WoW on 1680x1050 w/ X1400, how many FPS?

I have about 3 hours before I pick up a new monitor and need to know how it will run WoW and CS:S. I'm picking up a 20-22" widescreen LCD, most likely Samsung or Viewsonic. How will these two games run with my notebook on the native resolution. I'm very picky to resolutions and need to get a general idea how many FPS I can expect at 1680x1050 with medium settings. Specs on my notebook are below, if anyone has an idea, please tell me what to expect... Thanks in advance.

-Josh

 

WoW isnt demanding and I think it shall run smooth at high settings. CS:S is demanding however and shall run at low-medium settings I guess.

Good luck.

 

Hrm... fairly high, if not almost everything turned up. Not sure if I would try AA though.

I'm not sure what settings I have my laptop on when I play WoW, but I have everything all the way up, and a few options unchecked. And thats on a gimped x1600. Granted your rez will be higher, but it should do just fine.

 

I guess I can always return the monitor if it looks unacceptable. Does anyone have any benchmarks or FPS readings for this setup? I'm concerned about it staying above 30fps, with AA off, V-sync off, and draw distance at a minimum. All comments are appreciated, thanks people.

-Josh

 

Ladies and Gentlemen... This is not a joke, and I'm quite blown away at the performance of the X1400. I decided to pick up a 22" LCD, Samsung, 2ms, 3000:1, and plugged it in last night after work. I am absolutely blown away at how well it works with the E1505. I consistently get 30-60 FPS in WoW with the native resolution of 1680x1050. Here are the settings:

- X1400 @ 530/440
- 1680x1050 @ 70hz
- All video settings in WoW maxed except Anisotropic Filtering
- Glow effect turned "OFF"
- V-Sync turned "OFF"
- Using 7.2 cats w/ PowerStrip for OC

I know WoW is an easy game to run, but I had no idea I could run these high of frame rates and level of quality at 1680x1050 with the settings this high. I know the X1400 isn't that good of a performer, but I'm MORE than satisfied. I hope this thread helps someone else down the road.

-Josh

 

I told you I am pretty good in estimating performance of notebooks. How about CS:S, which is more demanding?

 

I run CS S at 1280X800 with a 17'' monitor with everything High, AA X8 As X8, and get at least 30, my high and low are like 25, and 76ish on cs_office (the best map in the world). So you should just turn down AA and AS and be fine with high settings. I dont see why you would have a problem.

 

I'm sure CS:S won't be that big of a problem, haven't had a chance to play it yet though. I'll get on it tonight and post what my results are tomorrow. Thanks everybody for your input. And... Notebook Solutions... Yes, you were correct! =)

Thanks,
-Josh

 

Hey when you run CS:S can you post some Screen shots of it, Im in the market for a new monitor, and i want one with 1680X1050. Also, can you include your FPS (in console type: cl_showfps 2) and let me know your high and low fps.

Thanks man.

 

anyone tried CnC3 with X1400? good?

 

Sorry about to leave for a vacation, no time to post a screeny. I'm getting around 20-45 fps with CS:S on 1680x1050 with settings on low, it's just one of those games where eye candy is far less important than frames. I'll try and get a screeny up sometime next week. It's very playable though.

By the way, how do I get screeny's, is it ALT+PrintScreen? I haven't done it in a long time.

-Josh

 

Not the best but works fine on medium settings with 1024x768. I can go higher most of the time but then there is lag in the bigger battles.

 

Yea it works good in CnC3, 1280x800 mostly medium settings with 30FPS unless its a huge battle (50+ disentegrators )

 

iN cs:s you press F5, then go the your steam apps folder and then cstrike, and they are in a folder called screen shots. Then upload them to image shack, then post the URL here