If I get a 17" screen, would WUXGA be best?

I just purchased a 17" e1705 from dell and ordered the model with the regular WXGA+ (1440x900). Should I have gotten the WUXGA if I plan on getting the most out of my games and dvds?

 

For games and DVD's...absolutely you should have.

 

If I cannot afford the screen, would I be able to replace the WXGA+ with WUXGA after I get the computer (and when I have more $).

 

I completely disagree. Many people can't get along with the high res. I think the proper answer is that this is a personal decision and you should have taken a look at both in person before ordering. Not that you have a Dell kiosk in your area, but if you can try to find friends or stores that have varying resolutions on display, that would help you determine what's right. For DVDs it's not going to make any difference.

 

i've seen better game support for WXGA+ then WUXGA. Also, the lower res will take less of a toll on your computer's resources so the game can spend more resources on being smoother.

DVD's are lower resolution than WXGA+, and are certainly farther in resolution than WUGXA, so they should look better.

 

I will agree...the WSXGA+ is better for gaming than the WUXGA screen. Only because for video cards, the lower the resolution the easier it is to handle. The WSXGA+ screen is awesome, that is the one I have and I get alot better FPS in games than my friends with the WUXGA...plus if you go out of native rez it will not look that good.

I would stick with the WSXGA+

 

A little offtopic but: USAFDude you always have a smiley with a tongue at the end of your reply, it is so funny

Ontopic: I even find WXGA+ better! 1440*900 is great for gaming (on a Fujitsu Siemens screen)... You can go up to 4x AA on that resolution while keeping good fps.

Charlie-Peru

 

An expensive undertaking. May not be worth it even. Just stick with your current screen.

 

stick with the lower res.. the high res screen is too much and surfing the web will give you ahead ache

 

From what I have seen, a higher resolution is GREAT for movies and DVD quality, however for gaming, most people never use those res because it offers less performance for gaming at higher res. Most people would use a setting a WXGA screen offers, up to 12xx res mostly to get the max quality and performance from it. Rarely would you see someone with a 19xx or 16xx playing a game, UI and text would be too small on most games. That or 3d performance could be more sluggish. Depends on gfx card as well.

All in all, if you can get the better screen, its always advised, since you can always turn the res down. However.. some people say it looks bad.. like if your one of those on a 1024 screen.. switch to 6xx res.. you will know it looks all blocky or so.

Im just wondering how "truelife" works against the sun? I hear might be glarey and that the truelife screens are best at night mostly?

 

HL2 looks beautiful at 1920x1200 on my wuxga 15.4" LCD

 

1920x1200 runs great with most games on my XPS m1710 (BF2, Star Wars EaW, WoW, etc.), but that's an m1710 w/ 512MB 7900GTX. If getting a slower system with a lesser video card, I might choose a lower rez (though my girlfriend and I did just order an e1705 with WUXGA, but it has the 7800 and T2500 CPU so should be OK). The scaling/text/UI in games is fine at that resolution, for me, anyway. Some games have scalable fonts and UI, like WoW.

My main issue with the display is how small icons and text are on a 17" screen. Also, Dell ships it with goofy DPI scaling, so browser and icon graphics are slightly distorted unless you reset it.

Hi Brian! /wave