Toshiba Satellite X205 Now with SLI Technology

September 25th, 2007

Toshiba today announced the addition of NVIDIA SLI technology to its Satellite X205 17-inch gaming notebook series. The dual NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video cards in SLI mode are available in the Satellite X205-SLI1 and the Satellite X205-SLI3 configurations.

“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.

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 X205-SLI starts at 9.37 pounds, and has the Flare Carmine lid texture.

These noteoboks ship with Windows Vista Ultimate operating system.

Toshiba Satellite X205-SLI1 | Toshiba Satellite X205-SLi3