The new 2020 HP ENVY 13 and ENVY 15 laptops are each designed for a different purpose, but with a single mission – to help you bring your ideas to life no matter where you are.
Find out how the 2020 HP ENVY 13 and HP ENVY 15 laptops differ, and which is the best option for you!
HP ENVY 13 (2020) Laptop
Powerful and yet light and compact, the new HP ENVY 13 laptop is designed for creators on-the-go. Its long-lasting battery ensures you can work for a full day and then some, without worrying about running out of power.
And should you be on-the-road longer than expected, the HP Fast Charge feature lets you recharge 50% of its battery in just 30 minutes, so you can get right back to creating your content, after a short break!
Being light and compact, the new ENVY 13 is great for creators who need the flexibility to work wherever they are. But it does not compromise quality for mobility.
Despite weighing just 1.3 kg, the HP ENVY 13 provides the performance you need for designing and editing work, with its NVIDIA GeForce MX350 graphics and 10th Gen Intel Core processor.
When your workspace can be anywhere from your home to a busy café or a shooting location, security and privacy becomes a real concern. Thankfully, the new ENVY 13 comes with built-in security features like a physical camera shutter, and a microphone mute button, as well as a fingerprint reader.
When out and about, you can enjoy accurate, cinematic audio thanks to its dual speakers with HP Audio Boost, that have been custom-tuned by Bang & Olufsen.
On top of all that, the new ENVY 13 comes pre-installed with Microsoft Office Home & Student 2019 worth RM529 for FREE, you can get straight to creating on your new laptop.
And you never have to worry about where you create your content, thanks to its 2-year Accidental Damage Protection coverage!
HP ENVY 15 (2020) Laptop
The HP ENVY 15 is not just a larger version of the ENVY 13. It is designed to be a content creation workhorse, with serious gaming chops.
It can be equipped with the latest 10th Generation Intel Core processors and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, and up to 32 GB of DDR4 memory.
To ensure the best possible performance while designing and editing high-resolution videos, or during strenuous gaming sessions, its CPU and GPU are kept cool by HP’s custom vapour chamber cooling, with dual 12V high-performance fans and an IR thermal sensor.
They all work together to keep the CPU and GPU cool, delivering 33% more processing power during intense workloads.
Its 15.6-inch touch display also offers a better experience while working on your creative project, with greater colour accuracy thanks to its Full High Definition micro-edge display with WLED backlight, IPS technology, 100% sRGB, and anti-glare coating.
Your creative journey is also enhanced by its two built-in speakers, which are not only custom-tuned by Bang & Olufsen, but also feature HP Audio Boost for a cinematic experience.
To keep your creations under wraps until you are ready to share it with the world, the new HP ENVY 15 comes with built-in security features, such as a fingerprint reader, physical camera shutter, and a dedicated microphone mute button, which are all easily accessible from the keyboard.
Just like the smaller ENVY 13, the new ENVY 15 comes pre-installed with Microsoft Office Home & Student 2019 worth RM529 for FREE, as well as 2 years of Accidental Damage Protection coverage!
HP ENVY 13 vs HP ENVY 15 : Which Should You Choose?
The HP ENVY 13 and HP ENVY 15 are not just different in their sizes – they are actually very different laptops.
The HP ENVY 13 is most suited for those who want the ability to create content for ultra-long hours on-the-go.
The HP ENVY 15 is best for those who want a powerful GPU for intense content creation or gaming no matter where they are.
To make it easier for you, this table gives you a quick comparison of their key advantages :
Why Buy The ENVY 13?
Why Buy The ENVY 15?
Performance – Latest Intel 10th Gen processors
– Intel Iris Plus Graphics / NVIDIA GeForce MX350
– Up to 19.5 hours battery life – HP Fast Charge: Up to 50% in 30 mins
Performance – Latest Intel 10th Gen processors – Vapour Chamber Cooling with dual 12V fans
– Up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
– Up to 32 GB of DDR4 memory – Up to 16.5 hours battery life – HP Fast Charge : Up to 50% in 45 mins
Design – 13.3-inch micro-edge WLED display
– 88% screen-to-body ratio
Security – unhackable physical camera shutter
– microphone mute button on keyboard
– fingerprint reader
Security – unhackable physical camera shutter
– microphone mute button on keyboard
– fingerprint reader
– virtual private ExpressVPN (30 day trial)
Other Features – free Microsoft Office Home & Student 2019 (worth RM 529)
– 2-year accidental damage protection coverage
But no matter which HP ENVY laptop you choose, it will come with free pre-installed Microsoft Office Home & Student 2019 (worth RM 529) as well as 2 Years of Accidental Damage Protection!
Find out more about the new HP ENVY 13 and HP ENVY 15 laptops here.
HP Accidental Damage Protection (ADP)
HP Accidental Damage Protection (ADP) is designed to protect your HP ENVY laptop against any accidental damage during your use.
It will cover drops, spills, power surges, including broken parts. Even damaged or broken displays!
Here are some examples of how useful it can be to protect your investment :
You accidentally knock your HP ENVY laptop off the desk, and crack its LCD display. The ADP coverage includes a free replacement of the damaged LCD screen!
You accidentally spill your drink on the keyboard, causing the laptop to stop operating. It will be repaired for free with ADP coverage!
A power surge during a lightning storm damages the laptop. It will be repaired for free with ADP coverage!
2020 HP ENVY 13 | HP ENVY 15 : Price + Availability
The 2020 HP ENVY laptops are available with immediate effect, with these starting prices :
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super (1-Click OC) is one of the first NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER graphics cards to be introduced.
Let’s take a closer look at the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super (1-Click OC), and find out how well it performs!
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Primer
A few months after launching the RTX SUPER family of graphics cards, NVIDIA has finally unleashed the GTX SUPER series!
GeForce Product Manager Justin Walker briefed us on the GTX 1660 SUPER, as well as the GTX 1650 SUPER, in an exclusive pre-launch briefing, which we prepared for you here, including a short Q&A session :
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is basically the regular GTX 1660 with 14 Gbps GDDR6 memory, increasing its memory bandwidth from 192 GB/s to 336 GB/s.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Price + Availability
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has a launch price starting from $229 onwards, which is $10 more than the regular GTX 1650. Here is a list of online purchase options, and their prices (accurate as of 1 November 2019) :
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER cards are only be available from NVIDIA board partners as custom cards, without a Founders Edition reference design.
One of the first examples is the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super (1-Click OC), and we managed to get our grubby hands on an early sample!
The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super hews quite close to the reference specifications, with one exception.
It has a 15 MHz higher boost clock out-of-the-box, with a further 15 MHz enabled by its 1-Click OC feature. This gives it a maximum boost clock of 1815 MHz.
Here is a table comparing the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super, with the reference GTX 1660 SUPER, the GTX 1660 Ti and the regular GTX 1660.
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GALAX GTX 1660 Super : Display Ports
The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super offers three display ports. From left to right, they are :
DisplayPort 1.4
HDMI 2.0b with HDCP 2.2 support
DVI-D
Technically, this allows it to display out to a maximum of three monitors, but it might not be practical in real life.
It is, in particular, difficult to do so for three similar monitors, because they would have to support three different ports!
Incidentally, the cooling vents above the display ports are purely decorative. Not only are the heatsink fins aligned in parallel, the cooler shroud actually blocks hot air from exiting through these vents.
GALAX GTX 1660 Super : RGB Heatpipe Cooler
The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super is kept cool by an aluminium heatsink, with four copper heat pipes.
The finish of the aluminium heatsink isn’t that awesome, but at least it has heat pipes to transfer heat from the GPU to the entire heatsink.
The heatsink is kept cool by two 90 mm fans, that not only has fan stop capability, but also comes with programmable RGB lighting!
Hot air from this cooler exhausts upwards and downwards. This is a shame, because it means the hot air recirculates within the PC case, instead of exhausting out the back.
GALAX GTX 1660 Super : Thermal Output
Note that these are not the recorded temperatures, but how much hotter the exhaust air is above ambient temperature.
The GALAX GTX 1660 Super with a 125 watt TDP has roughly the same peak exhaust temperature as the GeForce RTX 2060 with a much higher 175 watt TDP.
GALAX GTX 1660 Super : Noise Level
How noisy is the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super? Check it out for yourself in this video!
Despite its rough finish, the aluminium heat pipe cooler does a great job of keeping the NVIDIA TU116 GPU cool, without the fans. In fact, the fans did not start spinning until about a minute into the Time Spy Extreme benchmark!
If you are not gaming and just doing work or watching YouTube or a movie, it will be completely silent. Even when you are running a strenuous game, the fans are quiet. That said, we did hear some rattling from the fans in our sample…
GALAX GTX 1660 Super : PCIe Power + Interface
The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super has a TDP of 125 watts, and requires an 8-pin PCIe power cable.
It uses the good old PCI Express 3.0 x16 interface, which gives it the same PCIe bandwidth as the PCI Express 4.0 x8 interface used by the competing AMD Radeon RX 5500.
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GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Benchmarking Notes
In this review, we will take a look at its gaming performance, in comparison to 7 other graphics cards :
We used 3DMark’s Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme synthetic benchmarks, which offers a great approximation of gaming performance in general.
The Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme benchmarks support DirectX 12, and the latest features like asynchronous compute, and multi-threading support.
Time Spy – 2560 x 1440
Wow! In the Time Spy test, the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER was 3% faster than the GTX 1070, and 46% faster than the GTX 1060! In fact, it was just 5.5% slower than the Vega 56.
Its overall gaming score was 3% higher than the GTX 1070, 42% higher than the GTX 1060 and just 4.7% lower than the Vega 56.
Time Spy Extreme – 3840 x 2160
At the higher 4K resolution, the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER was equal to the GTX 1070 in performance, but 47% faster than the GTX 1060. It was also 10% slower than the Vega 56.
Its overall gaming score was the same as the GTX 1070, 42% higher than the GTX 1060, and 9.2% lower than the Vega 56.
The Division 2
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 is a third-person shooter game released in March 2019.
We tested it in two resolutions using the Extreme settings :
1080p : 1920 x 1080 pixels
1440p : 2560 x 1440 pixels
1080p Gaming Resolution
At 1080p, it was 3% faster than the GTX 1070 and 43% faster than the GTX 1060. However, both Vega 56 and RTX 2060 were 20% faster.
However, it’s important to note that the GALAX GTX 1660 SUPER was able to deliver an average frame rate way above 60 fps.
1440p Gaming Resolution
At 4K, it was 5% faster than the GTX 1070 and 69% faster than the GTX 1060.
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Strange Brigade
Strange Brigade is also a third-person shooter game, released in August 2018.
We tested it in two resolutions using the Vulkan API at the Ultra High settings :
1080p : 1920 x 1080 pixels
1440p : 2560 x 1440 pixels
1080p Gaming Resolution
At 1080p, it was 6.5% faster than the GTX 1070 and 52% faster than the GTX 1060. The Vega 56 was just 14% faster.
1440p Gaming Resolution
At 4K, it actually extended its lead over the GTX 1070 to 14%, and the GTX 1060 to 58%! It was now just 11% slower than the Vega 56.
Metro Exodus
Metro Exodus is a relatively new first-person shooter game, released in February 2019.
We tested it in two resolutions using the Ultra settings :
1080p : 1920 x 1080 pixels
1440p : 2560 x 1440 pixels
1080p Gaming Resolution
It didn’t do so well in Metro Exodus. At 1080p, it was 6.5% slower than the GTX 1070, and just 29% faster than the GTX 1060.
2160p Gaming Resolution
At 4K, it was 5.5% slower than the GTX 1070, and 31% faster than the GTX 1060.
Ashes of the Singularity
Ashes of the Singularity is a 2016 game that supports multi-core processing and asynchronous compute.
We tested it in two resolutions using the DirectX 12 API at the Extreme settings :
1080p : 1920 x 1080 pixels
1440p : 2560 x 1440 pixels
1080p Gaming Resolution
It didn’t do well in AOTS, where it was 14% slower than the GTX 1070, and 35% faster than the GTX 1060 at 1080p.
1440p Gaming Resolution
It did better at 1440p, where it tied with the GTX 1070, and was 67% faster than the GTX 1060!
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GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super : Performance Summary
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is nothing more than the regular GTX 1660 with faster GDDR6 memory. This gives it the same GPU performance, but with 75% higher memory bandwidth.
This addresses a key deficit of the regular GTX 1660 cards, enough to give it a 10% to 25% boost in 1080p gaming performance according to NVIDIA.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super (1-Click OC) is a slightly-overclocked variant of the GTX 1660 SUPER, with just a 30 MHz increase in the boost clock speed.
In our tests, it did pretty well, matching or even beating the GeForce GTX 1070 in many games :
Time Spy : 3% faster at 1080p, 2.4% faster at 4K
The Division 2 : 3% faster at 1080p, 5% faster at 4K
Strange Brigade : 6.5% faster at 1080p, 14% faster at 4K
Metro Exodus : 6.5% slower at 1080p, 5.5% slower at 4K
AOTS : 14% slower at 1080p, 1.9% slower at 4K
There’s something odd with the AOTS results, so we will be retesting the cards with the newer 441.08 driver that was released just after the launch.
But generally, the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super card offers real good value for the money. For just $229, you are getting a card that’s basically equal in performance to the GeForce GTX 1070.
This is pretty impressive, because the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has a 34% higher texture fill rate and 31% higher pixel fill rate on paper. What the GTX 1070 was short on was memory bandwidth, just 256 GB/s – 24% lower than the GTX 1660 SUPER.
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super : Our Verdict
Its aluminium heatsink isn’t all that nicely-finished, but it does the job well enough, thanks to the four copper heat pipes and dual 90mm fans.
The fans only spin up when the GPU gets hot, which means it’s virtually silent until you start gaming. They are pretty quiet, but we noticed some rattling.
Now, it is factory-overclocked with a 15 MHz higher boost clock. But it’s called a 1-Click OC model because you actually need to use the 1-Click OC button in the GALAX Xtreme Tuner utility to increase the boost clock by another 15 MHz.
Interestingly, their latest Xtreme Tuner utility has not been updated to support this card, so the 1-Click OC option is greyed out. However, you can manually overclock the card… so you have to wonder – why bother with the 1-Click OC option?
A 30 MHz increase in the boost clock is nothing special. They should have just set the boost clock to 1815 MHz right out-of-the-box, and save everyone the hassle.
Our quibbles aside, the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super is a decent card. More importantly, it’s cheaper than many of its competitors.
So yes, the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super is definitely a card to consider, if you are looking for an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER card.
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super (1-Click OC) Specifications
Specifications
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Model
60SRL7DSY91S
GPU
NVIDIA TU116-300
Base Clock
1530 MHz
Boost Clock
1815 MHz
Max. Texture Rate
159.7 GT/s
Max. Pixel Rate
87.1 GP/s
Graphics Memory
6 GB GDDR6 (14 Gbps)
Memory Bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
Cooling
2 x 90 mm cooling fans
Aluminium heatsink
2 x copper heatpipes
TDP
125 watts
Power Connector
8-pin
Interface
PCI Express 3.0 x16
Display Ports
1 x DisplayPort 1.4
1 x HDMI 2.0b
1 x DVI-D
Dimensions (w/o bracket)
214 mm wide
118.65 mm tall
38.6 mm thick
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER : Where To Buy
Here is a list of online purchase options, and their prices (accurate as of 1 November 2019) :
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX SUPER graphics cards are here, and here is everything you need to know about these new SUPER edition cards!
Find out if these are the graphics cards you are looking for!
The Official NVIDIA GeForce GTX SUPER Tech Briefing
A few months after launching the RTX SUPER family of graphics cards, NVIDIA has finally unleashed the GTX SUPER series!
GeForce Product Manager Justin Walker briefed us on both cards in an exclusive pre-launch briefing, which we prepared for you here, including a short Q&A session :
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX SUPER Cards
NVIDIA announced two models, both using the same NVIDIA TU116-300 GPU, which powers the GTX 1660.
They promise to offer a significant performance boost over existing Turing-based GTX cards, with these changes :
Both GTX SUPER cards are targeted at 1080p gaming, with the GTX 1660 SUPER targeted at those who want all the bells and whistles turned on.
Here is a quick and dirty performance comparison provided by NVIDIA, showing the GTX 1660 SUPER delivering up to 50% better performance than the Pascal-based GTX 1060.
The GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER offers an even bigger boost in performance for esports gamers – up to 2X better than the GTX 1050.
NVIDIA GTX SUPER Price + Availability
Both GeForce GTX SUPER cards will only be available from NVIDIA board partners. There will be NO Founders Edition for either cards.
The 1660 SUPER has a starting price of US$229, and is available starting 29 October 2019 from NVIDIA board partners.
Here is a list of online purchase options, and their prices (accurate as of 1 November 2019) :
The 1650 SUPER, on the other hand, will only be available from 22 November 2019 onwards. Its starting price will be revealed in November.
Increased TDP For Both
The 1660 SUPER is essentially the GTX 1660 with much faster GDDR6 memory. So, it only incurs a small 5 watt increase in its TDP, from 120 watts to 125 watts.
The 1650 SUPER, on the other hand, uses a larger GPU with higher clock speeds. This increases its TDP by 33% over the GTX 1650, from 75 watts to 100 watts.
NVIDIA GTX SUPER vs AMD Radeon RX 5500
Here is a comparison of the two new cards against the recently-announced AMD Radeon RX 5500 graphics card.
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Complete Set Of NVIDIA GeForce GTX SUPER Series Slides
Here is the complete set of slides for your perusal, which Justin used in his presentation.
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is here, offering a nice boost in graphics memory performance.
Find out if this is enough to really call it a SUPER edition of the GeForce GTX 1660!
The Official NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Tech Briefing
A few months after launching the RTX SUPER family of graphics cards, NVIDIA has finally unleashed the GTX SUPER series!
GeForce Product Manager Justin Walker briefed us on the GTX 1660 SUPER, as well as the GTX 1650 SUPER, in an exclusive pre-launch briefing, which we prepared for you here, including a short Q&A session :
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is basically the regular GTX 1660 with a GDDR6 memory upgrade.
NVIDIA basically swapped out 8 Gbps GDDR5 memory for 14 Gbps GDDR6 memory, increasing its memory bandwidth from 192 GB/s to 336 GB/s.
All other performance characteristics remained unchanged – it has the same base and boost clocks, delivering the same texture and pixel fill rates.
Here is how it compares against the existing Turing-based GTX cards, and the GTX 1650 SUPER :
Specifications
GTX 1660
Ti
GTX 1660 SUPER
GTX 1660
GTX 1650 SUPER
GTX 1650
GPU
TU116-400
TU116-300
TU116-300
TU116-300
TU117-300
Transistors
6.6 billion
6.6 billion
6.6 billion
6.6 billion
4.7 billion
Fab Process
12 nm
12 nm
12 nm
12 nm
16 nm
Die Size
284 mm²
284 mm²
284 mm²
284 mm²
200 mm²
Stream Processors
1536
1408
1408
1280
896
Base Clock
1500 MHz
1530 MHz
1530 MHz
1530 MHz
1485 MHz
Boost Clock
1770 MHz
1785 MHz
1785 MHz
1725 MHz
1665 MHz
TMUs
96
88
88
80
56
Max. Texture Rate
169.9 GT/s
157.1 GT/s
157.1 GT/s
138.0 GT/s
93.2 GT/s
ROPs
48
48
48
32
32
Max. Pixel Rate
85.0 GP/s
85.7 GP/s
85.7 GP/s
55.2 GP/s
53.3 GP/s
Memory Size
6 GB
6 GB
6 GB
4 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
GDDR5
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Speed
12 Gbps
14 Gbps
8 Gbps
12 Gbps
8 Gbps
Bus Width
192-bit
192-bit
192-bit
128-bit
128-bit
Memory Bandwidth
288.1 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
192.1 GB/s
192.1 GB/s
128.1 GB/s
TDP
120 watts
125 watts
120 watts
100 watts
75 watts
Launch Price
$279
$229
$219
NA
$149
With its higher memory bandwidth and slightly higher price point, we believe the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER will directly replace the regular GeForce GTX 1660.
The GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER targeted at 1080p gamers who want all the bells and whistles turned on.
Here is a quick and dirty performance comparison provided by NVIDIA, showing the GTX 1660 SUPER delivering up to 50% better performance than the Pascal-based GTX 1060.
NVIDIA GTX 1660 SUPER Price + Availability
The GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has a starting price of US$229, and is available starting 29 October 2019 from NVIDIA board partners.
Like the GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER, it will only be available from NVIDIA board partners. There will be NO Founders Edition for either cards.
Here is a list of online purchase options, and their prices (accurate as of 1 November 2019) :
As mentioned earlier, the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is basically just the regular GeForce GTX 1660 with GDDR6 memory. So, it only incurs a small 5 watt increase in its TDP, from 120 watts to 125 watts.
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