Toshiba Satellite X205 Now with Dual Graphics Cards SLI Technology
Toshiba today announced the addition of NVIDIA SLI technology to its latest Satellite X205 gaming notebook series with an HD DVD drive designed for a mobile gaming and high-definition entertainment experience. The dual NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video cards in SLI mode are available in the Satellite X205-SLI1 and the Satellite X205-SLI3 configurations.
In support of the Satellite X205-SLI launch, Toshiba plans to host a "Gears of War" tournament during this year's DigitalLife tradeshow in New York later this week. As part of Toshiba's commitment to HD DVD technology, the Satellite X205-SLI notebooks feature an HD DVD drive as part of the standard configuration. To complete the high definition experience, the Satellite X205-SLI incorporates a high-definition, 17-inch diagonal widescreen TruBrite display.
“Both models feature dual NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processing units (GPUs) with combined 512MB of dedicated video RAM and are compatible with Microsoft DirectX 10, ensuring that gamers can take full advantage of the cutting-edge graphics technology that are available within today’s ultra-realistic gaming titles,” the company’s press release says.
As if that wasn't enough, the Satellite X205-SLI3 includes a USB external HDTV tuner for playing live HDTV from an antenna, cable or satellite set-top box. All of the new Satellite X205-SLI notebooks feature an HDMI output port for connecting to an HDTV, a S/P DIF output port for 5.1 surround sound stereo and Bluetooth v.2.0+EDR technology compatible with wireless gaming controls and other accessories.
The Toshiba Satellite X205-SLI notebooks are based on the Intel “Santa Rosa” mobile platform with the Core 2 Duo processor, and feature a HD DVD drive, an HDMI output port for connecting to an HDTV, a S/P DIF output port for 5.1 surround sound stereo, and Bluetooth v.2.0+EDR technology compatible with wireless gaming controls and other accessories. These laptops have built-in Harman Kardon stereo speakers with a subwoofer.
Starting at $1,999.99, the Toshiba Satellite X205-SLI1 has the Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 processor at 2GHz, 2GB of DDR2 system memory, 240GB of storage space using two 120GB 5400rpm SATA hard drives, and a 17” glossy display with 1440-by-900 pixel native resolution.
The X205-SLI3 comes with the Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 processor at 2.2GHz, a 2GB RAM, two 160GB 5400rpm SATA HDDs for a total of 320GB of storage, a 17” glossy display with 1680×1050 native resolution, and and external USB HDTV tuner. It is priced at $2,499.99.
Along with a HDMI, S/P DIF, and Bluetooth, the Satellite X205-SLI laptops feature the Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (802.11a/g/n) module, Ethernet LAN and 56k modem connections, a built-in web camera, VGA and S-Video outputs, six USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, a 5-in-1 media card reader, a FireWire port, and a fingerprint reader.
The new Satellite X205-SLI series is currently available at http://www.toshibadirect.com/ and will soon be available at a variety of major consumer electronics and computer stores nationwide.
