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    Acer Aspire AS8940G-6865 vs Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q830 18.4" Notebook

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Brannor, Nov 5, 2009.

  1. Brannor

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    Acer Aspire AS8940G-6865 18.4" Notebook
    • 500GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
    • 18.4" Full HD Widescreen CineCrystal LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080 Resolution, 16:9 Aspect Ratio)
    • NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M with up to 2815MB of TurboCache (1024MB of Dedicated DDR3 VRAM, up to 1791MB of shared system memory)
    • 4x Blu-Ray ROM/DVD SuperMulti Double-layer Drive
    $1330

    Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q830 18.4" Notebook
    • 320GB (7200 RPM) SATA Hard Drive
    • 18.4" diagonal widescreen TruBrite TFT LCD display at 1680x945 native Resolution (HD+)
    • NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M with 1GB GDDR5 Discrete graphics memory
    • Blu-Ray Disc ROM and Labelflash SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer Drive Combo
    $1350

    These are the primary differences. Which would you choose and why, if you like playing MMOs (Aoin / Warhammer) and 3rd person adventure type things (when Diablo 3 comes)?

    -G
     
    Brannor, Nov 5, 2009
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    Rorschach Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    gddr5 for the toshiba gives it twice the gaming bandwidth. Not even a competition.
     
    Rorschach, Nov 5, 2009
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    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    the Qosmio will play games better.. although the GPU is the same , the GDDR5 Memory in the Qosimo makes the GPU better..but if you want a better screen , hard drive etc , get the acer..
     
    sean473, Nov 5, 2009
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    Thanks. Amazon.com had stock of the Toshiba this morning (finally), so I ordered that.

    -G
     
    Brannor, Nov 6, 2009
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