SOLD: HP Pavilion dv6-6150us 15.6" Sandy Bridge based laptop, new in box - SOLD

[ravenvii]

I have a HP Pavilion dv6-6150us (silver) laptop for sale. It's brand new in box, never opened, warranty intact.

SOLD

HP Pavilion dv6-6150us on HP's online store

Complete specs:

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2410M w/ Turbo Boost Technology @ 2.3 Ghz
RAM: 6 GB DDR3
HD: 750 GB SATA (5400 rpm)
Optical Drive: SuperMulti DVD Burner
GPU: Intel HD 3000 (up to 1.65 GB)
Sandy Bridge chipset
USB 3.0, USB 2,0, HDMI, VGA

Various features:
Digital Media Card Reader for Secure Digital and Multimedia cards
HP TrueVision HD Webcam with integrated digital microphone
Touchpad supporting Multi-Touch gestures with LED border accent light and On/Off button
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
802.11 b/g/n WLAN with WiDi
Kensington® MicroSaver lock slot

Warranty: 1 year, carry in, parts and labour

[ravenvii]

To prove that this is real (and not a fragment of my imagination), here's a couple of pictures. As I said, it's new in box, never opened.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19598442/box.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19598442/specs.jpg

[KC]

I'm tempted, but is that video hardware any good for gaming?  Do you think that I will be able to play Diablo 3 when it is released?

[ravenvii]

I'm tempted, but is that video hardware any good for gaming?  Do you think that I will be able to play Diablo 3 when it is released?

The Intel HD 3000 is the new integrated graphics in the Sandy Bridge chipset. It's performance is roughly equivalent (but slightly inferior) to the Nvidia 320M. The i5 CPU does make a huge difference for any games that rely on CPU performance (the 320M only shows up on Core 2 Duo notebooks). I am confident that it will be able to handle Diablo III - Blizzard has never made their games overly demanding.

But it *is* integrated graphics; it's performance won't hold a candle to a discrete GPU.

Here's a section on the Intel HD 3000 in Anandtech's review of the Sandy Bridge chipset: Mobile Sandy Bridge Gaming Performance (Anandtech)

[ravenvii]

Price dropped to $700.

[ravenvii]

One final price drop before I haul it off to eBay...

[EngineNo9]

For what it's worth, the guy at Rock Paper Shotgun said he played the new Warhammer 40K: Space Marine demo on a laptop with the Intel HD 3000 chipset and it ran pretty well and looked good with some settings turned down.  Here is the article, with this comment towards the bottom:

(Also, I can attest to this running remarkably well on Intel’s HD 3000 integrated graphics. Which is something of a relief, as I just bought a laptop which has that. Couldn’t whack everything up to max and don’t think it made 60FPS, but I was genuinely surprised by how good it looked and smooth it ran. A new age!)