Gaming on Notebooks - What Resolution

Hi, im interested in this notebook by rizeon:

http://www.rizeon.com/configurator_fl90e.php

However i notice the screen resolution is relatively low at 1200 x 800 - is this an issue for gaming or general use?

My thoughts are that a lower native resolution helps the gpu and one can always enable AA to smooth out the image.

 

For gaming, that's probably alright. Having to scale down from native resolution negatively affects the picture quality, so ... other than that, I mean I have a 15" monitor that I use as my main display right now running at 800x600... You'll be able to play most games on high settings with that 8600M GT presently and in the near future at native resolution, so it would be a good choice for a gaming machine.

 

This is a standard res for a 15inch notebook. It works well for me so I would say you would be ok.

 

I wouldn't necessarily say that's a standard resolution, there are many 15.4" screens out there with WSXGA+. I wonder why there's such a big gap between WXGA and WSXGA+ in the 15.4" size. I hardly see any WXGA+ resolutions other than the F3Sv-A1, for example.

 

i just read the notebook screen guide - cant remember the guy that wrote it but it seems to suggest a lower resolution is better.

i guess its better to have a native resolution lower rather than higher - you can always use AA to sharpen up a picture, but being forced to run new games at a high resolution isnt going to please the GPU at all.

Another question - on 1200 x 800, how many standard size icons can fit on the desktop vertically?

 

I've already ordered that notebook...Should be getting it next week.
1280x800 is definitely fine for gaming.

 

http://www.rizeon.com/rizeon_fl90.php Thsi one has a 1440 x 900 screen.

 

benselby2a what spec you thinking on getting? what else you gonna be using it for?

 

It's not an issue from a technical standpoint. In fact, depending on your perspective, it is a huge plus. Lower resolutions means your graphics card has to work less to put the picture on the screen, resulting in better framerates, smoother performance, etc. Some people like having super high resolutions because it makes them feel warm inside, but on a 15.4" screen, I personally feel that anything past 1440x900 is a waste of FPS. And even that may be to high.

 

With most games, you wont need to go any higher that 1280X800, because of a HUGE preformance loss. Just my two cents.

 

Im looking at getting the default spec, but with a 100GB 7200rpm HDD, 2Ghz C2D to take advantage of the 4mb Cache and the turbo memory upgrade and 2GB ram.

Its going to be for university mainly so I need to be able to do a mixture of office tasks, multimedia and gaming on it.

I did look at the next model up but they weren't in stock until august.

I've looked at Zepto notebooks but for a similar spec you pay £100 more plus credit card charges and shipping.

What is the build quality like on Rizeon Notebooks? I've had a quick browse but not found out too much.

 

They Basically use Asus and Compal for their notebooks so its worth checking out those forums...The FL90e is compal...I would say they're very good build quality. I have a Rizeon/Compal HGL30, no probs whatsoever...

but ask the compal forums ppls if you want to know more.

 

yeap unless you have a kickass laptop you dont want to play on high resolutions, your fps will drop.

 

If you really want to play games, get WXGA on a 15.4" screen even though I must say, it's pretty ugly for everything else but games. LCD monitors have this property that can't scale pictures well. To get the best out of an LCD monitor, you have to run using its native, physical resolution.

WSXGA+ for 15.4", perfect resolution for everything else but games since running games at this resolution will seriously give your laptop a workout. WXGA for 15.4" is good for gaming since most games will run smoothly at 1280x800. The largest screen I want a WXGA on is a 14" one. WXGA is perfect for 12" and 13.3" monitors.

I play most of my games at 1280x960 or 1024x768 at high settings even if my laptop's native resolution is 1680x1050. You really won't notice much of a difference when compared to 15.4" WXGA screens, unless you're hardcore.