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« on: July 16, 2008, 09:14:39 PM »
Ok well I was planning on picking up the Gateway P-173XL in a few weeks, but now Toshiba has come out with a new laptop that looks compelling. I know the Toshiba laptop has faster RAM and I am not sure about the new processor.(It has a slower clock, but a higher bus) I am not sure how the graphics cards compare or which one is the better buy. Setting the price aside which one has better performance?

Toshiba: http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/q...X305/X305-Q701

Gateway: http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668093.php

I'm basically looking for a laptop with 17" screen, at least 3GB of RAM, no video cards lesser in performance to 8800 GTS, and at no more than $2000.

Thoughts? Suggestions?
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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2008, 09:01:56 AM »
I'd go with X305, I like the price, maybe faster ram speed will help the cpu.

Plus it looks cool, front loading DVD tray, flaming red color grin

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« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2008, 09:03:38 AM »
Quote from: xshirox on July 17, 2008, 09:01:56 AM
I'd go with X305, I like the price, maybe faster ram speed will help the cpu.

Plus it looks cool, front loading DVD tray, flaming red color grin

Turns out DDR3 isn't any faster than DDR2 because of the higher timings atm. But it is indeed sexy. azn
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« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2008, 12:03:57 PM »
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220361
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« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2008, 03:51:25 PM »
Quote from: AlucardHS on July 17, 2008, 12:03:57 PM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220361

Yah I looked at that one, but the 8600m video card doesn't quite have the power I was going for.
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« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2008, 07:01:12 PM »
Personally, I'd go with the Toshiba X305. The specs look better. Plus I'm not a fan of Gateway. wink
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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2008, 07:11:57 PM »
Does anybody know how the 9700m GTS stacks up against the 8800m GTS? The 9700m GTS has less SP (48 vs. 64), but is clocked a bit faster (530MHz vs. 500MHz). I am not sure which one would equate to have the better performance though.

Also I wonder if it would be possible to add another HDD and make the Toshiba a RAID 0?
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« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2008, 03:50:48 PM »
I finally found the specs for the 9700m GTS for anyone that hasn't seen them yet.

Core: G94
Core Freq: 530MHz
Shaders: 48
Shader Freq: 1325MHz
GFlops/s: 190.8
Texture fill-rate: 24(billion/s)
Memory Interface: 256-bit
Memory Clock: 800MHz
Memory Bandwidth: 51.2GB/s
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