Just got my Dell 8600

[yarzy]

I just got my Dell yesterday and I have been on it all day long.

I got 1.7 PM WUXGA
512
ATI 9600 Pro
60 7200 RPM
bluetooth
a/b/g card
etc

Anyways, the screen rules. No dead pixels at all. Nothing was wrong with the screen at all. For those that thing that the res. will be to small for them, I do not think so. At first I thought it was kinda small, but after 5 min, you get used to it, and my old 1024x768 is HUGE now. I am VERY happy with the laptop so far. Everything runs great. Please email me with questions.

Oh, the only thing I don't like it the buttons for the "nub" mouse. It is much softer than the mouse pad, which I use much more often.

[natedog81]

That is the same setup I am planning on getting, how much did you pay for it? I have configured one on the dell website and it always comes out to over $2700.

[Yang88She]

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nice, have fun and give us some pic's w/ a detailed review when u get the chance :cheers:

[Yoob@NBF]

Congradulations i hope you visit the forum often for dell related information :)

[cyke]

Congrats!!! Getting my system tomorrow. Glad to hear that you had no problems. First thing I'll check is the monitor using monitor calibration tool from monitorsdirect.com.

[flood3k3]

how does the game run on a WUXGA? I heard the games run best on a WXGA.

[Yoob@NBF]

that applies for most laptops since the video card is always the bottleneck. i was always puzzled with gamers wanting WUXGA and UXGA res. I use the res for work but I cant think of many games that would run at a reasonable speed at those resolutions

[daroga]

I consider myself at least a casual gamer and I wanted the UXGA res--but not for the games, but for the rest of the time I use the computer. Most games run pretty poorly at the resolution, though I do run Warcraft III and SimCity 4 at 1600x1200 and they never looked so good! :cheers:

Just my 2 cents. Glad you're enjoying your lappy! I've had mine for over 3 months now and I couldn't be more pleased with it! Enjoy!

Tim

[natedog81]

that applies for most laptops since the video card is always the bottleneck. i was always puzzled with gamers wanting WUXGA and UXGA res. I use the res for work but I cant think of many games that would run at a reasonable speed at those resolutions

Yeah,thats why you set the game to a LOWER resolution. It seems to me like no one knows how to do this. :scratch:

[Yoob@NBF]

But the size reductions will show the quality being dropped due to the stretching of the image. its easy to see that a a game running on a WUXGA screen and game running on a WXGA when running at a lower resolution like 1024x768 will show thw wxga giving a higher quality picture. A lot of gamers I knwo obsess over image quality if speed isnt the problem

[kevhuynh]

Yeah,thats why you set the game to a LOWER resolution. It seems to me like no one knows how to do this. :scratch:

Yes and it becomes fuzzy. Sorry bro, no dice for me. With an LCD, if my hardware can't handle the native resolution in the games I play...I'm not having it. It doesn't bother some people but for me...not happening.

[natedog81]

Uhhhhhhhhhhh..... I have no idea what kinda monitor or screen your using but NONE of my games have ever gotten "fuzzy" when you reduce the resolutuion.

And yes Dell-M I know the game will stretch if you play on a WUXGA screen and not use a wide screen format.

[Kakaze]

I consider myself at least a casual gamer and I wanted the UXGA res--but not for the games, but for the rest of the time I use the computer. Most games run pretty poorly at the resolution, though I do run Warcraft III and SimCity 4 at 1600x1200 and they never looked so good! :cheers:

Just my 2 cents. Glad you're enjoying your lappy! I've had mine for over 3 months now and I couldn't be more pleased with it! Enjoy!

Tim


Does SC4 conform to the wide screen? That's the main non internet/work thing I'm going to be doing with any lappie I get.

Would be nice to see a screen shot of it wide.

Also, how well does SC4 play on the 8600? This one is at the top of my list now. Should have it in a couple more months. Feels like I'll never save the money.

[daroga]

No, SimCity 4 doesn't have widescreen resolutions, so 1600x1200 runs letterboxed. SC4 chugs a little bit, but it chugs at the same points regardless of resolution so it's an issue with the game engine, not the computer. Runs really well otherwise, and looks amazing!

Tim

[Kakaze]

No hacks to get it to run WS?

[JohnJSal]

Anyways, the screen rules. No dead pixels at all. Nothing was wrong with the screen at all. For those that thing that the res. will be to small for them, I do not think so. At first I thought it was kinda small, but after 5 min, you get used to it, and my old 1024x768 is HUGE now. I am VERY happy with the laptop so far. Everything runs great. Please email me with questions.

Can you post pics of the desktop, and of what some programs look like at the UXGA resolution?