1440x900 15.4in screen vs 1900x1200?

thinking bout m15x, is the upgrade from a 1440x900 to a 1900x1200 worth it when gaming, can u tell a difference?

 

That's a pretty massive difference, actually. I'd be worried that it might be too much of a difference, honestly, because 1900x1200 can be eye-strain inducing even on a 17" screen.

 

If you want an idea on screen difference, read this post:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=2226120

I know the lower resolution featured is 1280x800, but its close enough to 1440x900 that you can get a very good idea of the difference between what you would see with either screen.

 

I wouldn't go with the 1900x1200, I have the 1680x1050 in my 1520 and I have to strain to read things. It gets old real fast.

 

I used to have that problem on my 1900x1200.
Just set the default font and icon size to larger. Dell's quickset utilities take care of this automatically and now I can enjoy a big screen without teeny text.

 

1440x900 seems ideal for 15" and 1900x1200 for 17"
even on 14" the 1440x900 seems to be a little to high.

 

If the 1440x900 is ideal for 15.5", the resolution with near the same dpi on 17" is the 1680x1050. The 1920 on 17" is near to the 1680 on 15".

 

Yes 1440*900 is excactly

14.763^893*99.718218-1440*1280*1900+1080(54.458^454.2-98*456.34^2)+88.67^343= something along the lines of 30% or so more pixels... too big for 15.4 imo... lol I dont really know the percent but im sure im close enough

Which m15x are you buying!? the one for $2600 or $2099? or waiting for the $1499 ?

 

that's weird because texts on 1900x1200 on 17" doesn't seem nearly as small as 1440x900 on 14"

 

You can easily adjust the dpi with windows of text, don't let that be the limiting factor.

 

IMO that res difference isn't worth it on a 15.4" screen

 

I have a 15.4" WUXGA screen, and I love it. Granted, it took a couple of days to get used to, but I'm young, and I can handle it. My parents constantly complain that the text is too small. To me, anything bigger is looks huge to me.

 

I have a e1705 now, I love it for games with a 1900x1200 and a oc'd 7900gs (480/1100) and love the screen real estate, but on my desktop it can seem small to me, but it just doesnt look as high quality to me when I use a lower res, it does strain my eyes a little. and I dont wanna be wearing glasses. As for which one I want, I hoping they post a base config so I can choose a 8800m gtx, with 1 gig of ram (aftermarket upgrade to 4 of course), if they let me... win xp (doubtful), with base hdd optical, and a around 2ghz 4mb cache processor. Im afraid a 15.4 is too small for this rez, as it hurts my eyes now a little.....but its so pretty! Ppl say they u need a big screen to see the difference between a small 720p to a large 1080p tv, but Im gonna be sitting close to this thing, so I should see the details. Im really on the fence on this option. Also waiting to see if black one will cost more when it comes out. Like black, want a rippled one without the fins.....it just looks more alien to me. If i were a designer of some sort of alien movie, I think rounded lines not fins, maybe if I was a flipper notebook, instead of an alien themed one, I plan on adding a hybrid drive eventally when they are more commercially available. One thing i wanted before I bought the e1705 was the ability to switch from integrated to dedicated, the so called stealth mode of the m15x helped sell me. Its nothing new, there was a notebook with a geforce 6600m that I also wanted integrated to dedicated switch thing but due to sheer power for the money I got my e1705. By the way e1705s are ugly to me, Ugly but powerful and cheap.

 

I'll throw in my 2 cents.

I have the computer in my sig, and I have no regrets getting the hi-res monitor, but it would be OK on a 15" computer.

Going from 800 to 900 vertical pixels makes a huge difference because for Windows, that extra 100 pixels is ALL usable area (as in, either one has the same number of pixels going to the task bar, navigation bar for internet, tool bars in Word or Excel, etc. - so adding 100 extra pixels is ALL in the usable area).

Also, for games, you could always run games at 1440x900, where is at 1920x1200, you may have to run at non-native resolutions for brutal current or future games (I HATE non-native resolutions!!!)

I think 1920x1200 is just too high for a 15", but not a 17" as others have said.

Best of luck!