Performance lost with 1900x1200

OK I am thinking about upgrading my comp with a 1900x1200 screen, but I like playing games at native res because streching pixels makes games look like crap to me. Anyone who has a 1900x1200 screen notice a huge impact on performance in games like Crysis when going from 1440x900 to 1900x1200?

 

I don't have one, but I think there will be a difference, but there's a bigger difference in the effects you turn on, like AA n stuff. It'll still be playable

 

The difference will be ALOT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUXGA

78% more Pixels

 

there is a huge difference.

 

I have one and it is pretty big, I tried Oblivion on both resolutions and there was a difference.

 

So which is better for gaming 1440 or 1900? Cause i just got mines today and it came with the 1900x1200

 

Counts alot on the game. Modern games will give performance issues at the native 1920x1200, older games will love it. I use Real Flight 4.5 and it works wonderfully at the native 1920x1200............

 

There's a big difference with newer games... I play using 1280x800, 1440x900, and depending on the game 1920x1200.

 

You can change the resolution if you want, you can also make your own in the nVidia Control Panel. To access the control panel right click your desktop and it should be there.

 

But i dont see how changing resolution would change the way the game is played....i mean the game will still take up the whole screen so what is the difference?

 

You could try it, I think you can change the resolution in-game too if you want.

I think the lower the resolution is the less detail the picture is, or something like that. I may be wrong, please correct me if I am

 

78% more pixels = A lot more detail

 

Well all that detail isn't so relevant if you play on a 17" screen. For videophiles yes it's great, to many others, it's meh, and they'll take FPS over that.

 

I don't know what that 78% means, so which is better 1900 or 1440?

 

Both.

I prefer to run games on 1440x900 (like i have in my 6860) due to MUCH better preformance with higher settings, but for work and productivity i prefer 1920x1200 so i can have more apps open at full size and better input the data i'm working on.

On the up side 1920x1200 can do both resolutions, so it is superior. Though you will have to deal with pixel tearing with non-native resolution (the image is just a bit fuzzy)

 

"Videophile" lmao. You almost make it sound like we are evil or something. XD
Aniway yes, I do enjoy the 1920x1200 and manage to get games running very smoothly on my system. The 9800M GTS 1gb is perfectly able to handle the resolution on max settings on games, unfortunately the CPU can slightly bottleneck for games like GTA4. Check out my vids www.youtube.com/androsforever

 

I upgraded my 6831 (8800MGTS) to a LG 1920x1200 yesterday, and found that the 1440x900 was holding me back actually. I can play FEAR 2 high settings at WUXGA just fine, smooth as butta. NFS Mostwanted 1600x1200, settings maxed, smooth, fast as hell. 1920x1200 is just so sweet. + movies too. I highly recommend it. I guess I should mention that previous upgrades are a T9300, and recently 2X seagate 500GB 7200.4's. Your mileage may vary.

 

I would think 1440 is better for gaming and performance, but 1920 is for quality.

 

ok for those who dont understand the performance difference.

1900x1200 contains 78% more pixles than 1440x900, this results in "smaller" pixles on the same size screen, so everything is smaller and clearer, which also allows more to be shown at once on the screen. Now this greatly impacts performance because the GPU has to tell all the pixels what to do, so the more you have the more work to GPU has to. This will cause games to take a hit in performance.

 

With 1440 X 900 you have a total of 1,296,000 pixels that your video card is pushing. With 1920 x 1200 Your video card is pushing 2,304,000 pixels. That's just over a million pixels more so of course your going to lose performance over the lower resolution. If whatever game your playing, plays at an acceptable frame rate running at 1920 X 1200 it will deffinitely look better with over 1 million extra pixels. On my previous laptop that I had (now I have a FX6860) a Dell XPS gen 2 I had a 6800 ultra and a 1920 x1200 screen. I rarely played any games at full (native) resolution because at the lower resolution the games played quicker (better frame rate). Additionally on a 17 inch screen, although you can see a difference between the 2 resolutions in question, it is not all that much. If you were playing on a 32 inch screen that would change.

 

for some reason, when i play left 4 dead on the FX i dont have the 1440 x 900.

Here are my resolutions

Aspect Ratios Normal 4:3
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1152 x 864
1280 x 960
1280 x 1024
1400 x 1050
1600 x 1200

Wide Screen 16:9
1280 x 720
1360 x 768
1920 x 1080

Wide Screen 16:10
1280 x 768
1280 x 800
1600 x 1024
1920 x 1200

Which one should i use for good performance and quality, cause on max resolution i get an average of 40 - 50 fps without anything else running.

 

I'm pretty sure that I use 16x9 1280 x 720. It looks great and the framerate is fairly high.

 

Lol sorry it's just a friendly term I got from other forums where people are crazy about video quality and some are audiophiles. This was when I was searching for an HDTV and heard it thrown around a lot.

 

Is it me or does the graphics card get hot quickly, i played l4d for probably an hour and its at 70c

 

my 05 plays crysis on High at 1920x1200. Cart remember what the AA is i think i had it set to minimum.

 

I have no problems with any games. I take mine to lanparties and people with massive cases, Quad Cores and sli Nvidia cards actually don't perform as well as mine since Gateway actually did a really good job of putting the different components together for a damn near perfect fast gaming laptop. I load quicker than most of my friends and I game at 1920 by 1200 in most of the games we play. Just finished Ghostbusters. It ran flawless on my laptop.

 

I would chose 16:9 1360 x 768, I think that would be somewhat balanced

 

yah thats what i'm using right now.

 

That's a perfectly acceptable temp for the GPU under load. You need to worry when it gets up around 90c. Just make sure you've got the back of it up on a CD case or something for airflow (or you can go with a mesh stand or a laptop cooler, depending on your setup).