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    Sager 5760 Uxga vs Sxga for gaming

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by fxrron, Sep 14, 2006.

  1. fxrron

    fxrron Notebook Geek

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    Has anyone run games at non-native resolutions on the Uxga LCD? Is there a reduction in picture quality at 1,680x1,050 or 1,440x900? I know the icons and text suffer at these non-native resolutions.

    I saw a review of two identical 5760's except one was Uxga and the other was Sxga. Now I can't find the review. Any idea where it is?

    Ron
     
    fxrron, Sep 14, 2006
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  2. p_boucher

    p_boucher Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Mmm I tried running GuildWars @ a lower res. It's not as bad as text, but you can see the difference. Now would it matter during gameplay? Probably not. But the 5760 is quite capable playing the games @ max rez, so why not?

    @ 1680 x 1050 the image seems a little but blurry.

    @1920 though everything looks quite nice :).
     
    p_boucher, Sep 15, 2006
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  3. claudione314

    claudione314 Notebook Deity

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    I play Prey and HL2: Lost Coast at 1920 with no issues whatsoever (all settings max, including filters). F.E.A.R., however, struggles quite a bit, and I need to turn off soft shadows and scale down to 1440. The quality loss in still images is noticeable, but when I'm gaming I don't even think about it: it just looks good, period.

    Look for my review + game benchmarks in a few days.

    C.
     
    claudione314, Sep 15, 2006
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  4. Elminst

    Elminst Some Network Guy

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    Seconded.
    I bumped FEAR down in res so i could keep some of the eyecandy and still have sweet framerates and I rarely notice the difference.
    Everything else I've played (primarily HL/HL2 and mods) is butter at my native res of 1680x1050.
     
    Elminst, Sep 18, 2006
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