The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Screen resolution for CAD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Ausens, Aug 3, 2007.

  1. Ausens

    Ausens Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    6
    Hi, I need help, i'll be working on AutoCAD and i was wondering if a higher resolution would make it easier or better, also im doing some gaming(I hope) and i was thinking on buying either 1280x800 or 1440x900 in a 15.4" Inspiron.

    Thanks
     
    Ausens, Aug 3, 2007
    #1
  2. theTORCH

    theTORCH Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    84
    Messages:
    650
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I don't think you'll need an extremely high resolution w/ AutoCAD, and the 1440x900 should fit your needs very well.

    Note: I have limited experience w/ AutoCAD, so I'm probably not the best person to give you advice on the optimal screen resolution for it.

    As to gaming, the 1440x900 is widely held to be the 'sweet spot' for widescreen notebooks (not blurry, not too small). It may give your GPU a little more stress than the 1280x800 causing slowdowns in newer games, but this shouldn't be too big of a problem.
     
    theTORCH, Aug 3, 2007
    #2
  3. baddogboxer

    baddogboxer Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    144
    Messages:
    1,092
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    With those choices I would get 1440X900 more screen realestate, little sharper, I can not see a down side. It is not so much higher resolution as to affect the performance.
     
    baddogboxer, Aug 3, 2007
    #3
  4. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    7,197
    Messages:
    28,841
    Likes Received:
    2,166
    Trophy Points:
    581
    The higher resolution means you can get more detail on the screen at any time so there's a little less panning and zooming. I would recommend the 1440 x 900 in preference to 1280 x 800.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Aug 4, 2007
    #4