Asus G1 1280 x 800 vs 1680 x 1050

I'm not big on hires screens as text is more difficult to read and gaming at 1680 is a little much.

I'm wondering if the 1280 screen is the same panel technology as the 1680 or is the 1280 older/lower quality...

 

you can always set the screen at a lower resolution (or increase the size of your fonts) in Windows.

Text is more difficult to read on a lower resolution screen then a higher resolution screen because a higher resolution uses more pixels to make up the same image.

There is no way in H I would consider a 800 vertical line screen personally....

 

One of the great things of having a high resolution screen is having the ability to put more windows on the screen, side by side, up and down and etc.

In terms of gaming, I have tested and so have others, there is no problem with scaling in gaming, so there are no worries there.

In terms of changing the native resolution from 1680x1050 to 1280x768, you will see a slight amount of fuzziness because of what Fiasco said above. However it is still usable, you eyes will get adjusted to the lower resolution over time, but it will just feel weird.

The only other suggestion is to change the DPI, this way the text is bigger for you to see.

 

Thanks for the input.

The fact remains that using a non-native res lowers image quality (both in and out of games), and that changing DPI in windows is an imperfect fix (icons get distorted, not everything is scaled properly)

I'm much more comfortable working with a low-res enviroment, I don't use apps that require fifty control tabs like premiere or photoshop regularly.

I could see the appeal for more desktop space, but it's not for me. If I need to do work that requires more space, I'll hookup another monitor.

So does anyone know if the 1280 screen is the same panel technology?