Hp-g72-c55dx-review
Thursday, August 18, 2011
HP has unveiled a big-size but sleek laptop model HP G72-C55DX that comes with 17.3” LED backlit Display and a Intel Pentium P6100 processor. The main advantage of the laptop is the bigger display with good resolution.
Processor
HP G72-C55DX laptop comes with a Intel Pentium P6100 processor that provides a decent performance. Processor is clocked at 2.2GHz frequency and has 3 MB smart cache, shared dynamically by each core. The processor scores more than AMD Athlon II P340 and Turion II P540 in top benchmark rankings.
Second of all, Intel Pentium P6100 processor comes with Intel Integrated HD graphics that connected to the processor via point-to-point interconnect known as QPI link; its like a hyper Transport link of AMD processor. Again, the processor is connected with memory via Integrated memory controller. Thus, the need of FSB bus is removed and performance of the processor increases as well, compare to the old structure.
Graphics:
As told earlier the processor of HP g72-c55dx laptop comes with Integrated HD graphics which can display HD content as name suggested It can decode AVC/H.264, MPEG-2 and VC-1. The graphics supports Blu-Ray picture in picture hardware acceleration. It seems that Intel emphasized on video playback rather gaming. One can run basic games fluently. However, it supports very few 3D games that can only run in low settings. 1696MB memory is allocated (dynamically) to graphics
RAM:
HP g72-c55dx laptop integrated with 4GB memory; However, one can upgrade memory up to 8GB memory
HDD:
It comes with 500GB SATA drive which works with speed of 5,400 rpm and Windows 7 Home Premium operating system is installed on it.
Display:
The display of the laptop measures 17.3”. It features LED backlit LCD display that comes with 1600*900 resolutions.
Other significant features included in HP G72-C55DX laptop:
-3 USB 2.0 port to connect other USB compatible devices and share data.
-Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW for burning CD/DVD
-5-in-1 digital media reader that supports Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO and xD-Picture Card formats.
-Integrated Ethernet LAN that support 10/100Mbit/s data transfer rate, RJ connector as interface
-IEEE 802.11 b, g and latest N version for wireless
-HDMI output
-Built-in webcam and microphone
The battery pack integrated in HP g72-c55dx provides upto 5 hours of battery life. The laptop belongs to HP’s biscotti family with prism design onto it. The machine weighs only 6.6lbs
Pros of HP g72-c55dx
-Big display
-Decent processor
-Average battery life
Cons of HP g72-c55dx
-Integrated graphics
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