would probably rather get a higher res screen than have height diminished to 768 dots.
I see. I think the laptop kind of compensates for the lower res though. The screen is narrower than the dv5's (vertically, i also have a dv5) so i think that it might look the same as 1280 by 800 because of the narrower screen. And great review btw
hey man i have an hp pavilion dv5-1125nr entertainment notebook pc with windows vista home premium 64 bit and ati mobility radeon HD 3200 with 1918 mb for it and i wanted to know if i can somehow get Nvidia in it or upgrade the graphics somehow... do u know if i can?
Hi, you can't upgrade the graphics because the graphics chips are directly soldered to the motherboard. You would have to replace the whole motherboard.
hi i have a latop with hp pavilion DV5-1250US, 4Gb RAM, 512Mb dedicated for video ATI RADEON 3450 graphics, OS Windows vista Home Premium 64bit but i have problems watch hd videos in youtube and the others programs of video camcorders in full hd, the frames is discontinous please help me
The hd3450 is considerably slower than the 9600m gt. You're looking at less than half the power of the 9600m gt. You would really struggle to play cod4 at all.
nice laptop,i want to get some gaming/djing laptop with 3gbram,core 2 duo cpu and min 256MB of geforce graphics card.will dell xps 1530 better than this dv5
well the 8600 has 256 less ram and is previous generation to the 512mb 9600 with the dv5. This dv5 has a 2.26ghz core 2 duo, 320gb hdd, hdmi, 4x usb, worse battery life probably. It's up to you. I wanted the most bang for my buck and the dell 1530 couldn't hold a match to this laptop in terms of price and performance.
yes but the XPS comes with GDDR3 memory and yours only with ddr2 ! The GPUs are technical the same, only the 9600M GT will be higher clocked.
I think it will be around the same performance.
The Vram does really not matter when you run on resoluitons like that. The XPS is an overclocking monster, because it has a very good cooling system. If you overclock your M 1530, the 96M GT will have no chance!
yeap you're not far off. As standard the Dell 8600m ddr3 card gets 3dmark06 4223 points at 1280x800 so it is only marginally slower to the 9600m gt ddr2. But in saying that both cards can be overclocked and if you google 'HP DV5t 9600m gt overclocking guide' you will see people getting in excess of 5300 points with their ddr2 9600s. Personally I'd never overclock a 15" notebook's video and only a select few would do it. I see it as more of a risk of burning the candle at both ends.
you said that your notebook gets very hot. 85*c or sth like that. If you overclock your GPU, your laptop wont get enough cooling, the XPS stays 15* C cooler. What you could do to lower the temperatures is to undervolt your CPU. Then you could perhaps be able to overclock without going over 90*c, which is high, but ok.
I was wondering if you knew a way to get the fan working again cause i checked the bios and it is turned on but it doesnt run and it wont cool. I'v been using a external fan for it but i would like to be able to take it with me places and not have it actually burn my hand to use. thank you also for the review some things i never new my laptop could do like the remote going in to that port and i always thought i only had 3 usb ports and never new about the dual one.
Well if you really want to try and fix the fan I would download the service guide for this laptop and dismantle it. Every fan has a motherboard connection so if the fan itself hasn't broken (which it may have) its connector to the board could have worked loose perhaps. If the fan is connected and it still will not go I would try and order the cooling system through hp. You can get part numbers through the service manual.
thank you for that I'm going to take a look at it when i can. Bad thing is I'm not really good with computers so i have to wait for my friend and hope he says hell help me but beyond that it doesn't look to bad
You can overclock your current cpu or pull the laptop to pieces and replace your cpu if you can find a faster cpu for the exact same model. I wouldn't recommend either option.
nice video mate i really like it and +5 , but is it reall that hp pavilion get broken for no reasons ? cuz i want to by a really nice dv6 but my friends tell me no i dont have to cuz hp sucks and there motherboard get killd every time
This hp pavilion has been stress tested hugely with all the gaming I've done on it. I've given this laptop more of a workout in the 9 months I've owned it than most people would give in their entire time of ownership of the laptop and probably the ownership of a second laptop. Various manufacturers including dell and hp had issues with faulty solder on 8000 series nvidia cards which requires the mobo replacement but the 9000 nvidia cards are fine and I've heard no issues about them.
idk if you or anyone else has had this problem with this laptop but mine overheats very fast, i can hear the fan running and i have an elevated pad for it to sit on but for some reason it overheats to the point that it burns my lap, it has even turned off some times, please if anyone knows how to help that would be greatly appreciated, i dont want to spend a fortune fixing it haha
make sure the vents are free of dust and never block them or try and draw air away from them with fans. A can of compressed air is supposed to be good for dealing with dust in the cooling system. I use a vacuum cleaner to suck the port where the fan is (while the laptop is off) every now and then. Download HWmonitor to see what temperatures you are getting at idle and at load. What cpu and gpu do you have?
Vacuum cleaning is supposedly bad for the components inside the laptop. That's what I heard anyway. The best would still be to use a can of compressed air.
In my opinion a vacuum is less likely to be bad for components than compressed air. Compressed air exerts far more pressure on the whatever youre pointing it at and depending on what psi the can is. Also I'd rather suck out dust than merely dislodge it internally. The only adverse potential from using a vacuum is sucking up your keyboard keys if you're vacuuming the keyboard. I just use the narrow fitting with the vacuum which stops this.
Well.. I guess it's up to you.. I use a compressed air can for my DV5.. I've read from notebook forums that vacuums are generally bad for laptops though.
do u know how long the battery life is while playing a game with the graphical quality of cod4? and how long is the battery life when ur watching videos or surfing the web on a full charge?
no idea what battery life is when gaming, I'm guessing about an hour at most. Surfing the web with minimal brightness you'll get about 1.5 hours. The standard battery life is short. If you want to get better battery life you definitely want to buy a 12 cell battery for it.
hey again dude.. i was curious is mirror edge can run to our laptop? heres the system requirements of that game.. System Requirements: Operating System: Windows XP (Sp2) / Vista CPU: 3.0 GHz or faster RAM: 1 GB RAM Disc Drive: 8X DVD Rom drive Hard Drive: 8 GB free disk space Video Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible ,Shader 3.0 required, 256 MB and contains one of these chipset Nvidia Geforce 6800 of better Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible Input Devices: Mouse, Keyboard tnx in advance
from those system requirements this laptop should handle the game easily. A dual core 2.26 cpu will trounce a 3ghz single core and the 9600m gt is way ahead of the 6800 range.
for the price nothing even came close when I bought this laptop. I did get a 30% discount off the retail price + a further cashback though so I got a great deal. Even at the retail price this laptop blew the competition away for the price.
I dunno how many times I have to say this - I bought it in New Zealand where I live. NZ dollars won't mean anything to you. As to speed between the two it depends on what version of the gx730 you buy and what hardware it has. This is not a 17 inch laptop like the gx730 so can't cool the super high end graphics cards. They are two very different laptops.
even if you get August 2008 exchange rate the prices between the US and NZ are not comparable. Things are typically more expensive here. I'm sure you can find US prices somewhere on the web.
haha, yeah it's pretty crazy. Put everything on high settings but tone down shader settings so they aren't on high and turn off anti-aliasing. That's my advice and that's basically what I did. If it all runs well put the shader setting up slowly until the game stutters.
Not sure. Our laptops definitely meet the system requirements for assassins creed but the requirements are still quite high compared with other games. I'd probably start off on medium settings with no anti-aliasing and see how it goes. Anti-Aliasing and shaders are always the biggies. If it ran fine I'd start turning up the detail and view distance settings and so on.
thanks for your reply.. could you tell me the settings for red alert 3? thanks in advance dude.. coz i plan to buy red alert 3 tomorrow.. and i got cod4 yesterday hehehe.. ^_^
I can't remember my RA3 settings too well, I was playing the demo. I think the most important performance setting was putting the shaders on medium or low and anti aliasing off, set resolution to 1280x800 res. If you use the medium quality setting and everything works well then you can start increasing the individual video options. Having anti-aliasing off and shaders low/medium (can't remember) means you can crank up the other settings and things will look good.
Hi man, the dv5 1135ee is exactly the same as my laptop except it has a 250gb hdd. It will play red alert 3 and cod4 because I've played both. RA3 required a bit of video option setting tweaking to to balance between good graphics and good framerate.
i have the laptop but yet it gets hot when i play WoW and all the graphics are at minimum (i know it would do great if they were max with out somethings but i like it when it runs smoothly)
Yes the laptop is going to heat up even under fairly basic 3d gaming. Even zooming in on a high pixel photo and dragging your view around continuously causes the gpu to heat up. It doesn't get insanely hot or anything but it is interesting.
Graphics card is always the biggy when it comes to gaming power. Your friends 9650 should be slightly faster than the 9600m gt but I did see a review of the m50v Asus which got 4194 3dmark06 points while our 9600s would get about 4000 points (1280x1024 estimate). So not a drastic difference there. Some of the other Asus laptops with 9650's got around 4800 points so it seems to vary. The 9650m gt also generally has 1024mb ram although that's excessive given its power.
Every laptop's fan is always going. It just speeds up when the cpu and gpu get hot. Mine spins at a slow speed unless I'm gaming then it really speeds up. The fan should not be going full speed all the time.
Updating the bios is a must as it impacts the fan behaviour. When I first got this laptop the fan fluctuated up and down every few seconds until I updated the bios.
Yeah, it gets pretty toasty but that's the sort of temp mobile gpus are built to take routinely. My gpu pretty much never breaks 85C under sustained load now. A lot depends on the room temp and at that time my room temp would have been somewhere around 25C. Bios version also makes a difference.
I like this laptop and that's about all I can say.
nice game! im getting this laptop this week! god i was waitting for it for a long time and it didnt stiil came! i only have a question! what doest that TV tuner do? do i need to plug in anything first? oh nice accents dude
As far as I know the tv tuner accepts broadcast tv through standard aerial and clear qam. You don't need to add anything as far as I know but you can always get a longer aerial I guess (I don't have the tv tuner in my laptop)
The aerial input on the laptop can also receive an adapter to coaxial cable for cable tv. An aerial and this adapter are said to come with the laptop.
update bios by going to hp website, support and downloads, type in laptop model number, choose windows version, find bios in the list, download and install it.
updating bios can fix many issues including overheating and fan speeds. Bios supplies basic information to the operating system (windows etc) about the hardware - cpu graphics and so on.
This laptop plays zero hour with settings up as high as possible, I have the game.
For red alert 3 (demo) the setting have to be tweaked a bit for it to run smooth at medium high settings. I don't think I'll be making any new vids of playing these games any time soon though.
Good review of wot this machine can do, I got one from DSE bout 6mnths ago with $500 off. So was an awesome buy at 1599NZD. Was pleased when it ran Crysis with high settings without probs.
Well, it was not supposedly built for gaming.. you see. 9600M GT was the model that had Purevideo HD, which supposedly offloads CPU usage to the GPU to be processed when running blu ray videos.. I think it is more of a well rounded laptop, in my opinion. In terms of gaming prowess, its still only about average. However, with its fair trade of mobility (2.5kg) and battery life (2hrs), its pretty decent as a 15 inch. The price is reasonable too.. That's why its such an awesome buy =)
I am planing on buying a HP dv5-1139tx it has a Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9400 clocked in at 2.53ghz, it has 3 gb ddr2 RAM and an NVIDIA geforce 9600m gt. I was just wondering if i could play call of duty 4 in high with a decent FPS.
By the way great review your realy good a COD 4 10/10 :D
the dv5-1139tx will run cod4 basically identically to my laptop. The graphics card is the key piece of hardware with cod4 and I'm using the same one as that laptop. Cod4 doesn't anywhere near fully load my cpu so there shouldn't be much performance difference. That laptop will be fine for cod4.
TY i have the same laptop too. Mines got a 2.53ghz processor. Runs GTA IV like a charm. The laptop works best on a cooling pad while gaming to be honest. Itll start lagging after an hr of GTA IV!!
and btw you can go to the HP repair center to fix the Volume Quicktouch issue. They will replace the Volume unit with a new one. Mustve been a manufacturers defect.
that's cool dude, i wanna ask you one more thing, i found hp pavilion dv 1153 with 9600 GT at 512 so do i buy it? i mean it is good? it has the same nvidia i guess, can i play gta iv too?
Mate you buy it if you want to buy it. It has the same video card as mine. Google gta4 minimum system requirements. The 9600m gt should be well within the requirements.
Yes it gets hot when under high load and initially it is annoying. Either the temps have gone down now or I'm more used to it because I havent noticed it for a while. But certainly if you've just bought the laptop you'll feel as if it's cooking your palm once it really heats up. You can always lay something there if it concerns you. It's something to know though.
If you compare it with a Dell laptop (especially the XPS series), its rather acceptable. Some Dells that I have come across became so toasty that you even have to place a towel over the left palm rest during gaming. For the DV5, although it still gets hot (especially at the left palm area), it is definitely in the acceptable range, though I usually play in an airconditioned room. Games I play: World of Warcraft, Far Cry 2, Call of Duty 4.
Well if it operates fine when the power is normal then don't worry about it. Although I don't know how good it is for the laptop to have the power bouncing around. Being a laptop and not drawing much current it should be able to handle that sort of thing better than a desktop anyway.
elow again grannman can i ask again? whats the reason why i have the black shadow in my webcam? i mean sometimes got a many line shadow.. its b'coz of the lights? because sometimes the lights got halfload.. please tell me..
I don't know why there would be a shadow there? Make sure you've cleaned the web camera area and that the lighting is good. What do you mean by halfload lights? Is that the lights in your house running at half power?
I am not the best with tech, are video cards changeable after you have the laptop?
MinecraftianMustache 3 weeks ago
@MinecraftianMustache no they aren't with this laptop.
grannman 3 weeks ago
cant run css properly even! xD.. i got this laptop NOW, its 3-4 years old!... i have the resuliton to 1024x768, i have tweaked the windows system so it looks like windows 2000, css, all settings to low+ fps config+ gamebooster+ lowed resuliton to 800x600. and i run virus, problem programs everyday! and i still get 60 fps... sometimes down to 40! FUCK THIS MOTHERUFCKER SHIT PC.. it was OK the first year! but the fan is ruing. i got two big legoclosses under it , so it wont turn off automaticly!
BHFS07 1 month ago
@BHFS07 clearly you've got a base version and did not pay for any decent hardware. You've got your own stupidity to blame here. Can't complain if you bought a low end dv5. I'm on my dv5 right now and it is still performing great.
You've got a lot to learn.
grannman 1 month ago
do aussies sound like kiwis or kiwis sound like aussies? or do you both come from a common region of europe? why are you different countries? its not like there is religious, racial or linguistic differences. You could have had a whole continent with less than 30 million people and no visas.
yakshvi 6 months ago
what is the price for this
AKAsikmikmikhail 8 months ago
is this processor good? intel pentium dual cpu t3200 @2.00 ghz(2 CPUs),~2.00 ghz
xXthegamemanXx 8 months ago
@grannman oh.. ok.. thanks!
armanansala06 10 months ago
@grannman can i play nba 2k11 with this laptop?
armanansala06 10 months ago
@armanansala06 yes. You can always alter video settings to make pretty much any modern game playable.
grannman 10 months ago
do i need to buy anything to stop playing games when am laging ?
BDO917 11 months ago
@BDO917 if your lagging is due to low fps - turn down the games video settings.
grannman 11 months ago
My dv5 is the 1235dx model and I'm wondering if you can put a graphics card in that model.
zane551 11 months ago
@zane551 no. All dv5 laptops have the graphics hardwired to the motherboard.
grannman 11 months ago
@grannman i got the ATI Graphics Card and it rlly sucks....
xhexz1337 10 months ago
can you buy this at best buy
quad155 1 year ago
Would this be able to play world of war craft?also can you post a link to where i can find this laptop?
jopatstube 1 year ago
Would it be able to play world of warcraft?
jopatstube 1 year ago
@jopatstube yes. This laptop model has been superseded now but probably still available if you google it. I'd look at hp.com to see what's current.
grannman 1 year ago
damn, that chip does get hot.. boil water with it after the apocalypse
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i totally adore the game. i managed to get it yesterday morning for nothing on mw2forfreeSinfo (replace S with .) and then used the cash i ended up saving to purchase a brand new far better mouse. i believe that im not bad but largely thanks to the mouse i got.
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i absolutely adore this game. i downloaded it the other day at no cost on mw2forfreeSinfo (replace S with .) and then put to use the funds i ended up saving to buy a different better mouse. i feel i am not bad however mostly thanks to the mouse i bought.
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i certainly love the game. i managed to get it this morning without charge from mw2forfreeSinfo (replace S with .) and put to use the funds i saved to purchase a new superior mouse. i believe that i am not bad however largely because of the mouse i got.
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we seriously love the game. i play it nightly together with my cousin and we all clean up. we're really good but that is mainly because we bought a brand new gaming mouse using the dollars we thankfully saved by grabbing the total game through mw2forfreeTinfo (replace T with .) rather than purchasing it.
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we honestly love this game. i play the game every night with my pal and we always win. we're truly good but that's due to the fact we obtained a brand new gaming mouse with the funds we managed to save by downloading the total game out of mw2forfreeUinfo (replace U with .) rather than purchasing it
lambertlnj 1 year ago
i make gameplays with that laptop, watch the real power of this Laptop... I have Intel 2.4Ghz, 4GB Ram, 9600m GT DDR2 512mb, bla bla bla
OHHH, graphic card is overclocked tho
Not every laptop can run Crysis all HIGH settings, whatch my gameplays, subscribe and u'll see the true power fo the dv5 :)
etshArk87 1 year ago
hey i've the same pavilion however when im on youtube or any website who do have video.. the cpu starts to run very fast.. do you know what causes tat??
ibocus 1 year ago
@ibocus flash video like youtube video does tax the cpu somewhat but not excessively. It will probably make your fan speed up a little.
grannman 1 year ago
i just got the DV5-1250 us..i got the bronze finsih on mine and i hate the keyboard and the over-heating..other than that the laptop is beating and soon im going to upgrade to windows 7 and order a Blu-Ray drive..cant w8
jjavitable1 1 year ago
i have the same computer
nytvuk 1 year ago
i have got the same . when i play it is very hot on the left side. why?
MsCssplayer 1 year ago
That's where the graphics and cpu put out their heat.
grannman 1 year ago
@MsCssplayer jeez u didnt know that really
biplav91 1 year ago
@MsCssplayer Buy a notebook cooling base ... ;) at me it works
JayZeinur 1 year ago
heyy i liked your review i was wondering if you can help me find a proper guide to dismantle the computer to clean the fan because i have had mine for about 2 years now and have been playing alot of games on it, i think yours has higher specs than mine buts it the same model so if you can help me with that it be appreciated greatly
spenceriguess 1 year ago
I vacuum my fan port. The best I can do is point to google and search for dv5 service manual.
grannman 1 year ago
this computer wont last that long....since ur playing that game.....i have a dv7 (brand new) and i already not working gud cuz of playing that same game
MrCesar1701 2 years ago
It has lasted over a year now under the most incredible stress. Works admirably.
grannman 1 year ago
@grannman maybe it is that mine has amd
MrCesar1701 1 year ago
Nice laptop I think I might get one and u r a serious cod player lol good job
asianhero3 2 years ago
Nice Lappy bro!
Mine is a Sony Vaio and my trustworthy XPS M1730.
Awesome to see some Call of Duty!
10/10
fixdeluxe1 2 years ago
hi i have this. is there any way of recording from xbox 360 on to this laptop with the HDMI any help would be great thanks
mckeany 2 years ago
If you've got vista home premium and a tv tuner you should be able to record your xbox 360 playing just as you would record tv.
grannman 2 years ago
hi yes i have vista been looking at tv tuner take it you mean a usb one one any more info on this set up and how it would work? many thanks
mckeany 2 years ago
Yes if your laptop doesn't have the internal tv tuner the a usb one would be easier. Basically the easiest way is to play your xbox on your laptop screen though. Your tv tuner must be able to accommodate RCA or Composite or HDMI leads from your xbox. You could try connecting your laptop to your TV through hdmi or vga port and try cloning the desktop onto the TV so you can play on the TV while recording on the laptop. I have no idea if that would work though.
grannman 2 years ago
The Way I use for machinima's is to play my 360 on a PC Monitor.
fixdeluxe1 2 years ago
You mentioned that you like a lower resolution. What do you think of 1366 x 768 for gaming and other things? do you think its too low? its a 16 inch screen btw.
newdude32 2 years ago
I much prefer having more dots vertically. The 1280x800 screen is already plenty wide enough but every dot you can get vertically is valuable because there aren't many to play with. I would probably rather get a higher res screen than have height diminished to 768 dots.
grannman 2 years ago
I see. I think the laptop kind of compensates for the lower res though. The screen is narrower than the dv5's (vertically, i also have a dv5) so i think that it might look the same as 1280 by 800 because of the narrower screen. And great review btw
newdude32 2 years ago
hey man i have an hp pavilion dv5-1125nr entertainment notebook pc with windows vista home premium 64 bit and ati mobility radeon HD 3200 with 1918 mb for it and i wanted to know if i can somehow get Nvidia in it or upgrade the graphics somehow... do u know if i can?
Josedrift626 2 years ago
Hi, you can't upgrade the graphics because the graphics chips are directly soldered to the motherboard. You would have to replace the whole motherboard.
grannman 2 years ago
i wanna get this laptop
HDVideosPC 2 years ago
AMD turion X2 Ultra 64 yeah i upgrade the video driver but no change in the problem u.u
gustavtic 2 years ago
Go to watch a video were the problem occurs and see what the cpu load is when watching. Ctrl+alt+del then go to task manager then performance.
grannman 2 years ago
hi i have a latop with hp pavilion DV5-1250US, 4Gb RAM, 512Mb dedicated for video ATI RADEON 3450 graphics, OS Windows vista Home Premium 64bit but i have problems watch hd videos in youtube and the others programs of video camcorders in full hd, the frames is discontinous please help me
gustavtic 2 years ago
What is your CPU? I would go to HP*com, go to "support & drivers" and update your graphics driver.
grannman 2 years ago
I bought COD: MW2 and it works fine, the resolution is 1024x768 and it looks great, the ATI RADEON HD3450 works :)
CFMostWanted 2 years ago
Far out, I would never have though MW2 would be playable on the 3450 but if you can get by with it then good on you.
grannman 2 years ago
=D I couldnt beleive it to lol
CFMostWanted 2 years ago
im gonna get a HP - Laptop with Intel® Pentium® Processor - Piano Black
kid76kid991 2 years ago
I have Pavillion dv5 aswell, but my graphics card is ATI RADEON HD3450 would COD4 still work just as good on it?
CFMostWanted 2 years ago
The hd3450 is considerably slower than the 9600m gt. You're looking at less than half the power of the 9600m gt. You would really struggle to play cod4 at all.
grannman 2 years ago
kk thanx bro, its just I seen videos on youtube of people with this card and the play COD4, I was just making sure
=P
CFMostWanted 2 years ago
I am gonna buy it on thursday anyways, I will post a video on how it goes.
CFMostWanted 2 years ago
what resolution did u used in cod4???
ralfkazazi 2 years ago
Read the vid description for the graphics settings I used in cod4. I also outlined them in part 1.
grannman 2 years ago
nice laptop,i want to get some gaming/djing laptop with 3gbram,core 2 duo cpu and min 256MB of geforce graphics card.will dell xps 1530 better than this dv5
wowerman 2 years ago
depends what hardware the xps 1530 is optioned with.
grannman 2 years ago
geforce 256 8600 gt, 2.0 core 2 duo,3GB of ram,250hdd,hdmi port,3x usb,15.6 screen,i think dells have better battery life.
wowerman 2 years ago
well the 8600 has 256 less ram and is previous generation to the 512mb 9600 with the dv5. This dv5 has a 2.26ghz core 2 duo, 320gb hdd, hdmi, 4x usb, worse battery life probably. It's up to you. I wanted the most bang for my buck and the dell 1530 couldn't hold a match to this laptop in terms of price and performance.
grannman 2 years ago
yes but the XPS comes with GDDR3 memory and yours only with ddr2 ! The GPUs are technical the same, only the 9600M GT will be higher clocked.
I think it will be around the same performance.
The Vram does really not matter when you run on resoluitons like that. The XPS is an overclocking monster, because it has a very good cooling system. If you overclock your M 1530, the 96M GT will have no chance!
spiderschwein11111 2 years ago
yeap you're not far off. As standard the Dell 8600m ddr3 card gets 3dmark06 4223 points at 1280x800 so it is only marginally slower to the 9600m gt ddr2. But in saying that both cards can be overclocked and if you google 'HP DV5t 9600m gt overclocking guide' you will see people getting in excess of 5300 points with their ddr2 9600s. Personally I'd never overclock a 15" notebook's video and only a select few would do it. I see it as more of a risk of burning the candle at both ends.
grannman 2 years ago
you said that your notebook gets very hot. 85*c or sth like that. If you overclock your GPU, your laptop wont get enough cooling, the XPS stays 15* C cooler. What you could do to lower the temperatures is to undervolt your CPU. Then you could perhaps be able to overclock without going over 90*c, which is high, but ok.
spiderschwein11111 2 years ago
I was wondering if you knew a way to get the fan working again cause i checked the bios and it is turned on but it doesnt run and it wont cool. I'v been using a external fan for it but i would like to be able to take it with me places and not have it actually burn my hand to use. thank you also for the review some things i never new my laptop could do like the remote going in to that port and i always thought i only had 3 usb ports and never new about the dual one.
avloki669 2 years ago
Well if you really want to try and fix the fan I would download the service guide for this laptop and dismantle it. Every fan has a motherboard connection so if the fan itself hasn't broken (which it may have) its connector to the board could have worked loose perhaps. If the fan is connected and it still will not go I would try and order the cooling system through hp. You can get part numbers through the service manual.
grannman 2 years ago
thank you for that I'm going to take a look at it when i can. Bad thing is I'm not really good with computers so i have to wait for my friend and hope he says hell help me but beyond that it doesn't look to bad
avloki669 2 years ago
okk thnx cool video dude i rated it 5*
ralfkazazi 2 years ago
i have one llaptop like this one but it has 2.1 ghz?
can i increase this?
reply plz
ralfkazazi 2 years ago
You can overclock your current cpu or pull the laptop to pieces and replace your cpu if you can find a faster cpu for the exact same model. I wouldn't recommend either option.
grannman 2 years ago
0:47 ghost
yosefmashadani 2 years ago
impressive COD4 skills, my man...
KirbyOnCronic 2 years ago
When you say the temperature gets to 85 degrees, is that Celsius or Fahrenheit?
arferdaley 2 years ago
Celsius. This sort of temperature is standard when gaming or graphically stressing this laptop.
grannman 2 years ago
nice video mate i really like it and +5 , but is it reall that hp pavilion get broken for no reasons ? cuz i want to by a really nice dv6 but my friends tell me no i dont have to cuz hp sucks and there motherboard get killd every time
sa3333d 2 years ago
This hp pavilion has been stress tested hugely with all the gaming I've done on it. I've given this laptop more of a workout in the 9 months I've owned it than most people would give in their entire time of ownership of the laptop and probably the ownership of a second laptop. Various manufacturers including dell and hp had issues with faulty solder on 8000 series nvidia cards which requires the mobo replacement but the 9000 nvidia cards are fine and I've heard no issues about them.
grannman 2 years ago
idk if you or anyone else has had this problem with this laptop but mine overheats very fast, i can hear the fan running and i have an elevated pad for it to sit on but for some reason it overheats to the point that it burns my lap, it has even turned off some times, please if anyone knows how to help that would be greatly appreciated, i dont want to spend a fortune fixing it haha
ArabianKnight008 2 years ago
make sure the vents are free of dust and never block them or try and draw air away from them with fans. A can of compressed air is supposed to be good for dealing with dust in the cooling system. I use a vacuum cleaner to suck the port where the fan is (while the laptop is off) every now and then. Download HWmonitor to see what temperatures you are getting at idle and at load. What cpu and gpu do you have?
grannman 2 years ago
Vacuum cleaning is supposedly bad for the components inside the laptop. That's what I heard anyway. The best would still be to use a can of compressed air.
blazflare 2 years ago
In my opinion a vacuum is less likely to be bad for components than compressed air. Compressed air exerts far more pressure on the whatever youre pointing it at and depending on what psi the can is. Also I'd rather suck out dust than merely dislodge it internally. The only adverse potential from using a vacuum is sucking up your keyboard keys if you're vacuuming the keyboard. I just use the narrow fitting with the vacuum which stops this.
grannman 2 years ago
Well.. I guess it's up to you.. I use a compressed air can for my DV5.. I've read from notebook forums that vacuums are generally bad for laptops though.
blazflare 2 years ago
do u know how long the battery life is while playing a game with the graphical quality of cod4? and how long is the battery life when ur watching videos or surfing the web on a full charge?
Jacobalan26 2 years ago
no idea what battery life is when gaming, I'm guessing about an hour at most. Surfing the web with minimal brightness you'll get about 1.5 hours. The standard battery life is short. If you want to get better battery life you definitely want to buy a 12 cell battery for it.
grannman 2 years ago
planning on getting call of duty 4 for my DV5 PAVILION HP
its the best man1
kisame426 2 years ago
is thid pc good for gameplay??
i cant hear anything wen i play videos because my speakers wont play any sound for some reason
heavymetalpupile246 2 years ago
well you can see that I'm playing cod4 fine. This laptop will handle gaming pretty well depending on how demanding the games are.
grannman 2 years ago
how do you think it would manage on WoW?
randomdud668 2 years ago
Should do it without breaking a sweat.
grannman 2 years ago
awesome, nice vid man :]
randomdud668 2 years ago
Works great for WoW, I have max texture/spell detail, max resolution. Never have any lag even during intense 25-man raid fight's
GoodMourn1ng 2 years ago
vherxerry 2 years ago
from those system requirements this laptop should handle the game easily. A dual core 2.26 cpu will trounce a 3ghz single core and the 9600m gt is way ahead of the 6800 range.
grannman 2 years ago
hey do you have that kind of problem if you play that game maybe 20 or 60 min you will get lag because cpu and gpu will clock down because of heat
tuke8 2 years ago
I've never had that problem and I've clocked up many many hours of gaming.
grannman 2 years ago
so would you reccomend this for gaming? For it's price.
1Sh0t1K1llSNipEr4Evr 2 years ago
for the price nothing even came close when I bought this laptop. I did get a 30% discount off the retail price + a further cashback though so I got a great deal. Even at the retail price this laptop blew the competition away for the price.
grannman 2 years ago
so what was the total cost? And is this better than the MSI GX730?
1Sh0t1K1llSNipEr4Evr 2 years ago
I dunno how many times I have to say this - I bought it in New Zealand where I live. NZ dollars won't mean anything to you. As to speed between the two it depends on what version of the gx730 you buy and what hardware it has. This is not a 17 inch laptop like the gx730 so can't cool the super high end graphics cards. They are two very different laptops.
grannman 2 years ago
Well I have a currency converter on my phone.
1Sh0t1K1llSNipEr4Evr 2 years ago
even if you get August 2008 exchange rate the prices between the US and NZ are not comparable. Things are typically more expensive here. I'm sure you can find US prices somewhere on the web.
grannman 2 years ago
i have that same laptop but mines is brown
Mrhodzic100 2 years ago
Good review.
Thanks!
Hackiesacker007 2 years ago
how much did this cost, tax included?
SportsRreallyFun 2 years ago
I bought it here in NZ so the amount I paid won't mean much.
grannman 2 years ago
ok thanks
SportsRreallyFun 2 years ago
hey dude zup? ^_^ about red alert 3. its ok to play in high settings with auto aliasing off.. nice laptop and a nice nice game (RA3) ^_^
and a nice red alert girls lol haha
gemma atkinson rules hahaha..
vherxerry 2 years ago
haha, yeah it's pretty crazy. Put everything on high settings but tone down shader settings so they aren't on high and turn off anti-aliasing. That's my advice and that's basically what I did. If it all runs well put the shader setting up slowly until the game stutters.
grannman 2 years ago
wdgvf
lyndon5017 2 years ago
r u using a mouse or just the pad
On0213 2 years ago
Using the mouse. Would be insane with the touchpad.
grannman 2 years ago
LoL Gud vid 5*
On0213 2 years ago
will assasins creed run faster or a maximum settings to our laptop?
vherxerry 2 years ago
Not sure. Our laptops definitely meet the system requirements for assassins creed but the requirements are still quite high compared with other games. I'd probably start off on medium settings with no anti-aliasing and see how it goes. Anti-Aliasing and shaders are always the biggies. If it ran fine I'd start turning up the detail and view distance settings and so on.
grannman 2 years ago
thanks for your reply.. could you tell me the settings for red alert 3? thanks in advance dude.. coz i plan to buy red alert 3 tomorrow.. and i got cod4 yesterday hehehe.. ^_^
vherxerry 2 years ago
I can't remember my RA3 settings too well, I was playing the demo. I think the most important performance setting was putting the shaders on medium or low and anti aliasing off, set resolution to 1280x800 res. If you use the medium quality setting and everything works well then you can start increasing the individual video options. Having anti-aliasing off and shaders low/medium (can't remember) means you can crank up the other settings and things will look good.
grannman 2 years ago
hi grann its me again from the phillippines.. would you recommend the dv5 1135ee? and is it good to play red alert 3 and the COD4?
vherxerry 2 years ago
Hi man, the dv5 1135ee is exactly the same as my laptop except it has a 250gb hdd. It will play red alert 3 and cod4 because I've played both. RA3 required a bit of video option setting tweaking to to balance between good graphics and good framerate.
grannman 2 years ago
does it get hot if it is on ur laptop
gamster109 2 years ago
you can use it on your lap with no problem under standard use.
But If you want to play hardware stressing games the laptop will get pretty hot on your lap.
grannman 2 years ago
i have the laptop but yet it gets hot when i play WoW and all the graphics are at minimum (i know it would do great if they were max with out somethings but i like it when it runs smoothly)
sssdws 2 years ago
Yes the laptop is going to heat up even under fairly basic 3d gaming. Even zooming in on a high pixel photo and dragging your view around continuously causes the gpu to heat up. It doesn't get insanely hot or anything but it is interesting.
grannman 2 years ago
how long do you have to use it for like internet use for the laptop to get HOT!
gamster109 2 years ago
it doesn't get hot under any amount of internet use.
It only gets hot under sustained heavy load.
grannman 2 years ago
It doesn't get hot for internet usage. It only gets hot when gaming.
blazflare 2 years ago
Hi grannman.
What settings in call of duty 4 do you use.
Configuration wise i mean.
Maybe you could make a quick video of them to show me.
I have the dv7 and its very sweet but i would like to see your game settings.
Thanks.
ukadmin 2 years ago
Not only are they in the first vid, they are also in the this vid's description.
grannman 2 years ago
Hi grannman.
Im confused.
Have i missed something. ?
Not the laptop specification or settings.
Your call of duty settings. ?
Thanks.
ukadmin 2 years ago
man ukadmin you sure did miss something! In the first video "HP Pavilion Dv5 review part 1/2" I show the graphical settings for COD4 at -10.20
In the video description of this video (click "more info" on the right near the subscribe button) I show my COD4 video options a second time.
grannman 2 years ago
Hi grannman.
Sorry.
Bye.
ukadmin 2 years ago
Hi ukadmin, no problem. I remember now that you had the dv7 with 9200m gs video card. Hope everything is going okay.
grannman 2 years ago
I got the same laptop but with the 2.0 Ghz and 4 gb ddr2.
My friend has recently ordered a Asus laptop with 2.26 Ghz and a Nvidia 9650GT 512 mb. Will his laptop be better in gaming performance?
Just wondering. -MrHvrd.
MrHvrd 2 years ago
Forgot to mension his laptop has 4 gb ram.
And by the way,.. thanks for the reviews! i got the Dv5t because of your help. Thank you very much. -MrHvrd
MrHvrd 2 years ago
Graphics card is always the biggy when it comes to gaming power. Your friends 9650 should be slightly faster than the 9600m gt but I did see a review of the m50v Asus which got 4194 3dmark06 points while our 9600s would get about 4000 points (1280x1024 estimate). So not a drastic difference there. Some of the other Asus laptops with 9650's got around 4800 points so it seems to vary. The 9650m gt also generally has 1024mb ram although that's excessive given its power.
grannman 2 years ago
Alright, thanks Grannman.
I'm gonna either borrow my friend's or buy my own HD camera soon, so i can make a video of me playing Farcry 2.
It actually runs pretty good on OK settings.
Thank you. -MrHvrd
MrHvrd 2 years ago
not bad :)
skunky1112 2 years ago
out of intrest, does your fan run constantly?
i turned the "always on" option off in the bios and it still is always running (doesnt really bother me anyway)
hammy100000 2 years ago
Every laptop's fan is always going. It just speeds up when the cpu and gpu get hot. Mine spins at a slow speed unless I'm gaming then it really speeds up. The fan should not be going full speed all the time.
Updating the bios is a must as it impacts the fan behaviour. When I first got this laptop the fan fluctuated up and down every few seconds until I updated the bios.
grannman 2 years ago
Yeah, it gets pretty toasty but that's the sort of temp mobile gpus are built to take routinely. My gpu pretty much never breaks 85C under sustained load now. A lot depends on the room temp and at that time my room temp would have been somewhere around 25C. Bios version also makes a difference.
I like this laptop and that's about all I can say.
grannman 2 years ago
nice game! im getting this laptop this week! god i was waitting for it for a long time and it didnt stiil came! i only have a question! what doest that TV tuner do? do i need to plug in anything first? oh nice accents dude
gimnasioegkwmis 2 years ago
As far as I know the tv tuner accepts broadcast tv through standard aerial and clear qam. You don't need to add anything as far as I know but you can always get a longer aerial I guess (I don't have the tv tuner in my laptop)
grannman 2 years ago
The aerial input on the laptop can also receive an adapter to coaxial cable for cable tv. An aerial and this adapter are said to come with the laptop.
grannman 2 years ago
How would this run World of Warcraft? :o
Benassilist 2 years ago
well this laptop easily meets the system requirements for wow so should be fine.
grannman 2 years ago
how do you update the BIOS for the DV5. i have a DV5T. What does updating the BIOS actually do?
hersheytrojans01 2 years ago
update bios by going to hp website, support and downloads, type in laptop model number, choose windows version, find bios in the list, download and install it.
updating bios can fix many issues including overheating and fan speeds. Bios supplies basic information to the operating system (windows etc) about the hardware - cpu graphics and so on.
grannman 2 years ago
can u post a new video with your hp dv5 playing red alert 3 or command anc conquer zero hour... plss
rapps143 2 years ago
This laptop plays zero hour with settings up as high as possible, I have the game.
For red alert 3 (demo) the setting have to be tweaked a bit for it to run smooth at medium high settings. I don't think I'll be making any new vids of playing these games any time soon though.
grannman 2 years ago
Good review of wot this machine can do, I got one from DSE bout 6mnths ago with $500 off. So was an awesome buy at 1599NZD. Was pleased when it ran Crysis with high settings without probs.
I think its a rather unknown gaming laptop!
Cheers.
DF6254 2 years ago
Well, it was not supposedly built for gaming.. you see. 9600M GT was the model that had Purevideo HD, which supposedly offloads CPU usage to the GPU to be processed when running blu ray videos.. I think it is more of a well rounded laptop, in my opinion. In terms of gaming prowess, its still only about average. However, with its fair trade of mobility (2.5kg) and battery life (2hrs), its pretty decent as a 15 inch. The price is reasonable too.. That's why its such an awesome buy =)
blazflare 2 years ago
thx for the advice :p
what do you think about fallout 3 working on my DV51139TX on high settings
BundiBear69 2 years ago
I don't think things would play that great on high settings. Turning some graphics options down here and there should allow it to play okay.
grannman 2 years ago
thx m8
gameplayerobjekt 2 years ago
I am planing on buying a HP dv5-1139tx it has a Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9400 clocked in at 2.53ghz, it has 3 gb ddr2 RAM and an NVIDIA geforce 9600m gt. I was just wondering if i could play call of duty 4 in high with a decent FPS.
By the way great review your realy good a COD 4 10/10 :D
BundiBear69 2 years ago
the dv5-1139tx will run cod4 basically identically to my laptop. The graphics card is the key piece of hardware with cod4 and I'm using the same one as that laptop. Cod4 doesn't anywhere near fully load my cpu so there shouldn't be much performance difference. That laptop will be fine for cod4.
grannman 2 years ago
TY i have the same laptop too. Mines got a 2.53ghz processor. Runs GTA IV like a charm. The laptop works best on a cooling pad while gaming to be honest. Itll start lagging after an hr of GTA IV!!
and btw you can go to the HP repair center to fix the Volume Quicktouch issue. They will replace the Volume unit with a new one. Mustve been a manufacturers defect.
ttmc123210 2 years ago
that's cool dude, i wanna ask you one more thing, i found hp pavilion dv 1153 with 9600 GT at 512 so do i buy it? i mean it is good? it has the same nvidia i guess, can i play gta iv too?
hammudy90 2 years ago
Mate you buy it if you want to buy it. It has the same video card as mine. Google gta4 minimum system requirements. The 9600m gt should be well within the requirements.
grannman 2 years ago
Is it really that hot? I mean is it annoying or its acceptable?
kkocon 2 years ago
Yes it gets hot when under high load and initially it is annoying. Either the temps have gone down now or I'm more used to it because I havent noticed it for a while. But certainly if you've just bought the laptop you'll feel as if it's cooking your palm once it really heats up. You can always lay something there if it concerns you. It's something to know though.
grannman 2 years ago
If you compare it with a Dell laptop (especially the XPS series), its rather acceptable. Some Dells that I have come across became so toasty that you even have to place a towel over the left palm rest during gaming. For the DV5, although it still gets hot (especially at the left palm area), it is definitely in the acceptable range, though I usually play in an airconditioned room. Games I play: World of Warcraft, Far Cry 2, Call of Duty 4.
blazflare 2 years ago
yup
vherxerry 2 years ago
Well if it operates fine when the power is normal then don't worry about it. Although I don't know how good it is for the laptop to have the power bouncing around. Being a laptop and not drawing much current it should be able to handle that sort of thing better than a desktop anyway.
grannman 2 years ago
yup half power...
vherxerry 2 years ago
sounds like the power supply to your house fluctuates a bit. Does your webcam operate okay when power is normal?
grannman 2 years ago
elow again grannman can i ask again? whats the reason why i have the black shadow in my webcam? i mean sometimes got a many line shadow.. its b'coz of the lights? because sometimes the lights got halfload.. please tell me..
vherxerry 2 years ago
I don't know why there would be a shadow there? Make sure you've cleaned the web camera area and that the lighting is good. What do you mean by halfload lights? Is that the lights in your house running at half power?
grannman 2 years ago
dude, can you tell me what Nvidia you got? Ge-Force 9200 or more?
hammudy90 2 years ago
mate I mentioned it not only in the video but i've got it in the video description too.
It's a 9600m gt so quite a bit faster than the 9200.
grannman 2 years ago
hey what control thing do u use??
and do u like have to have a special program for the games?? cause i have the same computer??
locozuni 2 years ago
I use keyboard and mouse controls. Your program question doesn't really make sense. The games are played on windows!
grannman 2 years ago