Toshiba X205-sli or HP DV51054tx

fadz · 20th November 2008, 3:47 PM

As title reads,need some opinions here,im about to go out and buy either one,they both go between $1300-$1500 or so,il be using either one for mid level gaming and movie watching,the toshiba comes with 8600gt M SLI and the HP comes with a 9600gt M,Sli would be better in this case,wouldnt it?
cheers for any info

SLATYE · 20th November 2008, 4:22 PM

The 8600M GPUs have serious reliability issues, and SLI means you've got twice as many GPUs to have problems with. I'd go for the HP one, even if it is slower.

fadz · 20th November 2008, 5:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SLATYE

The 8600M GPUs have serious reliability issues, and SLI means you've got twice as many GPUs to have problems with. I'd go for the HP one, even if it is slower.

been getting alot of feedback regarding the HP,alot of people are recommending it over the toshiba on many other forums,only issue now is finding a retailer that has them in stock,i believe MSY is out of stock on that model,can anyone confirm that,seeing they never answer there phones lol....
cheers.

fadz · 20th November 2008, 8:36 PM

will the HP Laptop be able to handle these specs,there from the game Fifa manager 09,im assuming the requirements below are for desktop users

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System Requirements
- Pentium 4 2.6 GHz or equivalent (2.8 GHz in Windows Vista™)
- 1 GB of RAM (2 GB in Windows Vista™)
- DirectX® 9.0c Compatible 3D accelerated 128 MB video card or equivalent (must support Shader Model 2.0 or greater – see supported chipsets in section 12)
- DirectX® 9.0c Compatible Sound Card
- MS compatible mouse
- Keyboard
- Please note that 16 bit colour is not supported

20th November 2008, 3:47 PM	#1
fadz Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 556	Toshiba X205-sli or HP DV51054tx As title reads,need some opinions here,im about to go out and buy either one,they both go between $1300-$1500 or so,il be using either one for mid level gaming and movie watching,the toshiba comes with 8600gt M SLI and the HP comes with a 9600gt M,Sli would be better in this case,wouldnt it? cheers for any info __________________ Current PC's: HP DV7 NOTEBOOK DESKTOP WC:CPU:Q9450 Overclocked to 3.8ghz,GPU:9800GX2SLI,RAM: DDR3 PATRIOT 1333mhz,TOWER:Thermaltake mozart painted and modded,PSU:Thermaltake 1200watt,HDD's:2x150gb raptors OCAU Extreme Cooling Club H2O Member Succesful trades with: iinsom, body_pump, D3LTR33, TheReverend! , M4g3X0r, TRAG!C, zhenkai, Alias, wolfmanoz, {icebox425} , stablez, travrobbo, statts, mAple, primesuspect Last edited by fadz; 20th November 2008 at 3:51 PM.*

20th November 2008, 4:22 PM	#2
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 21,040	The 8600M GPUs have serious reliability issues, and SLI means you've got twice as many GPUs to have problems with. I'd go for the HP one, even if it is slower. __________________ Main system: Pentium-D 805 \| 1GB (2x 512MB) PQI DDR400 \| Gigabyte 8I865GMK-775 \| Xtreama Radeon 9800Pro with Zalman ZM-80HP-D \| 320GB WD SATA HDD \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 500w Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600

20th November 2008, 8:36 PM	#4
fadz Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 556	will the HP Laptop be able to handle these specs,there from the game Fifa manager 09,im assuming the requirements below are for desktop users: System Requirements - Pentium 4 2.6 GHz or equivalent (2.8 GHz in Windows Vista™) - 1 GB of RAM (2 GB in Windows Vista™) - DirectX® 9.0c Compatible 3D accelerated 128 MB video card or equivalent (must support Shader Model 2.0 or greater – see supported chipsets in section 12) - DirectX® 9.0c Compatible Sound Card - MS compatible mouse - Keyboard - Please note that 16 bit colour is not supported __________________ Current PC's: HP DV7 NOTEBOOK DESKTOP WC:CPU:Q9450 Overclocked to 3.8ghz,GPU:9800GX2SLI,RAM: DDR3 PATRIOT 1333mhz,TOWER:Thermaltake mozart painted and modded,PSU:Thermaltake 1200watt,HDD's:2x150gb raptors OCAU Extreme Cooling Club H2O Member Succesful trades with: iinsom, body_pump, D3LTR33, TheReverend*! , M4g3X0r, TRAG!C, zhenkai, Alias, wolfmanoz, {icebox425} , stablez, travrobbo, statts, mAple, primesuspect