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    Qosmio X500 pricing revealed.

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Vampyree, Oct 14, 2009.

  1. Vampyree

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    Hey everyone.

    I work at a electronics store in Australia and we have got some pricing on the x500.

    X500/00x
    i7 720 1.6ghz
    4gb ram
    1tb hard storage
    18.4 fhd screen
    gts 250 1gb

    $2699 aud

    cheers :)
     
    Vampyree, Oct 14, 2009
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  2. GamerFX

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    only 1.6 ghz.... shame it was not a 2
     
    GamerFX, Oct 14, 2009
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  3. Robertfz

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    Yes its 1.6 Ghz, but 2.8 Ghz in Turbo Boost.
     
    Robertfz, Oct 14, 2009
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  4. GamerFX

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    Wow thats is some power
     
    GamerFX, Oct 15, 2009
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  5. Sinless

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    What its Turbo Boost?
     
    Sinless, Oct 15, 2009
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  6. Robertfz

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    This is way that Intel Turbo Boost works (the way I undestand):

    You have 4 cores in the CPU, each one works at X frequency. If only 2 cores are working, and the 2 that are without load or very little, and the conditions of temperature and power conssumption are met, the 2 inactive will share their power with the ones that are working. It works in all cases, 1, 2 or 3 cores can share power. Or if the core 1 is working at 50%, the 2 at 25%, the 3 at 30% and the 4 at 5%, the Turbo Boost will distribute the power, so de 1 will receive more , the 4 will take less, and that kind of situations. The Turbo Boost technology is designed to take the maximum advantage from each core depending the situation. Intel´s vicepresident said "this processor will be the fastest quad-core, the faster dual-core and tha fastest mono-core" (lets see if its true :rolleyes: )

    For example, in this case the i7 is to 1.6Ghz and if only 2 cores are working, and the conditions are good (temp, power, etc.) the others will stop working and the ones that are active will boost, for example, reaching 2.4Ghz or something like that.

    Sorry if my redaction is not good, i am still learning english. And if my information is wrong, let me know.

    Source (in spanish :p )
    http://muycomputer.com/Actualidad/N...eovl9arMiTe60H9FMsAglH-XPrVmup5krL3L47WjezuN0
     
    Robertfz, Oct 16, 2009
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  7. Sinless

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    Thanks for the info, now i understand what's turbo boost.
    BTW, we are "paisanos" lol.
     
    Sinless, Oct 16, 2009
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  8. Amnesiac

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    Wow, thank you. This is brilliant, although the GPU isn't quite what you would be expecting from the Qosmio series.
     
    Amnesiac, Oct 17, 2009
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  9. Cobra03

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    Is the GTS 250m GDDR3 or GDDR5?
     
    Cobra03, Oct 17, 2009
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    It's GDDR5 :)
     
    Psynalizer, Oct 17, 2009
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  11. SubtleHustle

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    Sorry for a newb question, but what difference does this make? I thought one 250 card seemed a little low-end myself for the rest of the system--does the GDDR5 memory make a huge difference in performance?
     
    SubtleHustle, Oct 17, 2009
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    Just to give you an idea, GDDR5 is almost twice as fast as GDDR3.

    Wow, I thought that the GPU didn't fit. It seems I was wrong.
     
    Amnesiac, Oct 18, 2009
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    This is a HUGE laptop ,lol. It definitely would have fit.

    Interested to see what the cooling components in this baby looks like.
     
    Red_Dragon, Oct 18, 2009
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  14. SubtleHustle

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    Could you compare it's performance to a major DDR3 card then? Would this card outwork a 280 for example?
     
    SubtleHustle, Oct 18, 2009
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    -=$tR|k3r=-, Oct 18, 2009
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    Hm, awesome :D

    Goes to show Toshiba kept pricing in line. Hm, i wonder what kind of SSD that is?

    Thats one thing i always wonder, why these companies dont show you SSD Speeds.
     
    Red_Dragon, Oct 18, 2009
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    Does the -830 series have the 2 drive bays, but 1 is just not populated?
     
    Compusmurf, Oct 19, 2009
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  20. ComputerMD82

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    Correct, but as far as I know it does not come with the caddy.
     
    ComputerMD82, Oct 19, 2009
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  21. Compusmurf

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    Caddy I'm not worried about. I noticed the resolution of the higher priced one was different than the lower priced one.

    I'd rather have the lower resolution as it's hard enough to see the res I have now (even with my glasses on) plus tho the SSD drive sounds "fun", my current Tosh laptop/notebook/luggable beast has dual 500's that I installed myself. Once you have all that space, its hard to let it go even for speed. :)

    As far as memory, I'd rather wait awhile for the price to drop a bit.

    I'll wait until it's released and someone can actually look inside for confirmation before making a purchase decision. Better safe than sorry.

    I can't do a desktop where I work from, so my option is laptop and this one seems to fit the requirements. :)
     
    Compusmurf, Oct 19, 2009
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  22. SubtleHustle

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    As a gamer, isn't this a low-end GPU? It seems like such a high-end system otherwise--Full HD option, Blu-Ray, SSD, i7 processor, etc. Why would they go with a 250...or does the DDR5 memory make that big a difference?
     
    SubtleHustle, Oct 19, 2009
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  23. ComputerMD82

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    It makes a noticeable difference on the ATI 4870's, enough so that without the DDR5 it doesn't beat the GTX 280. I'm curious to see some benchmarks on it.
     
    ComputerMD82, Oct 19, 2009
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  24. freedom16

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    What I want to know why they couldn't put in 1333MHZ and also about the heat how is the heat going to be when gaming. I am going to look up the card on notebookcheck.com
     
    freedom16, Oct 20, 2009
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  25. Psynalizer

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    For performance the 1333 won't make much, even no difference. In price it would :p
     
    Psynalizer, Oct 20, 2009
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  26. v_c

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    No, 'low-end' is the wrong word. Its is slower than the GTX260M but that doesnt mean its low-end.

    I believe they would have chosen it primarily for reasons of power consumption and heat. The TDP is much less than half that of the GTX260M, and performance is probably about 80% (just a guess). We will see when the first benchmarks get posted.
     
    v_c, Oct 20, 2009
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  28. freedom16

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    One thing i wish it had was at least an RGB LED or LED for godsake it is a common thing among notebooks today.
     
    freedom16, Oct 20, 2009
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  29. freedom16

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    Will the card have Cuda, phsyx and the usually stuff that comes with nivida?
     
    freedom16, Oct 20, 2009
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    Can't argue on that :(
     
    Psynalizer, Oct 20, 2009
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    Why is it no one has been talking about this great, and awesome machine? I am going to J and R today to take a look at it! I can't wait!
     
    freedom16, Oct 24, 2009
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    Yes. The UK/Euro version has a bloody Blu-Ray rewriter (not just a reader) as standard. Those things are expensive, and I don't need one. I would much prefer to lose the BD-RE drive and get a high-quality screen instead.
     
    v_c, Oct 24, 2009
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    Lol, RGB LED? The only ones offering that are HP and Dell thats it. LED at 1920 makes sense though, but i have confidence in this screens quality
     
    Red_Dragon, Oct 24, 2009
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    If you think the X500 spec's are good for the price, have a look at the X505-Q850. Around $2100 here in Bulgaria.
     
    bazzbg, Oct 29, 2009
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    Shame it is 10.1lbs...dang that is heavy
     
    smilepak, Nov 1, 2009
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    a) For 18 inches this is not heavy at all
    b) If you think its heavy, try 17-inch Alienware ;)
    c) The power supply is only 100w and quite small and light (contrary of massive 200w 1-kg bricks of X200 & X300), so weight of laptop + power supply actually not big
    d) The laptop is very thin, especially for that size. It almost twice as thin than Alienware and significantly thinner than X200 & X300 - no "wedge-shaped" rear section anymore.
     
    Ingvarr, Nov 1, 2009
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