Michael Smith Posted December 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM Posted December 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM Hey guys and girls, I'm looking at getting a laptop for Christmas. I found a Toshiba on Amazon for $649 can someone tell me if it can handle FSX and PMDG software? Product Features Intel Core i5-2430M Processor 2.4 GHz (3.0 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology), 3MB L3 Cache Configured with 6GB DDR3 1333MHz (max 8GB) 640GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive with TOSHIBA Hard Drive Impact Sensor (3D sensor) 14.0" diagonal widescreen TruBrite TFT display at 1366 x 768 native resolution (HD) with 16:9 Aspect Ratio and LED Backlit, Webcam and microphone built into LCD bezel Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with a 6 cell/66Wh Lithium Ion battery pack; Battery Life (measured by MobileMark 2007): 10 hours; 6 minutes Processor, Memory, and Motherboard Hardware Platform: PC Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 Number of Processors: 1 RAM: 6 GB Max RAM: 8 GB Hard Drive Size: 640 GB Manufacturer: SATA Speed: 5400 rpm Graphics and Display Graphics Card: HD Graphics Interface: Integrated LCD Native Resolution: 1336 x 768 Ports and Connectivity USB 2.0 Ports: 2 VGA Video Out Ports: 1 Cases and Expandability Size (LWH): 9.4 inches, 13.4 inches, 1.08 inches Weight: 4.19 pounds thanks michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Pedraglio Posted December 11, 2011 at 10:48 PM Posted December 11, 2011 at 10:48 PM Graphics and Display Graphics Card: HD Graphics Interface: Integrated Sorry, but no. You need a decent video card if you want to have any chance of running any Flight Simulator. Diego Pedraglio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Byrne Posted December 11, 2011 at 10:51 PM Posted December 11, 2011 at 10:51 PM Hi, The hard drive RPMs also are a bit on the low side meaning that access times for scenery etc. will be reduce and may cause lag. I'd recommend at least at 7200rpm drive. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted December 11, 2011 at 11:00 PM Posted December 11, 2011 at 11:00 PM if you are looking for a laptop specifically for gaming, thats what you need to look for, something designed for gaming. not for work, not for school, nothing like that, has to be for gaming. anything other then that and youll probably be hard pressed on performance, especially with FSX. fortunately not many stores sell laptops that are for gamers, none around me anyway, so can pretty much bet if its sold at store, its not for gaming. you'll want to buy online for that. also remember with laptops, not much you can upgrade later other then RAM, hard drive, and one or two other things usually. wont be able to change your graphics for example. so its very important you get something good the first time around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Christie Posted December 12, 2011 at 01:09 AM Posted December 12, 2011 at 01:09 AM I recommend a desktop Kirk Christie - VATPAC C3 VATPAC Undercover ATC Agent Worldflight Perth 737-800 Crew Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Wright Posted December 23, 2011 at 10:46 PM Posted December 23, 2011 at 10:46 PM Hi, Mike, I bought a Toshiba Qosmio X775-Q7272 in mid-October. It comes with an Invidia graphics card. It is certainly far better for FS9 than my previous laptop, which was a 1.4GB processor, dual core, memory increased to 4GB (a 5 year old Toshiba laptop). On the Qosmio it runs comfortably with scenery sliders in mid- to hi-range (depending on how framerate friendly the airport scenery is and how crowded the event is). I've flown my PSS panel/POSKY model merge 777s in several events with mostly very good results. No more using reduced texture versions either. With the older one I ran my scenery density slider in the middle and everything else to the far left (i.e. at zero). I was constantly having to worry about stopping other active processes (via Task Manager) with minimal improvements in FS9 performance. FS X appears to run fine on the Qosmio, but I haven't used it nearly as much and never on Vatsim. FS X would not run at all on my previous computer. This Qosmio model runs around $1250-1350. I would NOT buy it from Toshiba as their customer service has been unable correct the dates on the factory warranty despite numerous phone calls and e-mails over a two month period. It and similar models are readily available at Amazon and elsewhere. There are other Qosmio models, some with some sort of "3D" capability. I don't know whether this 3D capability would be of any use in Flight Sim. Does anybody have any experience with this? Qosmio X775-Q7272 specs: Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM Processor o 2.0 GHz (2.9 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology), 6MB L3 Cache Mobile Intel® HM65 Express Chipset NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560M with NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technology featuring 1.5GB of GDDR5 discrete graphics memory o NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology automatically switches graphics o Total Available Graphics Memory = 4095MB William Wright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Guffey 956726 Posted December 30, 2011 at 05:13 PM Posted December 30, 2011 at 05:13 PM May be a little bit late, but the best bang for the buck with laptop/performance is the Asus G series laptops. Im currently selling mine so I can get an Asus Tablet. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230099 Something like this with all of the tweaks for FSX out right now, it will run fine. It runs FS9 great. Keep in mind that is only one variation of the G series. There are many of them. Just don't buy the one from bestbuy unless you want to get ripped off. VATSIM Supervisor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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