This review is part of our ongoing roundup of the best laptops. Go there for information on competing products and how we tested them. The port selection is pretty nice, though. HP takes advantage of the extra space that a inch screen affords to provide a full-sized SD card slot—a rarity on laptops these days—and an HDMI port that can output 4K at 60 frames per second to compatible monitors or televisions.
One might only nitpick the lack of Thunderbolt 3 or a faster USB-C port, as the one on board has a maximum 10Gbps transfer speed. But unlike other Envy laptops, the Envy 17t is extremely heavy and bulky, weighing over six pounds without a charger.
On a flat surface, this design improves airflow and makes typing comfier, but on your lap the two rubber stoppers would dig into your legs. Still, the 4K display itself looks great, and perhaps because of the MX GPU inside, the Envy 17t exhibited none of the choppy animations or janky scrolling that plague some 4K laptops with integrated graphics.
Until the end of the test, the cooling system was then able to stabilize them at an average value of 1. Even though this is below the basic clock speed of 2. Since a load such as in our stress test is unlikely to occur in practice, you don't have to expect any limitations due to the temperatures being too high. The speakers of the HP Envy 17 cgng are able to produce a relatively loud volume, offering a sound spectrum that emphasizes the higher frequencies.
This makes them suited for reproducing voice content, for example, but for listening to media content or music, external speakers or headphones are recommended. According to our measurements, the maximum power consumption of the Envy 17 is 68 watts.
At an average of 9. The included power supply is rated at 65 watts, so it is slightly too small. In our test field, only the Dell XPS 17 achieved a better result, but that is also equipped with a larger battery. Due to the support of quick charging, the In our test, the HP Envy 17 cgng shows itself as a well-performing laptop that is not only able to handle extensive office tasks without any problems, but whose graphics card also makes it suitable for applications with slightly elevated demands on the graphics performance.
With this, you can comfortably perform some image and video processing tasks, and games are also playable smoothly at reduced graphics settings. The good input devices also contribute to the impression being good so far.
The basically good impression of the well-performing HP Envy 17 cgng is marred by the highly reflective display. With its The brightness would also be sufficiently high, if it weren't for the reflective display.
Not only does this make it difficult to recognize the image content outdoors, but some artificial light sources indoors can also hinder the view of the display, for example. Those who are looking for a laptop with similar equipment but a matte display will therefore perhaps be better served with the Acer Aspire 5 A With its inch display, the HP Envy 17 is well-suited for the consumption of media contents, as well as for simple games and office tasks.
Our review shows how well this works out. Windows Tiger Lake Laptop Geforce. HP Envy cg Envy cg Series. Intel Core iG7 4 x 2. Note: The manufacturer may use components from different suppliers including display panels, drives or memory sticks with similar specifications.
HP Envy 17 cgng full resolution. Left side: 1x USB-A 3. HP Envy cg. HP Envy 17 cgng - maintenance options. HP Envy 17 cgng - available 2. HP Envy 17 cgng - working memory. Input Devices - A laptop with a number pad. Keyboard The keys of the Envy 17 provide a good grip on the fingertips and clear feedback with a rather soft pressure point when typing. HP Envy 17 cgng - Input devices. HP Envy 17 cgng - ClickPad and fingerprint sensor.
HP Envy 17 cgng - Illumination. Display - Strong reflections. Subpixel grid. Screen bleeding. CalMAN - Color accuracy. CalMAN - Grayscale.
CalMAN - Saturation. Using the HP Envy 17 cgng outdoors sun from behind the laptop. Viewing angle stability. Performance - Suited for many different tasks. System Performance. The Envy 17 transcoded a 4K video to p on our HandBrake benchmark in 22 minutes and 23 seconds, which is several minutes longer than the category average.
The LG Gram 17 did worse on that test, stopping at , but the Surface Laptop 3 raced through it, finishing in On our Dirt 3 benchmark Medium, p , the Envy averaged frames per second, which flies over the fps premium laptop average.
However, the HP Envy 17 remains stuck in the past. The machine continuously surfed the web over Wi-Fi at nits of brightness for only 6 hours and 12 minutes, which is far from the hour category average.
The test shots I took came out blotchy. All of the colors in the pic were patchy RGB squares trying to figure out what they were doing. It looked gross. My face was so undetailed that it looked like I sloppily stacked pounds of makeup on my face. And with the poorly balanced contrast, my entire window looked like a white portal into another dimension Hopefully one with good laptop webcams. The HP Envy 17 is surprisingly cool under pressure. When you buy through our links, we may get a commission.
This inch general-purpose clamshell somehow manages to be both appealing and unremarkable. It's not particularly cheap, or particularly fast, or particularly light or particularly But the HP Envy 17 is a stylish everyday workhorse laptop that I like with a large, inch screen that gives it a little extra productivity oomph for remote work or school.
You end up paying extra for a discrete Nvidia GeForce MX graphics processor that you don't really need, which bumps it out of "good deal" territory, but it's certainly still a good laptop for the money. Now that I don't have to schlep a laptop between home and the office, I've become quite a fan of inch models. If you're working or remote schooling with just a single laptop screen, then opting for 17 inches can help quite a bit.
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