| Toshiba has recently empowered its flagship Qosmio | | | | desktop cousins and if you want ultimate gaming |
| series with two new gaming laptops: the Qosmio | | | | performance go with a PC rather than a laptop. |
| X305-Q706 and the Qosmio X305-Q708. These | | | | While there's a lot of truth to that argument, gaming |
| gaming laptops will incorporate Three GPUs in one | | | | laptops are catching up in performance and in price. |
| system with the integrated GeForce 9400M and two | | | | Gaming laptops are using the latest technologies to |
| Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS cards through SLI | | | | improve performance, especially through SLI and |
| (scalable link interface). | | | | Hybrid SLI where two or more GPUs are connected |
| Nvidia is naming this triple-card solution as "Hybrid SLI" | | | | to give you a better gaming experience. Call it "Hybrid |
| and it basically offers laptop owners the option of | | | | SLI" or whatever you want, but there's no denying |
| discrete graphics with two connected Nvidia GeForce | | | | laptop performance has greatly improved over the |
| 9800M GTS cards for powerful gaming and then | | | | last few years. |
| integrated graphics with the GeForce 9400M for | | | | Still most high end big brand names, like Alienware, |
| lower-power usage like Windows operations. | | | | charge big prices for all that raw power and style, |
| Toshiba is offering the Qosmio X305 in two versions: | | | | especially on their fully loaded machines. However, for |
| the lower priced $1,999 Qosmio X305-Q706, | | | | the prudent consumer there are cheaper gaming |
| powered by a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 | | | | laptops that will not break your banking account. |
| processor and 4GB of DDR3 RAM. It has a 320GB, | | | | Some of these, like the Gateway P-7811FX do offer |
| 7,200rpm hard drive and the already mentioned | | | | good value for your money. |
| GeForce 9400M and the two 512MB Nvidia GeForce | | | | Likewise, for those who want a mobile gaming |
| 9800M GTS cards. | | | | machine and is not worried about the dismal battery |
| For those with huge pockets, Toshiba is offering a | | | | life, can look towards the Qosmio X305 gaming |
| higher-end version, the Qosmio X305-Q708 at around | | | | laptop series from Toshiba for a solution. It should |
| $4,199 with a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 | | | | give you the best of both world in the same laptop: |
| quad-core processor and 4GB of DDR3 RAM. It has | | | | maximum performance and quiet operation. In a |
| two hard drives: 128GB solid-state drive and a 320GB, | | | | recent press release, Carl Pinto, vice president of |
| 7,200rpm hard drive. And of course, it will feature the | | | | product development for Toshiba, stated: |
| three GPUs. | | | | "We wanted to deliver an extreme-performance |
| Both these Qosmio X305 gaming models will have the | | | | gaming machine that gives gamers a complete, |
| red-flame design and both will have the 17-inch | | | | non-compromising system in a laptop form factor... |
| Diagonal Widescreen TruBrite® Display at | | | | the combination of the NVIDIA GPUs and chipset |
| 1440x900 native resolution. Plus, stereo sound with 4 | | | | allowed us to achieve a high level of performance, |
| Harman Kardon speakers with subwoofer. | | | | quality and flexibility that our customers are asking |
| If you can get over the fact that gaming laptops are | | | | for, at a competitive starting price of $1,999." |
| often considered a total waste of money because | | | | Only the marketplace will decide whether these new |
| you can get much better performance for a far | | | | laptops sporting three GPUs will fulfill that promise and |
| cheaper price in a gaming Desktop PC; Toshiba may | | | | usher in a whole new era in gaming laptops. At least |
| be pointing us in the right direction. Still, many gamers | | | | now all the cards are on the table or should we say |
| argue that even 3 mobile chips are not equal to their | | | | in the machine. |