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    Screen Resolution in Gaming

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Elijah Flowers, Apr 13, 2008.

  1. Elijah Flowers

    Elijah Flowers Notebook Consultant

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    I was just wondering if someone could explain screen resolution. It seems that most 15 inch laptops are at 1200x800, and 17 inch at 1440x900. Is it best to run games at the screen resolution your laptop comes at? Like if i would buy a 17 inch at 1440x900 would it be best to run games at that? Will it look fine at something lower like 1200x800 to increase performance? Or does it not really matter.. Also whats the advantage of higher screen resolution compared to lower, what are the disadvantages? Pretty much i am deciding between a 15 inch laptop and a 17 inch. the 15 at 1200x800 and the 17 at 1440x900. Thanks for the help
     
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    Playing at native resolution makes games look their best, the higher the native resolution supported the more work your video card has to do. Higher screen resolution = more stuff on screen at once but with everything small in size (like text).

    Look at my laptop specs, I can't play most recently released games at the native spec but it's ok since the games I do like playing at this resolution are older and less taxing on my hardware.
     
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    It's always best to run all apps at a LCD's native res. The fewer scalars the data has to go through between GPU and screen the better. However, obviously, if games become slideshows at native res, youhave to dial it down.
     
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  4. Elijah Flowers

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    right on right on.
     
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