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    Which P300 should I get?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by masterofsa2b, May 21, 2008.

  1. masterofsa2b

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    I am buying a new laptop (time to replace the old), and I was looking at Toshiba's new P300 series ( http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/satellite/P300).

    I like the AMD processor of the P305D-S8818, but the video card of the P305-S8825, along with an upgrade in memory, etc, is also appealing to me.

    Should I take the worse processor for the better graphics card? Or should I take the AMD?
     
    masterofsa2b, May 21, 2008
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    stfanatic Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am getting a Toshiba Fusion Satellite P305-S8825 on Friday, I will post my review soon after.

    I am loving the idea of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 GPU, I know it is not the top dog of GPUs, but for the complete package for under $1000, I can live with it, and since it is upgradable that is a plus, and it is DX 10.1 compliant.
     
    stfanatic, May 27, 2008
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    cmanns Notebook Enthusiast

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    The Toshiba Fusion Satellite P305-S8825 sucks.

    Theres no XP support for the audio, the audio driver randomly starts eating all the cpu and I can't get Vista x64 to install to test the 2 64bit drivers they offer for the sound...
     
    cmanns, Jul 16, 2008
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