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    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bassr1der, Jul 15, 2007.

  1. bassr1der

    bassr1der Notebook Guru

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    Whats so bad about it and playing video games? It's the screen I ordered, and now I'm kind of worried.

    Will it play HL2, CS:S, WoW, CS? Etc.. these are the only games I play.
     
    bassr1der, Jul 15, 2007
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  2. Iro

    Iro Notebook Consultant

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    If those are th eonly games you'll play you'll have nothing to worry about. You can easily run all of those on max resolution with highest or near-highest settings.

    Otherwise, people say it might blur a teeny bit if you play other games fullscreen on a lower resolution. This isnt a problem for me personally because I play all games in a window. =\

    Hope that helped.

    IRO
     
    Iro, Jul 15, 2007
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  3. bassr1der

    bassr1der Notebook Guru

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    Sweet, thanks for the insight, very reassuring.

    Now cant wait for it to deliver tommorow.
     
    bassr1der, Jul 15, 2007
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  4. chuck232

    chuck232 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    The only issue with a high resolution sceen and gaming is the possibility that the video card may not be able to run the games well at native resolutio - some displays have quality issues when running at non-native resolutions - the display will always be clearest at native resolution (and divisions of 2 of that native resolution I believe).
     
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  5. FGLRXandYou

    FGLRXandYou Notebook Consultant

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    Higher resolution will actually look better on games (in general), than lower resolution, as it will reduce jagged edges-- so long as the video card is capable. Be happy, yay desktop space. wish the M1330 had it available :'(
     
    FGLRXandYou, Jul 15, 2007
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