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    Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q893 User Review

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by ChiroVette, Oct 17, 2010.

  1. Audi4ever

    Audi4ever Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks for your help guys

    Think i would go for a wired 360 controll
     
    Audi4ever, Feb 12, 2011
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  2. very_hardcore

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    i was so fedup waiting for sandy bridge, i bought older toshiba with i7 740 with geforce gtx 460. i m quite happy with my decision though
     
    very_hardcore, Feb 13, 2011
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  3. Alchemist

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    Thats where I am. I was all set to buy on the DAY that sandy bridge got recalled. Now there is next to nothing available in the powernotebook category. Thinking of picking up a 505-896 or 898, just sick of waiting on SB.
     
    Alchemist, Feb 14, 2011
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  4. very_hardcore

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    well i bought it because one that came out with sandy bridge in uk initially was very expensive, around £2000 and i had to wait for good 6 months for the price to go down. i bought my current machine for £1200. i m quite happy with the build quality and look of my machine, one slight problem though. it does freezes sometime while i m on internet. any idea guys, do i have to update anything or get rid of toshiba junk....?
     
    very_hardcore, Feb 15, 2011
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    alexUW, Feb 18, 2011
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    IF your using internet explorer try updating to the latest build. I updated to IE 9 beta. That seemingly fix my freezing issue. Or, use fire fox.
     
    Scanner, Feb 19, 2011
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  7. very_hardcore

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    hey scanner, thanks for ur advice. that thing never happens when i play video games. only happen every day nearly when i watch movie, listen to music or surfing online and its getting quite annoying. laptop runs all smooth when i play video games. how can i update to internet explorer 9. thanks for ur advice.
     
    very_hardcore, Feb 28, 2011
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  8. Farcus

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    Just curious, has anyone on this board was able to install a successful new video driver that wasn't included in the default driver which is 259.12? I done it before but I could never get any stable ones so I was wondering if you guys had tried any? Reason is because BF3 is coming out and the new driver gives +30% performance... you get my drift i hope.
     
    Farcus, Oct 2, 2011
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  9. alexUW

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    You could try the Toshiba drivers under the "All Products" page.
    They have the nvidia 268.XX drivers there.
    Model Content Page
    Hit the downloads tab and select: windows 7 and display.


    Could also try the beta drivers provided by nvidia verde.
    Notebook Drivers


    Let us know how it goes.
     
    alexUW, Oct 3, 2011
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  10. the_mighty_toast

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    Anybody still check this thread? :p

    Hey, just wondering...I thought at one point I read that this laptop could do dual video cards. Am I lying to myself, or are there in fact two slots?
     
    the_mighty_toast, Nov 9, 2011
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  11. a4500435

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    No, and there are very few laptops that can do dual GPUs. I think the old X305 had SLI, but that's probably not as powerful as today's 460-560M. In general, a single GPU presents less problems with drivers and performance.
     
    a4500435, Nov 11, 2011
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