which native rez is best?

so hi all im new, and have a question......

i am looking at ms-1039 or ms-16332 both show optional rez at 15.4 wxga or wsxga+. in reguards to the x1600 or the 7600 in these respective books, does my logic hold true that the lower rez (wxga) would give the best performance vs the higher rez (wsxga+) the better picture?

or are the x1600 or go 7600 powerfull enough that you would see no diff in performance?


i am planing to use this for work and play. i am a kitchen designer for a custom cabinet shop and will be utilizing a industry 3d CAD software as well as FPS/RTS gaming.

most likely loadout is:
2.2ghz turion or turionX2
2 gig ram
120gb hdd
wireless w/ bluetooth
win xp pro (will probably upgrade to vista or xp64 in the future)

please dont get into intel/amd debate ...i am AMD all the way!!!

THORN

 

Well, if your concern is CAD then I'd go for a higher resolution so you can fit more on the screen.

In gaming, the higher resolution screen will hurt performance if you game at native res. However you dont have to keep it at native res. You can always knock it down a few pegs within the games. People say it causes blurring, but as long as you dont go down too far the blurring isnt noticible. I have a 1680x1050 screen on a Radeon x700. I'm consistantly playing Oblivion and several other demanding games at 1200x800 and I dont notice any blurring.

 

I would also go for the higher resolution - the screen is generally something you don't upgrade aftermarket. Remember, you won't always be using the notebook for gaming - you will appreciate that extra screen real estate when you surf the net or do CAD.

If you keep the same aspect ratio when you set lower resolutions (as Twilight detailed - going from 1680x1050 to 1280x800), then it won't be that bad. When you're into the game, you probably won't notice.

 

I totally agree with the above, that regardless of performance, you will appreciate the screen real estate in CAD, if that is your primary concern.

If gaming is your primary concern or you dont mind losing a little screen space in CAD work, I would like to answer your question and say that while x1600 / go7600 are both very capable cards, with newer fps games FEAR, BF2, etc. you will definately notice a large performance difference between wxga and wsxga+

what im about to explain is by no means an exact science, but basically, with wxga you are looking at rendering 1 million pixels per screen, where as with wsxga+, youre up in the 1.75 million range, and you are going to see the result of that playing new games, which could easily be the difference between averaging 45 fps and 25 fps if you want to keep visual settings at "high".

i guess im suggesting the lower resolution because personally ive experienced the torment of interpolation and its a long and painful, out-of-focus road.