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Monitors (WXGA vs WUXGA) and Gaming question
I'm looking at notebooks with Geforce Go 7900 GS or better and was wondering which monitor is best.
WUXGA (1920 x 1200) or WXGA (1440 x 900 pixels)
I'm going to be playing games like Oblivion hopefully. Since the game would probably run better at a lower resolution, I wasn't sure if the WUXGA would be the right choice. I have good eyesight so small icons don't bother me.
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getting WUXGA will not just give you more desktop space for windows and icons, but it will also help "future proof" your notebook for 1080p Full-HD video (from Blu-ray/HD-DVD) and next-gen games.
I enjoy my WUXGA a lot! it makes things so much more simpler by having such a high resolution. And the games all run at max settings, so i would not worry about it. you probably wont even need to use AA in games because you at such a high resolution, it wont even be noticed.
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I have played quite a few games (Gothic 3, Dark Messiah, LOTRO and Tomb Raider Legend to name a few) at my laptops native resolution of 1680x1050 and they look amazing. Once you start using a higher res screen, you will never want to go back. If my Go 7700 can push these games at high/medium settings at that resolution, then the Go 7900 should be good at 1920x1200. My last laptop was a 17" @1440x900 and I look back at it and wonder how I even look at it. Higher res is the better choice. Something to think about, you can lower the resolution of games on a high res screen, but you can not raise the resolution of games on a low res screen.
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I heard that it looks worse when you run games at a lower resolution than is native for the lcd monitor. That was why I was unsure which would be best since I'm not sure how smooth Oblivion would be at 1920x1200 with a 7900 GS.
I'm not getting a laptop until Santa Rosa though so I have a while to think about it and maybe even get a better system if prices go down. I'm not planning on getting HD-DVD or blu-ray so that doesn't really come into the decision for me. Never know which will win the competition as the next media anyway so it's a waste currently IMO.
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Go for WUXGA. A high resolution screen is invaluable when you have a GPU as good as the 7900 in your notebook. Having a lower resolution somewhat "limits" the GPU.
Notebook LCD screens alter the image resolution and settings very well. You can always decrease the resolution in games if you running with high details and your lacking with frame rates. Occasionally, bluring does occur when decreasing resolution, but this is rare. My notebook does it fantastically well in CS:S, decreasing from 1600 x 1200 to 1024 x 768.
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Always the same old debate.
I recently bought my laptop and went for the WSGXA+ screen (1680x1050) and not the WUXGA.
Reason is to try to keep on playing games at native resolution: for instance I can barely play FEAR with a decent framerate at native resolution (and my laptop is equipped with 7950gtx), it wouldn't be possible with the WUXGA screen. I would have to lower the res and get all the ugly interpolation effects....
Now it's up to you. My old laptop was 17" 1440x900 and I admit that WSXGA+ /WUXGA look much better for a 17".
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i have the wuxga resolution and its great !:)
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Re: Monitors (WXGA vs WUXGA) and Gaming question
Always the same old debate.
I recently bought my laptop and went for the WSGXA+ screen (1680x1050) and not the WUXGA.
Reason is to try to keep on playing games at native resolution: for instance I can barely play FEAR with a decent framerate at native resolution (and my laptop is equipped with 7950gtx), it wouldn't be possible with the WUXGA screen. I would have to lower the res and get all the ugly interpolation effects....
Now it's up to you. My old laptop was 17" 1440x900 and I admit that WSXGA+ /WUXGA look much better for a 17".
I think you have some problems with your settings and configurations for your OS and FEAR.
I have a 7800GTX and WUXGA screen, i get 30+ fps with Max Settings in all current games. So I truly believe that you have not optimized the settings in your notebook. (and disable useless things that are wasting your resources... like System Restore, and Anti-Viruses)
For instance, you should do the Multi-Core XP hotfix to make sure that your OS is utilizing both cores, and make sure you are using the best drivers for your videocard (which is not always the stock drivers)
Do this first:
And then update your video drivers following this guide:
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WUXGA, detail is incredible, I mean seriously amazing. Don't worry about your games running at that res, it will be able to do it, trust me, I've got a WUXGA screen (1920x1200) that looks amazing on all games I've tried it on.
Oblivion is the only game so far that tests its abilitys, and even that runs very well on medium-high/high settings (plus alot of unofficial updates and user mods). And I haven't noticed a lot of fps increase when I do drop the screen resolution.
HL2 plays highest res, absolute best settings without a single hiccup. Supreme Commander gets highest res, and all settings highest without much problems until you get 500+ units on screen at once.
etc.
And especially if you're waiting for Santa Rosa (which I am too, to get my own killer laptop), brand new processors/graphic cards will make your games run even better in 1920/1200.
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Thanks for the responses. Looks like I'll go for the WUXGA screen when I decide to buy.