Toshiba Announces New Qosmio X500 Series Laptops Featuring NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M GPU
Toshiba today announced its award-winning Qosmio® X500 Series laptops is getting a graphics performance boost from the new NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 460M graphics processor with 1.5GB of discrete graphics memory. The high-performance Qosmio X500 Series laptops deliver elite mobile performance and high-end features for demanding tasks—games, media creation and HD entertainment—for an affordable price, starting at $1,299.99 MSRP.
Toshiba Qosmio X500
“The Qosmio brand is about bringing the extreme performance gamers and HD content creators crave without the extreme price,
” said Carl Pinto, vice president of product development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division. "With the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M GPU, consumers can now take advantage of a sophisticated graphics engine optimized for the newest and most demanding DirectX 11 games. The Qosmio X500 delivers an enthusiast-class package equipped with everything needed to fully enjoy and create high-definition content."
The high-performance Qosmio X500 Series laptops deliver elite mobile performance and high-end features for demanding tasks—games, media creation and HD entertainment—for an affordable price, starting at $1,299.99 MSRP.
Qosmio X500 Series laptops feature Intel® Core™ i5 and Core i7 processor options with Turbo Boost technology. A stunning 18.4-inch diagonal HD TruBrite® widescreen display delivers plenty of screen real-estate for multi-tasking and multimedia enjoyment, while the premium sound system of harman/kardon® speakers and Dolby Home Theater® audio technology delivers rich 5.1 surround sound.
Additional features include LED backlit keyboard and Blu-ray Disc™ player options, speedy dual-configuration 7200RPM HDD and solid state drive options, DDR3 memory configurations expandable up to 8GB, plus a host of ports, including three USB 2.0 ports, one eSATA/USB Combo port with Sleep and Charge, ExpressCard, IEEE 1394 and a 5-in-1 media card reader.
Pricing and Availability
The Qosmio X500 Series starts at $1,299.99 MSRP and will be available on Sept. 26, 2010 at Amazon.com and direct from Toshiba at ToshibaDirect.com.
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