Siryak Posted July 17, 2008 CID Share Posted July 17, 2008 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? Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/23109-new-toshiba-x305-or-gateway-p-173xl/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
xshirox Posted July 17, 2008 CID Share Posted July 17, 2008 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 Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/23109-new-toshiba-x305-or-gateway-p-173xl/#findComment-276822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted July 17, 2008 Author CID Share Posted July 17, 2008 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 Turns out DDR3 isn't any faster than DDR2 because of the higher timings atm. But it is indeed sexy. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/23109-new-toshiba-x305-or-gateway-p-173xl/#findComment-276823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlucardHS Posted July 17, 2008 CID Share Posted July 17, 2008 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220361 Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/23109-new-toshiba-x305-or-gateway-p-173xl/#findComment-276827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted July 17, 2008 Author CID Share Posted July 17, 2008 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. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/23109-new-toshiba-x305-or-gateway-p-173xl/#findComment-276834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted July 18, 2008 CID Share Posted July 18, 2008 Personally, I'd go with the Toshiba X305. The specs look better. Plus I'm not a fan of Gateway. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/23109-new-toshiba-x305-or-gateway-p-173xl/#findComment-276842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted July 18, 2008 Author CID Share Posted July 18, 2008 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? Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/23109-new-toshiba-x305-or-gateway-p-173xl/#findComment-276845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted July 18, 2008 Author CID Share Posted July 18, 2008 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 Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/23109-new-toshiba-x305-or-gateway-p-173xl/#findComment-276911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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