Toshiba X305-Q725: Quad-Core Gaming Notebook


We recently received Toshiba’s latest X305-Q725 laptop, which targets the mobile gaming sector. We have our own thoughts on what is best in this sort of market, and we know plenty of people that think this sector is a joke, to put it bluntly. However, while many people have no interest in desktop replacement notebooks, there are users that want this sort of system, and this review is targeted at that audience. Everything clear? Good, let’s continue.

This is the first laptop we’ve been able to test that ships with a quad-core CPU, and moreover it’s a Penryn-based mobile quad-core chip as opposed to one of the larger units that simply uses a desktop CPU. The processor isn’t left without a supporting cast, though, with NVIDIA’s current top-end mobile GPU, a 64G SSD backed by a 320GB HDD, 4GB RAM, and Windows Vista 64-bit Ultimate. How does the laptop perform and where are its strengths and weaknesses? That’s what we’re here to find out.

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