HP quietly brings ‘IVY Bridge’ powered Pavilion notebooks

Intel’s next generation IVY Bridge chipset has been long rumored to be delayed, but it looks like these rumors of delays have been exaggerated, as HP yesterday released it’s latest line of Pavilion notebooks — the dv6, dv7, and the dv4 all with the new IVY bridge processors and also the g4, which uses the older Sandy Bridge chipset.

The dv6 and the dv4 will both rock the latest Intel i7-3610QM processors clocked at 2.3GHz, while the dv7 will boast of a higher clock speed of 2.6GHz. The dv6 and dv4 will have 15.6-inch and 14-inch displays with resolutions of 1366×768 pixels, while the dv7 will feature a larger 17.3-inch display with a resolution of 1920×1280 pixels. Graphically, the Pavilion line will be very strong with the dv4 and dv6 pumping Nvidia GeForce GT630M graphics, while the dv7 have the higher end GT650M GPU. Apart from this, HP has packed in the Beat’s Audio technology, which supposedly enhances the sound quality through hardware and software optimizations.

Price wise, the new HP Pavilion line is expected to start at $940, and is expected to hit the US in April, however there is no word on the India release. Personally, the HP Pavilion series is a traditional desktop replacement laptop, so one can expect a thick and bulky design language (Which is apparent from the images and video) and not so good battery life. If these are two things that worry a user, then I would advise waiting for the newer HP UltraBooks that will utilize Intel’s IVY Bridge chipset. In the meanwhile hit the break and check out the videos.

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