M6600 screen: Supported resolutions

Hi,

I am considering buying a Dell Precision M6600. I would prefer the 1600 x 900 screen resolution. However, according to the configurator on the Dell website, this screen can only be combined with the Intel Core i5 processor. Core i7 models come with 1920 x 1080 resolution.

Those of you who have the 1920 x 1080 resolution, can you please tell me which lower resolutions are supported (around 1600 x 900 and a little lower), and whether they look "strange", "distorted" or so?

With kind regards,
Marco

 

The second lowest resolution available for me is 1366x768.

 

Thanks. However, that's a little low already, though not too bad. Anything usable in between 1366x768 and 1600 x 900?

 

Why you prefer the lower screen resolution? You can always keep the higher resolution and bump up the DPI, which makes everything bigger.

My DPI is set to 125%, which makes everything 25% bigger.

 

No. One step below 1920x1080 is 1366x768

 

Yesterday I tested the 125% enlargement on an external 1920 x 1080 monitor. Though I was not completely satisfied, it may indeed be a viable solution. However, I am a little worried that some programs may not play nicely with that feature - that's why I have been looking for a lower resolution.

Strange that Dell told me today that it supported 1920 x 1080, 1600 x 900 and 1366x768.

 

Just read at Notebookcheck (German) that different people have had different resolutions available. In November 2011, someone posted that this is a matter of drivers, not hardware, and that he expects more resolutions to appear. So maybe a newer driver supports 1600 x 900 indeed.

 

I have all sorts of resolutions available with my ATI. However, please note I am running the 12.2 preview drivers.

1920x1080
1680x1050
1600x900
1440x900
1400x1050
1366x768

Edit: I would also advocate using a larger DPI, I personally cannot stand running at anything other than the native resolution.

 

The video card / drivers are probably the difference. I have a Quadro 3000M with the newest 296.70 and I have no resolution options available between 1920x1080 & 1366x768.

 

Go into the custom DPI settings and uncheck "Use Windows XP Style Scaling"

This causes programs which are not DPI-independent to be scaled using a different method where they are rendered at standard DPI and then stretched out. This makes them a little fuzzy, but so would setting a non-native resolution on a LCD.

You can then manually override this for each program which isn't DPI-independent but does work fine with the default scaling type by going into the compatibility settings (in properties) and checking "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings"