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Sager Screens -- good enough for gaming?

post #1 of 12
5/30/03 at 8:53pm
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I realize there's a Gaming forum and a Displays forum, but since this is a hybrid of the two, I thought I'd put it in General ^^;

Anyway, I'm trying to decide between getting a 4060 and a 5670, and whether to get the SXGA+ screen or the UXGA screen on the 5670.

My question is, what are the response times on these various screens (three different screens, or do the 40xx and 56xx share the same 15" SXGA+ screen?). I haven't been able to find much solid info. An actual set of numbers would be nice, but really all I need to know is if the ghosting on the screens is too bad to play FPS games or not -- mobile gaming is one of the big reasons I like Sager, and having such a nice mobile video card seems silly if the screen is too bad to actually play on.

Thanks in advance!

(Also, if the mods see fit to move this to a different forum, so be it )
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post #2 of 12
5/30/03 at 9:05pm
I wanted to know this as well. I will be playing Doom 3 and Half life 2 on my new 8888 when they arrive. So I hope that the UXGA Active Matrix screens are good enough to show it well!
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post #3 of 12
5/30/03 at 10:39pm
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Bump -- c'mon, guys, SOME of you have to have gamed on one of these systems...
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post #4 of 12
5/30/03 at 10:56pm
There is no ghosting on the 5670 UXGA screen. Some people have complained about mild ghosting on the 8887 UXGA screen but I played Splinter Cell on it and couldnt notice anything.

If you are picky then you "may" spot something - I sure didnt and I love my visual experience just as much as the next guy.
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post #5 of 12
5/30/03 at 11:01pm
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Originally posted by gsferrari
There is no ghosting on the 5670 UXGA screen. Some people have complained about mild ghosting on the 8887 UXGA screen but I played Splinter Cell on it and couldnt notice anything.

If you are picky then you "may" spot something - I sure didnt and I love my visual experience just as much as the next guy.
Thank you, exactly what I wanted to know. That sounds just fine -- I know on my *old* laptop screen, you can't play ANYTHING realtime because it becomes one huge blur when you move. It's also a P266

Now, anybody know how the SXGA+ screen performs, perchance? I'd prefer to save a few hundred dollars by going the 40xx route, but I might just have to splurge for the 5670
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post #6 of 12
5/30/03 at 11:11pm
Get the 4060 if you want a built in webcam etc. Otherwise the 5670 is the best performer with the best screen...

I dont really care for webcams and stuff...the 5670 is the best deal - if not for anything else - just for the screen...

Get the 2.8Ghz version or if you really wanna save - get the 2.4Ghz version and buy an aftermarket 2.4Ghz with Hyperthreading from here :-

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...tby=14&order=1

its somewhere down in that list - you can install that yourself HT for cheap!! and donate the 2.4Ghz CPU to your desktop...
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post #7 of 12
5/30/03 at 11:53pm
I don't think we can use new P4 800MHz FSB with HT in our 8887/5670/4046 machine. You need a Springdale chipset machine to use this new Processor.
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post #8 of 12
5/31/03 at 12:02am
Arent those CPU's 800/533 compliant??

Oh well... DAMN!!
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post #9 of 12
5/31/03 at 12:17am
Hehehe... Yea, I wish it could.... but you know Intel will love to sell their new chipset with new CPU... but who know someone might come out with the adapter that can convert old MB to support new P4 soon.
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post #10 of 12
5/31/03 at 12:42am
Are they ever going to equip laptops with a DVI instead of a VGA port. DVI's provide so much better graphics it's silly.
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post #11 of 12
5/31/03 at 4:38am
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Originally posted by soulreaper
Are they ever going to equip laptops with a DVI instead of a VGA port. DVI's provide so much better graphics it's silly.
The next 888x iteration is rumored to have a DVI out however I'd wait until it's actually anounced before making plans.

And if that doesn't work here's one alternative:
http://www.vtbookdd.com/
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post #12 of 12
5/31/03 at 1:33pm
I've played America's Army and Unreal 2 my 8887 a ton over the past few weeks, and it seems fine. Yes there is some slight blur during fast moving, but I hardly notice it when playing. It also seems to be even less noticeable at the native resolution of 1600x1200. I haven't tried UT2003 on it, but I'd assume it'd work like Unreal 2.

It was easier for me to notice the slight ghosting since I have an 18" flat panel monitor on my other computer and it almost doesn't ghost at all. Almost all lcd panel have at least a tiny amount of ghosting, though I have read of a couple of newer monitors that claim to have basically eliminated it.
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