Surely there will be a problem happened like this: open a series of utilities, including a graphics program, a series of toolboxes occupying the entire screen, and preventing a clear view. This problem can be solved either with an external monitor or an HP Compaq nw9440 which has a powerful graphics and a screen 17''high resolution and anti-glare.

Homes

Not long ago we reviewed 's HP nc8430 . The HP nw9440 can be considered the elder brother dell'HP8430. Like him very much, but it is definitely superior in size and as performance.

The design is simple and elegant. The dark gray area of track-pad is a characteristic of design. For the rest, black and gray are the dominant colors. Not exactly. The power button is silver and its form, together with that of green light are slightly curved.

The bill is good. The materials used are of high quality, for example, magnesium parts (screen and base unit) and special coverage of the pointing device. The surface gives a good feeling and reduces the 'high price of notebooks.

However, the rigidity of the central unit is similar to that of the 15''version, not fully satisfactory, but considering that the laptop is a 17''with a reduced size, the nw9440 can be considered acceptable. Crunches found very few.

The screen is protected by a large amount of magnesium. However, because of its size, the display may have some weakness in the middle. But not reveal any deformation, so it is regarded as sufficiently protected.

The hinges are good for their work. One could only detect a slight play. Both hinges hang precisely keeping the screen firmly closed. Looking closely at the top of the Central Unit, will see the plastic strips at the front of the keyboard. These should provide additional protection against any shocks on the screen closed.

The interfaces are almost all sides of the case, since the extended battery occupies almost the entire back. While the right side is almost identical to the portable 15'', the doors of the left side were unfortunately moved to the front, while the cooling fan has been moved back. The four USB ports are all moved to the front on both sides.

Front: Cardreader, speakers

Left side: fan, power, VGA-Out, S-Video Out, 2xUSB 2.0, Firewire, PCCard, SD Reader

Front Rear: Kensington Lock, Battery, Snorkel, Modem

Right Side: Audio Ports, DVD drive, LAN

Input Devices

The HP Compaq nw9440 has, like all mobile professionals, a clear headboard and comfortable with large keys and a separate numeric keypad. Accordingly, it is also great for CAD applications that have a number of shortcuts.

As already mentioned, the keys are large, and enter key extends over two lines was necessary, as a space bar long enough. Slightly smaller, but acceptable, are the function keys and directional ones. These are just moved and this facilitates their use.

Typing is characterized by a pressure point clear and precise. In our view the return of the key could be softer, but it is a personal matter. In the area of the keypad you can see a slight decrease of the keyboard.

The Compaq nw9440 also a combination touch pad / track point instead of the mouse. The touch pad as the track point we were convinced. The buttons for both, in particular, are very user-friendly, because of comfort during pressure and comfortable positioning. However, the plastic top of the track point could be made more ergonomic.

On top of the headboard are several quick texts, for example, volume control and a button to launch the Windows calculator!

Instead of the middle mouse button, the laptop has a fingerprint reader.

Touch Pad

Keyboard

Screen

Color Diagram

The HP Compaq nw9440 has a WUXGA widescreen 16:10 format with a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 pixels. This ensures a wide field of view and a great desktop. However, the high screen resolution of 133 DPI makes the fonts very small. Finally, the anti-glare screen allows the eyes less tired.

The maximum brightness detected was 138.4cd / m - a fairly moderate. Due to a drop in brightness in the extreme left, the 'lighting is below average, at 74.0%. Furthermore, the screen has an option to automatically adjust in relation to the brightness of the surrounding environment. We have disabled during our tests.

The color scheme of the screen indicates a clear, but typical deviation curve of the blue. Therefore the colors are warmer.
102.4
CD / m² 137.5
CD / m² 123.7
CD / m²
105.3
CD / m² 138.4
CD / m² 122.4
CD / m²
110.5
CD / m² 121.4
CD / m² 117.5
CD / m²

Informations
Maximum:
138.4 cd / m²
Average:
119.9 cd / m²
Black:
0.3 cd / m²
Contrast:
461:1

Brightness

The screen reaches a remarkable achievement for what concerns the contrast. An extremely low black value 0.3cd / m² involves a maximum v alue of contrast up to 461:1.
The screen reaches the sixth grade in the test Pixperan readability, this shows a reaction medium.

Outdoor work

The matte surface of the screen prevents the presence of annoying reflections, when the laptop is used outdoors. However, the screen brightness is too low, because the contents are a bit 'too dark. However, it should be possible to work outdoors.

The best possible points are different. However, vertically, the screen becomes too dark or light outside of appropriate work area. This reduces the readability of moving from work on account of reduction of contrast. Horizontally, the stability is excellent.

Performance

The model reviewed the Compaq nw9440 (EY314EA) has a CPU Dual Core T2600 2.16 GHz, which provides plenty of power. In addition to model T2700 Dual Core is also a Core 2 Duo T7400 CPU model.

Whereas the tested model is the most powerful, performance is really impressive. The Compaq nw9440 reaches 5,196 points in PCMark05 benchmarks and stands at the top of the standings NBC. HP overcomes the Alienware S-4 m5550 Core 2 Duo T7600 CPU.

The same is true in relation to the 3D benchmarks. With 7512 points in 3DMark05 benchmark this professional portable than the Dell Inspiron and even the Dell XPS. Only the Alienware Aurora m9700 with two GeForce 7900GS SLI fully oriented gaming can do better.

If you love playing the latest 3D games, animations and renderings, sit well. HP Compaq nw9440 can compete with all the latest portable gaming.

In addition a fast hard drive 80 GB 7200 rpm, with excellent transfer times and access is good for his work.

More information about the Core Duo CPU can be found here.

Benchmark Comparison 3DMark

Benchmark Comparison PCMark

More information about the video card can be found in our comparison of graphics cards . Detailed information about the processors can be found here .
3D Mark01
26279 points
3D Mark03
15,916 Points

3D Mark05
7212 points
3D Mark06
4074 points

3DMark06 SM2.0 Score: 1622 points, HDR/SM3.0 Score: 1597 points, CPU Score: 1755 points
3DMark06 in comparison
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PCMark04
6331 points
PCMark05
5196 points

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Quake 3 Arena

The average results of the timedemo demo1 Were 380.7 frames per second (fps)

Doom 3
The timedemo demo1 resulted on the average (with the settings)
Low: 114.5 fps
Medium: 113.6 fps
High: 113.9 fps
Ultra: 109.3 fps

2xAA: 101.7 fps, 4xAA: 86.3 fps, 8xAA: 39.8 fps, 16xAA: 23.4 fps

FEAR
Benchmarking results of the high end 3D shooter FEAR:
CPU min. / GPU min. - On average: 259 fps
CPU med. / GPU med. - On average: 143 fps
CPU max. / GPU max. - On average: 63 fps

HD Tune:
Hitachi Travelstar HTS721080G9SA00 Benchmark
Transfer Rate Minimum: 2.2 MB / sec
Transfer Rate Maximum: 44.2 MB / sec
Transfer Rate Average: 32.8 MB / sec
Access Time: 15.3 ms
Burst Rate: 69.3 MB / sec
CPU Usage: 4.9%

Further tests:

Cinebench 2003
Rendering (Single): 316 CB
Rendering (Multiple): 587 CB
Shading (CINEMA 4D): 363 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Software Lighting): 1317 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Hardware Lighting): 3189 CB-GFX

Emissions

Noisiness

Noisiness

There are several powerful notebook on the market, but is unlikely to succeed in combining high performance and reduced emissions. The HP Compaq nw9440 is one of them. In the absence of activity (no load) is really hard to hear noises, because of the level of just 34.1dB. Therefore, it can be safely used in quiet places. Even when performance is up to the Compaq nw9440 with just 39.5dB is truly amazing.

Noisiness Idle 34.1 / 34.1 / 37.4 dB
HDD 37.4 dB
DVD 36.4 dB
Load 39.5 / 39.5 dB

30 dB
Silent 40 dB
audibles 50 dB
Loud
Key: min: , Med: , Max:

Temperature

The surface temperature at the top is good. Although there are obvious peaks, not found any problems. At the center of the bottom we found a maximum temperature of 44.9 º C. Whereas it is a portable high-performance, this value is considered good.

Temperatures on the top

Ball of hand max.: 29.2 Celsius

Top max.: 35.7 Celsius

Average: 32.3 Celsius

Hotspot:

Temperatures on the bottom

Bottom max.: 44.9 Celsius

Average: 38.0 Celsius

Hotspot:

Room Temperature: 22.5 Celsius

Speakers

Both speakers are on the front end and transmit a spacious sound to you. During our test the sound seemed a bit 'too weak, but still manages to convince us thanks to the bass.

Battery

The battery life is not a particularly important feature for a laptop to replace a desktop. However the HP Compaq nw9440, with a minimum of one hour and a half and a maximum of 3 ½ hours, is commendable.

Consumption

No load and brightness to a minimum, and no WLAN: 37.0 Watt
+ Maximum brightness: 43.5 Watt
+ WLAN: 43.5 Watt
Under full load (+ WLAN and maximum brightness): 90.3 watts maximum

Battery

Idle (without WLAN, min brightness) 3h 35min
DVD 1hr 54min
Under load (max brightness) 1hr 30min

Overall assessment

HP Compaq nw9440

The 'HP Compaq nw9440 has delighted our editorial staff. We could compare it to a Mercedes S class, which looks elegant and quiet at first glance. But just press the accelerator ...

The bill is good and the materials used, first quality. E 'can only improve the robustness. The location of the interface is awkward considering that the laptop would replace a desktop. If we consider that the laptop is used mostly on a desk with devices constantly connected, the back doors would be more comfortable.

Only a few minor weaknesses in input devices. The headboard is well structured, there is a numeric keypad and the touch pad is easy to use.

The screen should be the main reason to buy this laptop. With a antiglare screen and high resolution is ideal for the daily work of architects and construction engineers. Are nevertheless possible small improvements in brightness and illumination.

The performance for this laptop play. Especially the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M getting good results. Particularly suitable for 3D CAD applications, performs well even with all the latest games.

It 'hard to believe, but the HP Compaq nw9440 combines high performance and low emissions. Especially the noise has convinced us.

Considering that this is a laptop to replace a desktop, the 'battery life is fair. With an option for the optimization of consumption should be possible to work several hours without power.

Overall, the HP Compaq nw9440 has reached 89% in our evaluation and falls along with the Dell Inspiron 9400 and the Macbook Pro 17''at the top of the first five laptops.