Regarding 15.6" WLED: 1080p or 720p

Hi, I'm new here.

I'm putting my order in for an XPS 16 next week. Spec:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600(2.40Ghz, 1066MHz, 3MB)
4096MB 1067MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM
1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670
320GB Free Fall Sensor (7200RPM) Hard Drive
Internal DVD+/-RW (DVD & CD read and write)

However, I'm pondering the screen size. 1080p on WLED is only £10 more expensive than 720p; but I'm wondering if it's worth it. I mean, 141DPI is massive over the 97DPI on the 720p panel, but can one see such small and finer detail on a relatively small screen?

I'm only used to TFT LCD, and I know that gaming in anything but native resolution renders the image "fuzzy" as the pixels don't 'line up'. Is this also true of WLED? Obviously a 720p panel's native resolution is a lot easier on the GPU than 1080p, so it would be nice to save on processing power and run better settings with less pixels than vice versa.

However, if the 1080p panel can display less-than-native resolutions with no "fuzzyness", it makes sense to spend the 10 pounds for all those extra pixels.

Thoughts?

P.S. I can't seem to find any substantial black-and-white regarding the Windows 7 upgrade. Can anyone proved some T&Cs?

 

"However, if the 1080p panel can display less-than-native resolutions with no "fuzzyness", it makes sense to spend the 10 pounds for all those extra pixels"

It can the 720p panel is crap. Just go for the 1080p WLED or RGB LED

 

I don't think any LCD can display less-than-native resolutions without some sort of "Fuzzyness". A few years ago i bought a 17" 1900x1200 Dell e1705 and was always having to lower the resolution to be able to read through stuff and the lower resolution did not seem as clear as the native resolution. I doubt LCD tech has improved that much over 2-3 years.

 

You can raise the DPI tough. But for gaming in a non-native resolution the fuzzyness is almost not noticeable. Really, it just looks pretty good

 

the 720p WLED is very good. exactly same brightness and colours as 1080p WLED.

i would actually recommend 720p. (then you never have issues to play ex. Crysis, Bioshock, etc in Native resolution)

like most people knows, Native resolution looks best in games, there by 720p is recommended for ati HD 4670. (its very hard to play Crysis & Co in Native(1080p) with 4670 + good FPS),

 

This was my thinking, KSMB. However, I can't seem to find -really- anyone complaining about "fuzziness" while playing in non-native resolutions on the 1080p panels. I wouldn't expect it to be perfect, but perhaps negligible.

Also, the 4670 can run older DX9 games at full 1080p resolutions - HL2, Sims 2 and the like. I think I'll go for 1080p; maybe RGBLED if I can afford it.