Is HP DV5-1015tx or Dell XPS M1530 Better Choice?

[acewin]

Originally Posted by panamega

The 9600gt in hp dv5 has gddr2 or 3? And how much of a difference does it make to have gddr3 over 2?

it is DDR2 the thread starter mentioned it.
DDR3 is alot much better than DDR3

check HP retailer and dealers in Pune/Lucknow they would be having this model in store or can get it for you.

[razial]

Hi to All,

if i am not wrong, for Dell XPS M1530 u will probably get onsite support(i think its by default), but for HP DV5-1015tx u certainly have to go for offsite support (even after extending warranty),

specs are one thing but please tell me overall whose after sales service is better

and for hp only vista drivers are avail, definately no-no support for other os, what about dell, is other os are easier to work with?

[nowornever]

hp as overall better service.Their centres are located in all major towns and cities.

Guys,
Can anyone tell me that hpdv5 will be cheaperin pune or lucknow?

[AshwinDR]

Hi Guys,

I am one of the guys who have brought the dv5-1015tx very recently around 1 week back, so listing my views on the reserch that went behind this laptop.I will also give you a sneak review of the same as per a user perspective in the coming days.

After searching over the internet for nearly 3 months for buying a laptop which should have a decent config and a very good GPU in the indian market i bought the above laptop.

Here were some of my considerations while going for the laptop.
1. Decent CPU and a good GPU.
2. Good Looks and Nice Build Quality.
3. Good Service for the laptop purchased.
4. Good Display and decent sound quality for watching some movies.

After searching for such a long time, i was completely confused in buying the laptops but listed down a few potential stuffs that i made as the final list and selected the above one, so the list goes as below

1. Sony Vaio CR353/L -> Great Looks , Very good CPU, one of the best displays in the market with very good sound effect and a low end GPU of 128 MB ATI Card.
-I got a deal of 53.5 k for the same

2. Dell xps 1530 -> Stunning looks, Very good CPU, Not so good display and very bad sound effect compare to any others of the same range and a very nice GPU of Nvidea 8600GT
- I got a deal of 63k for the same

3. Compaq CQ-137TX -> Not so great looks, very good CPU, Good Display and good sound but not that great GPU of Nvidea 9200GS
-I got a deal of 49k for the same

4. HP Pavilion DV5-1015Tx -> Good Looks but not as stunning as a xps 1530 or a Vaio either but decent enough. Very Good CPU, Good Display, stunning sound extremely good quality and very good graphics card of Nvidea 9600GT with 512MB dedicated memory and an additional TV Tuner Card.

- I got a deal of 64.5 k with a kodak camera free as everyone knows as well as a HP scanner cum printer cum copier free from the shop.

In the meanwhile i had also considered other brands of laptops such as lenovo, toshiba, asus and so on as well as other models such as inspiron or a studio and so on but i found these 4 were one of the best bets according to me.

Sony was the most attractive of them for me but did not go for the same because of the graphics card it has, so removed the option.
Then i saw the compaq laptop and somehow felt that it did not have the finish and the build quality of the ones these days. So ditched it even though it is the best value for money stuff.

Then there were only 2 competetors with me although my budet was around 50-55k when i started looking for the lappies. the xps 1530 and the dv5-1015tx.

I loved the looks of the xps, the red one is truely awesome as well as the feel of the laptop, the design and everything but as i have mentioned that its not only about looks and design but its also about value for money and a mean machine hence i went for the dv5-1015tx

The reasons for choosing the same were
1. HP service is lot better than dell these days.
2. For nearly same price as xps i am getting a better CPU and the GPU with more speed RAM Interface(Bus Speed). (core 2duo 8100 Vs core 2 duo P7350) (Nvidea 8600GT (256MB dedicated) Vs Nvidea 9600GT (512MB dedicated)) 667Mhz Vs 800Mhz.
3. Effective cost of laptop after the 2 gifts (64.5k - 8k(camera) - 4k(printer, copier, scanner)) is around 52.5k.
4. An Inbuilt TV Tuner Card additionally for watching and recording the tv stuff.

I will post some of the snaps and a review of the laptop quite soon. Hope this stuff would help many of the laptop buyers around and ask me any questions if you have on the same as i am quite happy answering the same.

Regards
Ashwin

[acewin]

1. HP service is lot better than dell these days.
2. For nearly same price as xps i am getting a better CPU and the GPU with more speed RAM Interface(Bus Speed). (core 2duo 8100 Vs core 2 duo P7350) (Nvidea 8600GT (256MB dedicated) Vs Nvidea 9600GT (512MB dedicated)) 667Mhz Vs 800Mhz.
3. Effective cost of laptop after the 2 gifts (64.5k - 8k(camera) - 4k(printer, copier, scanner)) is around 52.5k.
4. An Inbuilt TV Tuner Card additionally for watching and recording the tv stuff.

yup P series processors are cooler than T series.
Good you goot goodies with the purchase.

[nowornever]

Originally Posted by AshwinDR

Hi Guys,

I am one of the guys who have brought the dv5-1015tx very recently around 1 week back, so listing my views on the reserch that went behind this laptop.I will also give you a sneak review of the same as per a user perspective in the coming days.

After searching over the internet for nearly 3 months for buying a laptop which should have a decent config and a very good GPU in the indian market i bought the above laptop.

Here were some of my considerations while going for the laptop.
1. Decent CPU and a good GPU.
2. Good Looks and Nice Build Quality.
3. Good Service for the laptop purchased.
4. Good Display and decent sound quality for watching some movies.

After searching for such a long time, i was completely confused in buying the laptops but listed down a few potential stuffs that i made as the final list and selected the above one, so the list goes as below

1. Sony Vaio CR353/L -> Great Looks , Very good CPU, one of the best displays in the market with very good sound effect and a low end GPU of 128 MB ATI Card.
-I got a deal of 53.5 k for the same

2. Dell xps 1530 -> Stunning looks, Very good CPU, Not so good display and very bad sound effect compare to any others of the same range and a very nice GPU of Nvidea 8600GT
- I got a deal of 63k for the same

3. Compaq CQ-137TX -> Not so great looks, very good CPU, Good Display and good sound but not that great GPU of Nvidea 9200GS
-I got a deal of 49k for the same

4. HP Pavilion DV5-1015Tx -> Good Looks but not as stunning as a xps 1530 or a Vaio either but decent enough. Very Good CPU, Good Display, stunning sound extremely good quality and very good graphics card of Nvidea 9600GT with 512MB dedicated memory and an additional TV Tuner Card.

- I got a deal of 64.5 k with a kodak camera free as everyone knows as well as a HP scanner cum printer cum copier free from the shop.

In the meanwhile i had also considered other brands of laptops such as lenovo, toshiba, asus and so on as well as other models such as inspiron or a studio and so on but i found these 4 were one of the best bets according to me.

Sony was the most attractive of them for me but did not go for the same because of the graphics card it has, so removed the option.
Then i saw the compaq laptop and somehow felt that it did not have the finish and the build quality of the ones these days. So ditched it even though it is the best value for money stuff.

Then there were only 2 competetors with me although my budet was around 50-55k when i started looking for the lappies. the xps 1530 and the dv5-1015tx.

I loved the looks of the xps, the red one is truely awesome as well as the feel of the laptop, the design and everything but as i have mentioned that its not only about looks and design but its also about value for money and a mean machine hence i went for the dv5-1015tx

The reasons for choosing the same were
1. HP service is lot better than dell these days.
2. For nearly same price as xps i am getting a better CPU and the GPU with more speed RAM Interface(Bus Speed). (core 2duo 8100 Vs core 2 duo P7350) (Nvidea 8600GT (256MB dedicated) Vs Nvidea 9600GT (512MB dedicated)) 667Mhz Vs 800Mhz.
3. Effective cost of laptop after the 2 gifts (64.5k - 8k(camera) - 4k(printer, copier, scanner)) is around 52.5k.
4. An Inbuilt TV Tuner Card additionally for watching and recording the tv stuff.

I will post some of the snaps and a review of the laptop quite soon. Hope this stuff would help many of the laptop buyers around and ask me any questions if you have on the same as i am quite happy answering the same.

Regards
Ashwin

Hi Ashwin,

Congrats for dv5.I am really interested in buying dv5.Please clear few of my doubts:

1)What is the default warranty of this 1015tx.onsite/offsite.Do you know the price of extending the warrant of 1yr/2yr?

2)I live in pune/Lucknow.If u know anywhere the availability of this sytem here,Please post..

3)Exactly what accessories ,u got by default with this laptop and the other additional accessories supplied by you retailer..please post(if possible pics as well)

4)Howz the quality of kodak digi cam and integrated laptop webcam?

5)HAVE U INSTALLED WINDOWS XP on it.I have heard that there is some prob in intallation of win xp.Please install and let us know..

Thanks in advance..

Cheers..

[acewin]

naah installing XP is not a problem, the problem is HP does not give OS discs, hence if you install anyother OS your pre-loaded OS will go.
I do not know if there is anyway to save that.

[coolmel]

Hey doc, congrats on buyin the best lappy of 08, the DV5. Hp recently added two more models to the Dv5 lineup, identical to the configs of the 1015tx, but one sporting an AMD processor and ATI radeon HD card.

All companies are offering a years warranty. that applies for HP also right.

anyways, i have been having this baby for over a month now and here are some catches..

1. After non stop gaming or video watching of over 2-3 hours, the left side gets hot and some portions of the games, start to lag. But this was tested in normal working conditions without an air conditioner. If the coolings better than its another story.

most of all, it plays demanding games with ease, no doubt i saw this. same for 1080p videos.

[acewin]

They charge you up for the OS also.

[nitansh]

hey friends, i am looking for a laptop in 55-60 k range. HP dv-1015tx is one of the shortlisted laptops in my budget. So, please any of its user can anyone reply to my queries-
1) How is its battery life compared to XPS 1530?
2) how is its keypad?
3) Has anyone tried dual booting XP & VISTA on it?
4) Also please mention its pros & cons...

THANKS IN ADVANCE

[acewin]

nitansh people have already mentioned whatever you have asked.
>>battery life is same as Dell normal 6-cell battery. Better 9-cell battery is little costlier this is for Dell and HP both, in Dell you can change to 9-cell. Same we suggest for HP ask them to change to 9-cell battery if you can pay the extra bucks.
>>Keypad is good
>>OS is pre-installed on the HDD (you can consider it a con if you wanna change OS, you will loose Vista, that is what I think)
>>pros is the config and cons is also the same.
P7350 proccy is coolest core 2 Duo proccy
very good GPU 9600GT M, biggest pro and biggest con as such good GPU also generates good heat. you should really read the thread for what others have said. coolmel just commented on his 1 month old HP lappy. This will happen in Dell XPS also,

[nitansh]

Originally Posted by acewin

nitansh people have already mentioned whatever you have asked.
>>battery life is same as Dell normal 6-cell battery. Better 9-cell battery is little costlier this is for Dell and HP both, in Dell you can change to 9-cell. Same we suggest for HP ask them to change to 9-cell battery if you can pay the extra bucks.
>>Keypad is good
>>OS is pre-installed on the HDD (you can consider it a con if you wanna change OS, you will loose Vista, that is what I think)
>>pros is the config and cons is also the same.
P7350 proccy is coolest core 2 Duo proccy
very good GPU 9600GT M, biggest pro and biggest con as such good GPU also generates good heat. you should really read the thread for what others have said. coolmel just commented on his 1 month old HP lappy. This will happen in Dell XPS also,

Thanx for ur reply. U have cleared my all doubts & i think i will go for it. But while reading its review in Notebookcheck.com, they said it is not good for using it in outdoors, can u please check this? Because i have to use this laptop in college, that means many times i have to use it outdoors also.
Once again thank u for ur reply.

[acewin]

well this lappy would need good cooling environments, I think that is what they meant by saying outdoors.
I am using a compaq 6510b, it does not generates much of heat. hence I use it too bad, putting it everywhere, but when heat sinks get covered with dust due to my negligence it also gets heaten up(do not have an AC in my home).

Hence I say again you will have to keep it in cooler areas for long usage per day. otherwise buying a heat sink docks for laptop would be good.

[JimmyJ]

Thats a real good buy, congrats man

Hey lucky you, got a good set of gifts, are we able to select what can be the gift? And do we have to bargain a lot?

Also any idea if there is a 12 cell option and the price. This laptops on con is its low battery. The battery doesn't look similar to the Dell XPS 1530. If I erember the dell has a 65 whr battery while HP has it in the range of 45- 50 not sure

When working in outdoor one more thing to look is the glare and how much the images can be seen on the screen. There where comments mentioning that the Infinity screen adds to a lot of reflection.

So is the screen the Infinity? Also what is the resolution of the screen

[razial]

Hi to all,


i know a few details about hp , so sharing with u all

as of the preinstalled os, hp is not providing os cds but there is a program in recovery manager in all programs that allows to write recovery cds,
if u have formated and didn't created discs, simply call to tech support of hp, they will send it to u for free (one copy only)

as op the warranty issue, it comes with default offsite one year warranty, u have to go to service center

as of loading xp , pleaseeeeee tell me someone has installed xp on this notebook,
if yes please tell me how u have installed,
i mean to say please provide the sata ahci controller driver link
i tried with no of sata drivers but not sucessful

[AshwinDR]

Hi Guys,

As most of you are asking for a brief look at this laptop, ill get some snaps of the same and share with you.

As far as the image of the webcam is concerned its very decent. I have even checked the TV tuner card for the same. Its quite good too.

Anyways would post a review of the lappy with some snaps in few days


Regards
Ashwin

[nowornever]

Hi Ashwin,

I am eagerly awaiting for your review..plz post it soon..

[Boot_Comp]

Hi,
Where can we get this laptop in Bangalore? And is there any difference in the prices depending on the shops?

[unni]

I bought it from Croma in M.G. Road on 24th August. At that time, it was available in Computer Planet in MG Road and 2-3 HP Shops in & around Madiwala (in addition to Croma). In all these shops, the price difference was about 500 Rs. (with Croma being the lowest @ 64,999). In addition to this 500 Rs. difference, 2 or 3 shops said that they will have a 1.5 - 2% service charge if you use credit card. The main reason I bought from Croma was because of the 2 year extended warranty (making total 3 years) for an extra 3800 Rs.

[Boot_Comp]

Thanks for the info.
I asked yesterday at Staples and they quoted 63,900/- for this model.

Also they told me that I can extend the warranty anytime during the first year for another 2 years. Has anyone done this or know it that is possible for HP laptops?

[panamega]

To owners of 1530 and dv51015 tx : A few benchmark numbers from some of the more demanding games today would be very helpful for the rest of us to reach a decision between the two

[hellgate]

my vendor out here is offering me a HP DV6767TX for 50k.
config:
C2D T5550 1.83GHz,2MB L2
3GB DDR2 667
250GB hdd
DVDrw
8400m GS 256MB
15.4" widescreen display and the rest as usual.
is it a gud deal?
For detailed config check here

ran FC2 at medium settings,no HDR and got bout 3+ fps.
3DMark06 score was 1882.

[desiibond]

^^ 8400M is a card meant for HTPC setup and it is not at atll recommended for gaming.

[hellgate]

^^^ yup that i know.min is a 8600m GT or 9500m GT.but all i wanna know is that is 50k a good deal 4 that lappy or sud i consider somethin else.i wanna keep it as low as possible (the price), cuz i dont hav much mponey left after pc upgrades and buying a psp.

[acewin]

no not that a good deal.
Check another model Compaq Q45-137, its better than this one, and is lesser priced now I think,

as I checked in stabples today it was priced something 46K

[hellgate]

sorry gave a wrong info in my post FC2 ran at 30+ fps and not 3+

[tusharlad]

This thread has put me too in a great confusion
I have made my mind to purchase DELL XPS 1530 again ( I had purchased it in May 08 )

I would have to think again before deciding.

Thanks a lot to all of you

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by hellgate

^^^ yup that i know.min is a 8600m GT or 9500m GT.but all i wanna know is that is 50k a good deal 4 that lappy or sud i consider somethin else.i wanna keep it as low as possible (the price), cuz i dont hav much mponey left after pc upgrades and buying a psp.

seriously, if you play lot of games, get a gaming desktop instead. For 50k, you can only get a decent laptop that will be able to play games at medium setting for maybe 6 months after that it won't be able to play much games.

But for same amount you get one hell of a desktop.

If you want good gaming laptop, you need to get something like DV5 with 9600M GT.

[hellgate]

^^^ i think i've somewat of a gaming desktop (plz read my siggy).

i know its not even mid-end gaming system but i cant afford anything more than this now.Corei7 planned in Jan.

[desiibond]

That's a damn good gaming desktop dude.

In my opinion, you should look for a touchscreen tablet.