Gaming Experience at different resolutions

Hi guys can anyone explain how the visuals in games differ while using a 720p, 900p, 1080p resolution on a 16" notebook.. Thanks a lot for your help

 

Basically the higher the resolution, the better the game looks.

 

I think (personal opinion) the big hump is getting the game to perform well at 720p. The difference from there to the higher res. is noticeable but not a deal breaker for most, although there are certainly gamers who can spot and chase the better quality for good reason.
If the option is to take the higher resolution with less graphical options I usually go for that simply for the more crisp picture. All preference though. Try it out until you get something you like.

 

The textures look smoother and more detailed. The lower res the textures lose detail and become more pixelated and more jagged.

 

Be aware that the higher the resolution, the higher the DPI. That can make anything other than gaming/movies miserable, especially if you have a small screen to begin with. 1080p will also demand more of your GPU, and consequently it will last shorter than the same GPU at a lower-res.

 

I don't understand why people are always writing about it won't last as long. Where is this proof? Where is this data to backup that playing games at 1080p will cause the GPU to break?

Most gamers upgrade their GPU within 5 years anyhow, so where is this proof that a GPU will last for 5 years at 720p but won't last that long at 1080p?

 

thats bull, complete bull. The person who started this rumor should have all his PC belongings taken from him.

 

codswallop

 

Epic bullcrap.. running at 1080p is allright... are u living in antartica?

 

When I said 'last', I didn't mean the GPU will burn to a crisp after 5 years, just that you'll get more FPS at a lower-res. Surely, there's no debating that? I mean, there are tons of people who have to use lower-res to play the newest games.

 

I don't think he meant 'last' as in 'the card's life span', rather 'it can run games at max settings for longer'.
If you have a high resolution screen (1080), your GPU is less future-proof than if you had 900 or 720.

 

once you hit 30fps solid, your eye has a hard time telling the difference anyways, 60 is optimal to make sure theres no chance of lag but 30fps is smooth enough for most people not to notice lag. FPS hunting is a losers game, as long as you get smooth play.

My 2 cents though on the topic, I have the g73, most games can run full at 1080p for sure, but something like crysis that kills the gpu needs to be dropped to 900p to run smooth, Im a stickler for jaggies and artifacts, and at 900p vs 1080p on the small screen very little difference, but 1080p to 720p is were I notice a huge difference in quality. The jump in amount of pixels is alot more from 720p to 1080p then 900p to 1080p. I plug my laptop via HDMI into my big screen and 900P vs 1080P is negated, there is almost no difference, and my tv is native 1080p with 6.4 million pixels. Unless you got your nose pressed to the screen and you count the pixels you wont notice a difference at all.

As time goes on though to continue to get smooth gameplay on newer games lets say 3 years from now, you might have to drop the resolution to keep all the pretty details on, or cut some details and run it at a higher setting, this is now the preference of the player, all in the eye of the beholder, etc etc.....

 

Is it possible to get a notebook with 720p resolution and change the screen alone to 1080p by ourselves or else through any resellers?

 

It can be done, but you have to know what you're doing. Not every screen will fit a particular laptop.

 

Just to stop any more posts like these Eyes don't see in FPS and no, you don't have a hard time noticing more than 30fps. You can see more than 60, even 120 fps.

One of the main reasons you don't see much fuzz with more than 60 fps, its because the average monitor/display is only 60hz, thus you can't see more than 60fps in those displays. You are not limited to 24, 30 or 60fps.

Carry on!

 

Will xoticpc or gentechpc replace the 720p screen with the 1080p screen in the gx660?

 

They already sell a version of the GX660, with a 1080p display.

 

Ugh, 15.6" 1080p...see you in 10 years when your eyes are all bloodshot to hell.

 

I dunno, I have a 15.4" 1680x1050, and it's about perfect. Fonts scale well with Windows 7 too.

 

Considering gamers replace their hardware every 2-3 years I have to laugh when people refer to getting a laptop with lower resolution "future proofing".

 

1680 is on the edge of acceptability, I'm talking about 1920x1080, that's ridiculous.

I know Win7 can scale fonts (OSX can't, lol), but the DPI of the screen also effects the way you view the Internet. Webpages are usually 96DPI, viewing them on a 141DPI screen is just atrocious.

Personally, I think 1920x1080 is wasted on any screen smaller than 17".

 

What? You mean the 13" Vaio Z 1920x1080p doesn't appeal to you? LOL.

I agree to an extent. Although Windows 7 has great scalable font capability and looks quite good.

 

Personnally, I've been working 8h/day during two years on a 15,4 1920x1200 screen (xps 1530).

Classical 15,4 reso look atrocious to me now, but not your fault if your eyes aren't as good as mines, eh.