Help with new l502x xps 1080 or 720 for games?

2630QM i7
gt 540 m
4 gb ram
500 hd

but I am in doubt about which screen to choose, whether 720p or 1080 (for 150us)

I ask for help to make a good decision and not regret later.

The laptop I'm going to use for games, and common work

i know that run games on 1920x1080 is to dificult than run on 1440x900

what do you thinks?

thanks for helping me answer this question.

 

Everything you could possibly want to know is in this thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-xps-studio-xps/562846-tell-me-why-i-should-order-1080-a.html

 

yes i already read all that thread, i especially asked on the gaming performance area. what do u think of that?

 

Read that thread.

 

Gaming performance will be fine with the upgraded display. If it does run too slow (i.e., some new game), use a lower resolution and it will still look better than the 720p display.

Does that summarize it for you?

 

I tried a few games in 1080p on my new xps l502 system and they run just fine with high res textures.

 

Thanks for responding, now left me with a question, if I have the xps 1080 and assume that you install a game and run to resolution 720 (1440x900) will look like if I have the same version xps 720? I mean, I have 2 laps a 720 and a 1080 now I guess I put the same game on both and set up the game at the same resoolucion for example 1440x900. The question is on the 2 screens will look as good the game? Since the 720 laptop would be in 1080 native resolution and resized to 1440x900. I hope that you are understood. Thanks

 

The 720p screen is 1366x768. You can't run 1440x900 on a 1366x768 screen. Pixel width, height must be smaller than native. And the 1080p screen looks so much better, I would say it will look better at any resolution than the 720p screen. I've tried a few resolutions with both screens, and this is true in my opinion.

 

Just to be a pedant, the drivers on these systems do allow a really wide range of resolutions, including 1440x900. Even better, though, it supports 1600x900 which will use the full display.

And I completely agree. I haven't seen the Dell HD displays, but the FHD display looks fantastic even when scaling up from a lower resolution.

 

just played 1080p with codbo. SUCKS! 25 frames average in a heavily populated server. Gotta play 720p to get some decent frames and shadows off.

 

Just to distill this thread down to it's finer points, the 1080p screen can do 720p but the 720p screen cant do 1080p!