Toshiba Satellite X205-S9359: DX10 to go, please!
by Jarred Walton on August 31, 2007 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Laptops
General Performance
As a quick overview of general application performance, we are using SYSmark 2007 and PCMark05.
The Toshiba X205 places in the top tier of tested laptops in PCMark05. Looking at the individual scores, it only takes the top result in the 2D window transparency test, but in several other areas it scores a close second or third place. In actual use, the system felt pretty snappy, and if you split your application/game installs over the two hard drives you can further improve performance. For simplicity during testing, all applications were installed to the C: drive.
Looking at SYSmark 2007 performance (we've now added the Alienware m9750), the X205 finishes second out of the tested systems, trading punches with the HP dv6500t in individual results and just edging it out in the overall score. Obviously, the faster processor and RAID 0 hard drive array helped to propel the Alienware m9750 to the top of our charts. Considering that particular configuration costs twice as much as the X205, however, we would expect it to perform well.
As a quick overview of general application performance, we are using SYSmark 2007 and PCMark05.
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The Toshiba X205 places in the top tier of tested laptops in PCMark05. Looking at the individual scores, it only takes the top result in the 2D window transparency test, but in several other areas it scores a close second or third place. In actual use, the system felt pretty snappy, and if you split your application/game installs over the two hard drives you can further improve performance. For simplicity during testing, all applications were installed to the C: drive.
Looking at SYSmark 2007 performance (we've now added the Alienware m9750), the X205 finishes second out of the tested systems, trading punches with the HP dv6500t in individual results and just edging it out in the overall score. Obviously, the faster processor and RAID 0 hard drive array helped to propel the Alienware m9750 to the top of our charts. Considering that particular configuration costs twice as much as the X205, however, we would expect it to perform well.
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mostlyprudent - Friday, August 31, 2007 - link
Will the follow up article give a little more info about the quality of the LCD display?Inkjammer - Friday, August 31, 2007 - link
I'm actually using the same Toshiba x205 laptop right now. The LCD is fairly decent, but to be honest I've seen better. I just can't seem to ever shake the feeling there's just not enough contrast - the colors seems slightly muted. They're by no means bad, but could be slightly better.The quality is good, and the blacks seem rather decent enough - HD-DVDs look fantastic. Hot Fuzz and 300 really do shine on the monitor.