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    Dell Alienware all powerful m15x LCD

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by razor16190, Mar 14, 2011.

  1. razor16190

    razor16190 Notebook Geek

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    I have a 1600x900 LCD. Which one is it? (WUXGA, WXGA, etc.)

    I have compared my current native resolution to a studio 1555 which has a native resolution of 1366x768. They look similar except the m15x's looks sharper and with better colour.

    My theory is, replace the 900p to a lower resolution LCD = games at higher settings + better framerates.

    Shine some light please :D . Thanks in advance
     
    razor16190, Mar 14, 2011
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    elquetefocka Notebook Evangelist

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    the m15x lcd is a all in one piece, the lcd panel is attached to the plastic with the alienware logo, but you can change it to a 1080p panel if ou want
     
    elquetefocka, Mar 14, 2011
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    Hobgoblinpie Notebook Evangelist

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    1600x900 isn't a standard size like WUXGA (1920x1200) etc. You'd only be looking at physical screen size.

    What's the point of buying a £1000+ laptop if you're going to nerf the reason for buying it. It's not like playing games @ 1600x900 on medium/high settings is unplayable.
     
    Hobgoblinpie, Mar 14, 2011
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    WXGA = 1366x768
    WSXGA+ = 1600x1024
    WUXGA = 1920x1200

    its true with a lower res screen you'll get better fps. but why would you want to do that? you can always lower the settings on the games.

    max settings on a crappy screen will still look crappy.hahaha
     
    inap, Mar 14, 2011
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    hehehe, that's right!

    And I have to say 900p gaming on a 1080p screen looks still great...
     
    svl7, Mar 14, 2011
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  6. razor16190

    razor16190 Notebook Geek

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    That, I didn't know :p but im sure you can detach it somehow. but I could be wrong :D

    Well they're playable, but what if the m15x gets outdated soon and we ran out of gpu options? Hopefully TheWiz could solve that for us

    Yup, it does give better framerates, the same way we lower the graphics setting as well as the game resolution.

    The drawback of playing low-res on a higher native resolution lcd would mean; lots of jagged edge. And that's where the anti-alias comes to play, but that would definitely look crappy :p.

    The crappyness of the 1366x768 is still acceptable (at least for me) :D.
     
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  7. GallardosEggrollshop

    GallardosEggrollshop Notebook Evangelist

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    Where can you buy a higher res screen for the M15x? I have a 900p right now looking to do some 1080p gaming though lol.
     
    GallardosEggrollshop, Mar 14, 2011
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    razor16190 Notebook Geek

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    GallardosEggrollshop Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks but no thanks lol. I'll probably buy it later. 900p ain't so bad :-D
     
    GallardosEggrollshop, Mar 15, 2011
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