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    How does resolution affect battery life?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mas5acre, Jan 15, 2008.

  1. mas5acre

    mas5acre Notebook Evangelist

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    The same size screen, a 1440x900 vs a 1900x1200, will it cause worse battery life? mostly talking bout m15x from alienware.
     
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    Screen itself, no, as they probably have very similar power requirements to drive them. The higher res, probably slightly more. But if you run games at the native resolution of 1920x1200, then yes, because your GPU and CPU are pushing more pixels and working harder using more energy...
     
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  3. Beatsiz

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    ^^^

    says it all
     
    Beatsiz, Jan 15, 2008
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