HD3200 is better hands down. In terms of gaming, watching HD movies but not in power consumption. 
You can even see the difference in color. The ATI looks more vibrant.
(I tested the same HD movies on an Intel based CQ40 and an AMD ATI based CQ40. Tested using the awesome CoreAVC codec, which makes it less taxing on the cpu.)

btw what do you mean by 'support HD playback without using the cpu'?

I don't understand. How to do that? When to press F11? By doing so no driver installer is needed?

Actually Ive successfully installed all the drivers. But it was really tiring to look for all of them. And there are several installer that can't detect hardware. Had to do it manually through device manager. Spent all night for drivers  

I don't understand. How to do that? When to press F11? By doing so no driver installer is needed?

Actually Ive successfully installed all the drivers. But it was really tiring to look for all of them. And there are several installer that can't detect hardware. Had to do it manually through device manager. Spent all night for drivers  

F11 is to initiate the system recovery process to recover back to the factory initial settings ( like what you get when you 1st open the notebook), however this is only applicable to NB with the os pre-installed by HP.

F11 is to initiate the system recovery process to recover back to the factory initial settings ( like what you get when you 1st open the notebook), however this is only applicable to NB with the os pre-installed by HP.

OS by HP? So people who formatted their lappy on their own won't be able to use that feature? Will the F11 button format other partition as well?

And one more thing, I checked the temperature of the lappy using Speedfan, and it shows that the processor is quite hot. 63-70 all time. Is it okay for laptops? Or should get a cooler already?

HDD 51C
Temp1 40C
Core 0 & 1 57C

HDD 48C
Temp1 41C
Core 0 - 1 : 68C - 70C
GPU 68C

I guess I have to look for a cooler for her la  

mainly blow at the proc 

  Yeah. Thinking to buy a table fan for her too, just to blow the laptop  

Oh, and thanks for answering me, guys. First time working with a laptop

My company just bought a CQ40-324TU for me. Is it freedos, so I installed win xp on this laptop, every driver is ok except UAA driver and sound driver, When I installed sound driver, then it is functioning. But after I reboot my laptop, sound driver missing and I need to update UAA driver 1st and new hardware found, then I install sound driver again. Anyone can help me on this problem?Thanks in advance.

High Definition Audio driver:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp41501-42000/sp41616.exe

This will create a swsetup folder in C drive ("C:\swsetup\sp41616")

Installing this driver result in an error. Forece step;

1. Click on Start and select Run. Now type devmgmt.msc and press enter.
2. Right click on "Audio device on High Definition Audio Bus" and click Update driver.
3. Select "Install from a list or specific location"
4. Click Next. Then select "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install"
5. Click Next and then select "Sound, video and game controller" from the list.
6. Click Next and then click Have Disk.
7. Click Browse C:\swsetup\sp41616\WDM folder and select the .inf file and click open and Continue, ignore if complaints "not digitally signed"

source: http://laptop-driver.blogspot.com/2009/03/...windows-xp.html

Juz wanna update you guys dat i have managed to install sound driver for XP on my cq40-103tu...
I'm fully converting my laptop back to winXP ASAP...

btw, juz wondering, does any of u suffer for SUPER SENSITIVE keyboard? my J button, i dun even need to hit it... juz lightly touch it, n it produce "jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj"... shld i be sending it back to HP?
edited: crap, I think i suffer the same thing like what Jacky96136 mentioned... uhuhuhuhh

I upgrade to Windows 7 last night with this lappy....everything seems ok except the bluetooth.....at first i can use the bluetooth but cannot explore phone( i can explore with vista before this ) after install Bluesoleil i totally cannot use the bluetooth and even after uninstall it i still cannot use the bluetooth......the driver seem have problem.........can someone help me.....are this lappy is compatible with Windows 7?

Thanks

Send back to HP service centre is a wise choice.

Luckily my CQ lappy is under On-site service warranty. Means HP engineer will come to service the lappy at my house.

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Added on March 31, 2009, 2:07 am

Future driver update will solve the problem, but not now lor...

current bluetooth driver is meant for Vista not Windows 7 yet ma.

Is there any better battery like 9 cell or 12 cell for CQ40 family? My 101TU only can stand for 1 and half hour only on battery..

i use balanced also.. sometimes powersaver.. but still around 1 and half ++.. cannot reach 2 hour..