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    Lpl010f

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by arghilost, Mar 31, 2008.

  1. arghilost

    arghilost Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi. so i recently purchased my Dell xps m1530 and it's working pretty well. i have the LPL010F screen which is supposedly the LG screen and it works fine at the 1680x1050 setting but everything is kinda small so i lowered it to 1440x900 but now everything seems a little fuzzy. haha this is a noob question. so is it supposed to be like that? and also...even though the specs of this laptop are all higher than my old dell inspiron in every way, it seems laggier..is it vista?

    here are the specs anyway
    T8300 Core 2 Duo Processor 2.4 Ghz 3mb cache
    3 gig ram
    256mb Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT

    yeah..too lazy to list other stuff. should i add another gig of ram?
     
    arghilost, Mar 31, 2008
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  2. daveozzz

    daveozzz Notebook Enthusiast

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    As far as the fuzziness goes.. things will look crisper at the native resolution.
     
    daveozzz, Mar 31, 2008
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  3. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    Yeah LCDs don't look good if they're not at their native res.
    Two choices here:
    - Set it back to native res and use DPI scaling to make text and icons bigger.
    - Send either the screen or the computer back and get a replacement with 1440x900 res

    You have plenty of RAM... but be sure to get SP1 for Vista if you haven't already... it makes it snappier, at least for me.
     
    swarmer, Mar 31, 2008
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