Okay - Found the perfect Notebook (need help)

MasterChen · Post by **MasterChen** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 2:27 pm

Okay I found the Toshiba 2805-S201 laptop which seem's incredible to me for the price.

It features :

Celeron 650 mhz (CeleronII I presume) 100 FSB (Yes 100 mhz)

64 mb of pc100 sdram sodimm (will get another 64 later)

13.3" TFT Active Matrix LCD Display with 1024x768 Res

6.0 Gig Ultra ATA Hard Disk Drive

8X max DVD Rom Drive Built in

1.44 MB 3.5" Floppy disk Drive Built in

S3 Savage IX 8 meg 64 bit AGP 2X 3d Accelerator (Does DVD)

2 USB Ports

Yada Yada

All for $1499.99 !

Anyhow heres my questions - Is it really true the celeron 650 and above on the notebooks feature 100 mhz FSB? I confirmed it has this on 2 different sites...?

Also, I know a Geforce2 GTS would open up a can of whoopass on the Savage IX, but for a notebook, this card seems damn good considering the others were Trident CyberBlade and Ati 8 meg cards. All I remember is that the Savage was decent at lower res (perfect for laptop) and has S3TC and stuff.
Isnt it about comparable to a TNT2 Ultra? Or better? Worse?

Anyhow, I'm pleased with what I see for that price.

Thanks

Ladies Man · Post by **Ladies Man** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 3:08 pm

it's probably just a touch faster than the ati one

it's not no tnt2 that's for sure

Coco · Post by **Coco** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 3:14 pm

I think you mean a Savage 4... (IX = 9, IV = 4)

There are no GeForce2 GTS for laptop, so don't even compare it. The Savage4 will be ok for laptop, but a better laptop video card would be the ATi RageMobility, it uses the Rage128 engine and it's currently the fastest laptop video card.(The MX is not available, I only care about those that are available) The Savage4 will give you more drivers problem than ATi. The performance of the ATi Rage128 = a regular TNT2, the Savage4 should = a regular TNT.

http://www.ati.com/na/pages/showcase/mobility/

As for the Celeron, most of them over 550mhz run at 100mhz bus for laptop.

[Edited by Coco on 12-19-2000 at 03:20 PM]

Kakarot · Post by **Kakarot** » Wed Dec 20, 2000 10:43 am

No, actually he means IX(9)... as is shown in the specs of a similar or same laptop at buy.com

http://www.us.buy.com/business/product. ... geFormat=3

probably just a mobile version of the savage4.. but it is called the savage IX. I agree.. looks good for the price.

Insane Morphius · Post by **Insane Morphius** » Wed Dec 20, 2000 11:34 am

Coco, please check this out:

NVIDIA Announces GeForce2 Go—Industry's First Mobile GPU
NVIDIA Drives Graphics Franchise into Mobile Markets
COMDEX 2000 – LAS VEGAS — November 13, 2000 — In a move that redefines the mobile PC market, NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today introduced GeForce2 Go™, the industry's first graphics processing unit (GPU) designed for the mobile market. The GeForce2 Go sets a new standard for 2D, 3D, and multimedia for the enthusiast, consumer, and corporate mobile PC -- finally bridging the performance gap between desktops and notebooks.

Although not a GTS, still a standout product!

Read more here:

http://www.nvidia.com/News.nsf

Morphius

[Edited by Insane Morphius on 12-20-2000 at 11:36 AM]

Coco · Post by **Coco** » Wed Dec 20, 2000 6:38 pm

Insane Morphius: I knew about that, it's actually a modded GeForce2 MX, but it won't be available(to consumers) till early next year.

By the time it's available, ATi will have to Radeon ready to fight it. And personally I will support ATi for its quality, speed, and DVD(I also don't want Nvidia to become MS #2.)

[Edited by Coco on 12-20-2000 at 06:41 PM]