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    SR vs FW?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by AntonisCy, Aug 18, 2008.

  1. AntonisCy

    AntonisCy Notebook Guru

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    Does anyone have a photo with these two models next to each other? Id really like to see how they look

    Thanks in advance

    Ant
     
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    SoundsGood Notebook Virtuoso

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    Here ya go. Not the best pic, but better than nothin'.
     

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    AntonisCy Notebook Guru

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    great thanks SoundsGood.... SR seems to have a better screen? Or is it the FW Eco screen
     
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    SoundsGood Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's the Eco screen in this pic. Pretty nasty, eh? ;)
     
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    Beautiful piece of art of Sony VAIO :)
     
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    AntonisCy Notebook Guru

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    yea.... i would hope that since i have the SR coming anyday now, it would at least match the FW Dual Lamp (or in USA the hi colour) screen
     
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    It's not that bad. Honestly, it doesn't even look that bad in real life. I was worried at first the screen would be horrible but after seeing it in person, the colours are vibrant and crisp. Plus, you can always tweak colour balance in the ATI menu. You haven't seen bad until you've seen my Toshiba screen. :p
     
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    AntonisCy Notebook Guru

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    Wolf04 : Considering the above photo i should expect that my SR will have a nice screen then right ? :)
     
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    AntonisCy Notebook Guru

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    Another question guys

    FW has the 3470 with 256mb and the SR with 128mb

    That does not mean the performance will be worse right? I figure FW has 256 because it needs more to run at the higher resolution right?
     
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    I guess so. To be honest, the Sony Store here in Canada don't even have the SR on display so I couldn't compare them but I don't see why it wouldn't have a nice screen.

    Depends on what gaming you do.

    For example, the new Call of Duty: World at War game requires at least 256 MB of vRAM. I don't know how it will run on 128 MB but I guess the difference here is between being able to run the game (even on bare minimum detail and resolution) versus not being able to run it at all.
     
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    AntonisCy Notebook Guru

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    or if you are willing to play such a game at very low settings :)

    Guess i will be playing that on my desktop

    I will have the SR Tomorrow
     
    AntonisCy, Aug 19, 2008
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