Toshiba Equium A300-16C

Chris Beard · 3 Sep 2008 at 10:45

Hello,

Just about to buy a Toshiba Equium A300-16C for my brother. Motivation is a reliable semi-portable laptop that has a reasonable graphics capibility for films and some really old games (Rome Total War to be precise). Also needs to do web and chat and enough excel for a comp sci student.

What do we think?

Chris.

iraiguana · 3 Sep 2008 at 12:16

Look at the dell outlet store depending how much you are paying for this.

I would want a core 2 for laptops over amd chips. I would expect any 8400 or 3450 graphics card should be able to run such an old game without issue.

Chris Beard · 3 Sep 2008 at 14:53

Thank you for your reply.

Spending £499.

I've gone AMD not for the chip (hardly matters for this build) but for the integrated graphics (780g chipset I think). This should play the game(s) without the cost, heat or power requirements of discrete graphics.

I'm not overly intersted in refurbished products.

Would be interested in any other feedback or alternatives.

Bengaboy · 3 Sep 2008 at 15:15

Chris Beard said:
Thank you for your reply.

Spending £499.

I've gone AMD not for the chip (hardly matters for this build) but for the integrated graphics (780g chipset I think). This should play the game(s) without the cost, heat or power requirements of discrete graphics.

I'm not overly intersted in refurbished products.

Would be interested in any other feedback or alternatives.

I work in the store your getting that from - and I dont think, although Im not too sure , that it has the 780g chipset.

iraiguana · 3 Sep 2008 at 15:22

Samsung R510 C2D 3GB 320GB DVDRW VHP

£489 from competitor website.

Better processor, not sure but I think the graphics are on par.

Good luck.

Chris Beard · 3 Sep 2008 at 15:34

Bengaboy said:
I work in the store your getting that from - and I dont think, although Im not too sure , that it has the 780g chipset.

Thank you for your reply, I went by the Toshiba website which doesn't explicitly mention the chipset but does mention:

Toshiba said:
Graphics adapter
ATI | ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 Graphics

And coupled this with:

Wikipedia Comparison of ATI graphics processing units said:
Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (780G IGP)

Chris Beard · 3 Sep 2008 at 15:35

iraiguana said:
Samsung R510 C2D 3GB 320GB DVDRW VHP

£489 from competitor website.

Better processor, not sure but I think the graphics are on par.

Good luck.

Thank you