1680x1050 or 1440x900 for 15" with 8600M GT ?

Hmm? Which for my 1520 i'm customizing?

 

the one that fits you better.

 

I went with the 1680 x 1050... simply cause there's more stuff on the screen.

 

I dunno which resolution is better for that video card and that size screen. I'm no expert.

 

Go into Best Buy and check out the 15.4" computers. See which one looks the best to you.

 

What do you mean by "better with the video card"? Which one would give you higher performance gaming? Or just which one would look better while browsing the web?

 

bestbuy only has 1280x800 on 15.4in, or atleast the one in my town.

 

Which will perform better, and which will look better.

 

I don't understand why doesn't everyone just choose the hire resolution and if you don't like it just lower it in the settings.
That way you have the option of both no?
Or am I totally missing something?

 

Zydan is right. I recommend going for the higher resolution. If you dont like it, tune it down.

 

If the screen isn't made for that resolution, it'll look blurry/awkward.

 

because they don't need to waste money on that and gaming will be tough at those resolutions.

 

my eyes hurt a bit after using a 1520 at wsxga. I'm not sure if it was the graininess or the resolution. (it wasn't my laptop)

 

The two Best Buys closest to me both have the G1/G1S on display, which is WSXGA.

 

It was the resolution, you weren't used to it. It is annoying for a day or so if you aren't accustomed to the size.

 

you're probably right. and by the way graininess or not...games look amazing.

 

I actually went into Best Buy after returning my 1520. Some HP's and Toshiba's have outstanding WSXGA+ screens. I was really struggling with the graininess at 1680 x 1050 it almost drove me mad but looking at other models, it wasn't so bad.

Someone on the forums was saying that 1440 x 900 was the sweet spot for 15.4" and I kept saying its a matter of preference. After my experience with the 1520 I must admit, 1440 x 900 is the sweet spot.

 

Thank you jb1007 for the last post. Nice info!

Im sitting on a 1440x900 screen now (not dell)

It looks very sweet-spotish for me! The 1680 size seem to small...

 

1440x900 is def. my preferred size. Any smaller and my eyes would be straining. If you're into graphic designing, however, you may consider the highest res, but it's certainly not required.

 

I don't know why laptop users tend to prefer such high resolutions when we all know how badly Windows scales everything. Honestly, I'd like to see 1024x640 on a 15.4" widescreen. 1280x1024 on my 17" 4:3 is too many pixels.

 

Do you have poor vision? I don't see how you could really want 1024x640 on a 15", that'd be incredibly HUGE.

What I want to know is why you can get a 17" screen at 1900x1200 on a laptop, but NOBODY offers a WS 17" LCD with a comparable resolution for desktops? What if I don't want a bloody 24"? TBH, I think 1680x1050 should be for the 19" WS monitors, 1900x1200 for the 20" AND 24", but also offer the 24" with an even higher resolution. The 30" LCDs currently have plenty of pixels, no need to mess with them >_>

EDIT: FYI that wasn't an insult to you, I'm really asking if you have poor vision. Just want to make that clear.

 

The CRT monitor screen sizes and LCD screen sizes are slightly different.... 17" CRT's normally best viewable resolution will be equivalent to the same of a 15" LCD's resolution....

 

I guess it never hurts to have more space on your screen. I mean, I usually have a browser window or document taking up 70% of my screen and then to the right have msn going and a video or streaming music.

My vision is excellent and although when sitting completely upright in perfect posture position you can certainly see well on 1680 x 1050 (providing its a high quality screen) sometimes I like to slouch back and watch tv while surfing or browse forums leaned back comfortably using only the mouse; both I could not do on the WSXGA+. One thing I found annoying as well is with that high a resolution you really have to focus on the screen to be comfortable, so if your eyes are constantly moving back and forth from a tv to a 1680 x 1050 resolution on a 15.4" screen your eyes will tire out.

This might sound stupid, but I do feel I have good eye sight and with the constant focusing on the WSXGA+ / graininess I got scared that my eyes would be strained too much over the next 2 years with that screen and cause my vision to degrade. Right now I'm on a 19" 1280 x 1024 and I can stay 8 hours on this and my eyes aren't bothered one bit so after my brief WSXGA+ experience, I'm demanding the same comfort level - eyes are important.

 

I USED to have excellent eyesight. Now at 51, it's not as good and I need reading glasses for computer work. I went with the 1680x1050 because that's nearest to what I've been used to. I have an Inspiron 8100 vintage 2001. It's res is 1600x1200. I usually have Outlook 03, Access with a 100,000+ records open, Peachtree accounting, a browser window and then the little processes like my Sprint WWAN card interface. All that junk slows my little 1.0ghz processor down to a crawl and I won't even go into the 512M max ram.
As far as the display, LCD's are hardwired to a particular resolution. You can change it, but it will never look as good as the display's native resolution.
I'm thinking about getting a larger monitor for use at work so I can more easily see everything that's open. Having never used a dual monitor setup I don't know exacty how it works. Would I have 2 pointers? Do I use a key combo to switch displays? Anyone know?

 

I too have an older Inspiron, 8600 model I think, from around 2002/2003. It has the 1680 resolution, I find it looks fantastic. I went to a local futureshop, and was really interested in getting an HP this time around, because I think their screens look -really- nice, but they only offer them in 1280, which makes everything look huge to me!!

 

Because LCD's work off NATIVE resolutions...going with a resolution other than what the panel is designed for will lead to significant quality degradation.

 

My vision is fine. At 1280x800, a 15.4" widescreen display makes Windows's taskbar less than 1/4" high! Text is really small. Something like 1440x900, 1680x1050, or 1920x1200(!) would also hurt my gaming performance.

I should take some pictures of my monitors with a ruler next to the start button.