Ratings: 4/5
Price: $2,091
Website: www.laptopsdirect.co.uk
Toshiba Qosmio
X770
Toshiba may not be the greatest series when referring to
gaming laptops, but the latest Qosmio has specs to be proud of. With quad-core
processor, professional graphics, full HD 3D screen and built-in Blu-ray
optical disk, this large laptop is likely to challenge other PCs on features
and performances.
If the red and silver metal effect surface is not the signal,
the red keyboard backlight is a dead exposure that X770 is made for gamers. The
graphic card GeForce GTX 560M (1.5 GB) is strong enough for gaming. It reaches
excellent 54.7pfs speed in the Dirt 3 Test; and even we raise the resolution up
to 1080p, it still reaches 32 fps. With this strength in hands, you can play
most of the modern games, but you have to sacrifice the resolution or detailed
settings if you want to play in the Nvidia 3D version, because switching to 3D
will reduce the result by a half. Only a pair of glasses will be provided.
Windows performance is strong, thanks to the Intel Core
i7-2670QM (quad-core, 2.2 GHz). It can reach 3.1 GHz speed by using Turbo Boots
for a temporary speed increase, and with Hyper-Threading, it appears as 8 separated
cores in Windows. It overcomes our multi-media tests with an overall score of
79 – fairly enough for heavy tasks – and 8 GB RAM means that multi-tasking
should not be a problem.
With 1 TB storage expanded through 2 hard disks, it will
take long to use up capacity. A single disk has 4 TB flash storage as a cache,
enabling X770 to wake up from Sleep mode in 3 seconds although it takes 1
minute to get to the Windows background when starting from a full switch off.
We are strongly impressed by the 17.3-inch screen in general
– sharp full HD 1920x1080 resolution and lively colors, even through a pair of
3D glasses. Sometimes, it has problems with vibrant red, making them
oversaturated and unreal, but the image quality is wonderful generally. The
brilliant view angles regardless of limited screen tilt, and that even the
mirror layer does not have a light reflection becomes a serious problem.
The keyboard is not very impressive though. Flat and
isolated keys have reasonable movement but there are few feedbacks from each
key pressing, making us wonder it has received the signals or not. At least, it
has large-sized keypad and a touch-sensitive multi-media key range, located
among stereo speakers.
Touchpad lies right beneath the keyboard tray is disappointingly
small in terms of the frame size, although it is sensitive enough for you to
expand the background in a single movement. The plastic surface does not have
much friction, so using it is very interesting, and there is a button of
disabling it if you prefer using mouse.
If you want a laptop that can replace a desktop PC, you will
be satisfied to hear that X770 has many connections. Besides Blu-ray optical
disk, those are USB 3, 3.5–mm input and output audio jack, a multi-format card
reader and Ethernet port.
Unsurprisingly, the battery life is not definitely strength
of X770. In the light use test, it reaches 2.5-hour battery life and although
it just weighs 3.5 kg, it is not designed for travelling.
X770 is a powerful which has most of necessary things you
want in a multi-media or gaming machine, including 3D screen. However, Series 7
Gamer of Samsung is more advantageous with design quality, gaming performance
and just $31 more expensive.
Summary
Verdict: Powerful, but Qosmio X770 cannot
compete with more brilliant Series 7 Gamer of Samsung as a gaming laptop.
Laptop replacing desktop: Intel Core
i7-2670QM 2.2GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB disk, Nvidia GeForce GTX 560M graphics, BD-RE +
DVD+/-RW+/-DL, DVD+/-RW+/-DL, large angle 3D 17.3 inch screen, Windows 7 Home
Premium 64bit, 28x414x274mm, 3.4kg, 1-year RTB warrantee.
Energy consuming: 0W for stand-by, 25W for
idling, 161W for performing
