- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How they compare
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Compare with...
- Alienware M Series M18x
- ASUS G75VW-AS71
- ASUS G75 Series G75VW-NS72
- Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display
- Dell Precision M4600
Rated 100% by by John-kaufman (Mar, 2012)Very bright very good viewing angles, best I've ever seen.
- 17.3"
- Core i7 2.3 GHz Quad core
- 12 GB DDR3-1600
- 500 GB
First seen on May, 2012
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the HP ENVY 17-3090NR compared to the ASUS G75 Series G75VW-NS71
GHz3.1
Intel Core i7 2720QM
Rated 100% by by John-kaufman (Mar, 2012)and it's a triditional size macbook clone looking laptop so it's light and portable unlike the true gaming laptops.
2.3 GHz
Intel Core i7 3610QM
screen size
17.3"
17.3"
ENVY 17-3090NR by J.-Sheldon-Cooper--Conspicuous-Consumer (May, 2012)And if you want a bright screen that Sony can produce, save your pennies for a nice 55" HDTV.
screen resolution
ENVY 17-3090NR by John (Apr, 2012)I couldn't bear to look at the screen because of the dead/stuck pixels.
cpu speed
| 0 GHz | 3.1 GHz | 4 GHz |
ENVY 17-3090NR by Still-looking...--Still-looking... (Jun, 2012)I upgraded the RAM and CPU and have been doing some HD video editing; so far, so good.
Performance Real world tests of HP ENVY 17-3090NR vs ASUS G75 Series G75VW-NS71
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the ASUS G75 Series G75VW-NS71
| Significantly faster processor | 3.1 GHz | vs | 2.3 GHz (Intel Core i7 3610QM) |
|---|---|---|---|
| More than 30% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
| More storage capacity | 750 GB | vs | 500 GB |
| 50% more storage capacity | |||
Advantages compared to the HP ENVY 17-3090NR
| More cores | Quad core (Intel Core i7 3610QM) | vs | Single core |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Significantly more RAM | 12 GB | vs | 8 GB |
| 50% more RAM; run more applications and have more browser tabs open without slowing down the system | |||
| Faster RAM | DDR3-1600 | vs | DDR3-1333 |
| More than 20% faster RAM; data is transferred to/from RAM more quickly | |||
| Significantly more USB ports | 4 | vs | 2 |
| Twice as many USB ports | |||
| Better CPU benchmark score | 61.89 | vs | 54.6 |
| More than 10% better benchmark score; the CPU performs better in various benchmark tests and will likely perform better in real-world applications | |||
| Better cinebench r10 32Bit | 17,226.2 (Intel Core i7 3610QM) | vs | 14,649.4 |
| Around 20% better cinebench r10 32Bit | |||
Reviews Word on the street
HP ENVY 17-3090NR | ASUS G75 Series G75VW-NS71 |
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Alienware M Series M18x Largest amount of storage capacity |
 | 2 | ASUS G75VW-AS71 Lots of l2 cache |
 | 7 | Apple MacBook Pro 9th Gen 2-way tie: Newest on the market |
 | 8 | ASUS G73 Series G73SW 7-way tie: Is full HD |
