HP has quietly updated their ENVY 15 and 17 series with the 3rd generation of Intel’s Ivy Bridge and given them the respective model numbers of Envy 15t-3200 and Envy 17t-3200. Indeed this is the only update for the popular 15” and 17” premium performance notebooks. To the chagrin of many, the IPS display in the Envy 15 that so many reported as having reds show up as orange, is still unchanged. No word on when that “fix”Engadget reported will be seen.
The good news? The price is still the same for both models despite the improved processors, so you’re essentially getting something better for nothing compared to those that bought earlier in the year. There’s actually a 33% off coupon (NBG5247) on both models right now that bumps the starting price of the Envy 15-3200 down to $887 and Envy 17t-3200 $988.
So what do you get for the $887 starting price on the ENVY 15? An Intel Core i5-3210M Ivy Bridge processor, the new AMD 7750M graphics (make sure to upgrade from the AMD 7690M for $0), 6GB of RAM and a 750GB 7200RPM hard drive. The upgrade to an IPS 1920 x 1080 screen is $150 – yes, that’s the panel with the red color display issues but it’s still going to be appealing to many given the advantages of a higher resolution. If you want to upgrade to a Quad Core i7 processor it’s +$100. The new AMD 7750M graphics and Intel Core i7 processors should provide a very nice performance bump over the previous generation. The AMD 7750M is reportedly on par with the Nvidia 650M graphics. We recently reviewed the dv6t-7000 Quad Edition with Intel Ivy Bridge and Nvidia 650M graphics and it scored 10,108 3DMarks in 3DMark Vantage versus the 6,970 3DMarks our Envy 17-3000 with Intel Core i7-2670QM Sandy Bridge and AMD 7690M graphics – a performance bump of nearly 40%.
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