gaming on the 3790

I recomend 1 GB ram. Other than that 3790 plays new games just fine. Just make sure you install the 4.11 desktop drivers that was modded for mobile use for your video card.

Gaming on the 3790

Hey Foolmartyr,
Do those 4.11 drivers fix the non-strech-screen issue mentioned in this thread?: Resolution strech issue

Dude, of coarse it can game

Dude, think about itl, pretty much any new laptop that sager is selling rght now other than the 1280 can game just fine

i have played 8 hours with farcry these last 3 days, and I can not believ how fluent is this game on my 3790. all setting are on super max performence, and there is no slow down at all.i have omega driver, set to max, just before my laptop lock...the laptop become very warm.

far cry will run perfectly if you ahve 1024 ram, i have tried with less, and the game was not so fluent...I had to lower the setting.

no problem with doom3 demo. i dont like this game, but it is really good on my sager.

half life, i dont have it, so i can not tell u.

sims2: no problem at all. all setting are on max perf, except for 2-3 have place on medium.

ut2004 demo, all setting on max, run very very good, not slow down at all, even in eavy fights with 200 guys around, amazing! all i can say

lock on: better with 1gig ram, this software has a really problem...water sucks FPS .

to resume: I can beat all of you with my 3790 in gaming, the best gaming laptop for less 2000$.

all games tested at 1200 by 800.

I would definitely recommend upgrading to at least 1GB of RAM. That's really the minimum these days if you want to play modern games. My dad's 3.2GHz-P4 Alienware has 1GB of RAM - which is what I used to play Half-Life 2 on and it ran it beautifully. Granted, it has a GeForce FX 5900 w/ 256MB of RAM so that helped but my point still stands that if you want a good average between price and performance go with the gig of ram. There is no way I would buy a computer right now with less than a gig - and I'm strongly thinking of doubling the memory in my Toshiba after xmas (hoping prices will drop a little more).

Here's a piece of advice for you. If you haven't ordered one yet, then don't order the WUXGA. Why you ask? Simple. WUXGA is more or less meant for graphics editor, those who do intense digital imaging(ie. Photoshop, 3D work, AutoCAD) because of the fine resolution, images can be displayed at an extremely smooth and accurate state. Or... for some, just bragging rights.... I usually turn then down with the following reason when they brag.

It is bad for gaming in my humbly opinion. Simply because the games now a-days are getting MUCH more demanding. The mobility radeon 9700 is beginning to show its age. Translation, the mobility radeon 9700 will not be able to run new games at high resolution. What that has anything to do with the LCD? As you may have noticed. LCDs are best used at their NATIVE RESOLUTION. That's when EVERYTHNG is displayed NICE AND CRISP. Any other resolution will be blurry, and the more it deviates from the native resolution, the more blurry it gets.

Conclusion? WUXGA + MR9700 + new games = blurry texts and images at playable gaming resolution.

This was also the reason why I had chose the WSXGA+.... Even at 1680 x 1050, I was unable to use the native resolution on nearly ALL recent games.(most of the time, I run it at 1280x800, which is the second up from 1680x1050)

Example: I ran Half Life 2 at 1680x1050 with everything high no AA with modded Catalyst 4.11 and I get about 30-40 frames when there's nothing going on..... and about 10-20 frames when encountering 2 or more enemies. Then I sacrifice some blurry texts and images(not bad, just slightly noticeable) by running the game at 1280x800, the lowest frame rate I get is around 20 frames(that's when all hell broke lose on the screen ) and at times, hit up to 130+ frames. The game runs normally at around 35-40 frames. Also, the stress test ran at 1280x800 yields 48.25 fps average.

My point for the post? Yes, the 3790 is a gaming beast. No questions there, but if you are a gamer, WUXGA is not for you, WSXGA+ is a better choice.

This is just coming from a gamer's perspective.

You seem to worry about load times. That will be solved if you have a 7200rpm hard drive and 1GB ram with that 2Ghz processor. That's the fastest configuration for the 3790 considering the load time.

Hope you enjoy you 3790 as much as I do when you get it. Oh yea, cross your fingers and smash some bannanas for no dead pixels!!!

@conspir8t - I don't understand your question, but the 4.11 offers all resolution that supports widescreen. Also, the widescreen resolution will only be available when a game allows it..... or.... you can go to widescreen gaming forum and find tweaks for it... but be warned, do it at your own risk

EDIT: I definitely agree w/ the poster above me. 1GB ram is a must now a-days...

Have you actually done an A/B comparison XClaude? I've got the WUXGA and have run resolutions as low as 320X400 and they look just as sharp and crisp as 1920X1200.
1024X768 in full screen for gaming is better than many flat panel monitors I've seen.

Just a gamer's point of view.

yes I have done comparision w/ my laptop and a friend. you may not have noticed it because in game the vibrant images overshadows the blurriness. the text is undoubtedly blurry. There is no denial that LCDs become blurry to some extend when not used on its intended resolution.

I know the nature of LCD and I've seen it in action and is proven to be true.

If you still don't believe me, take a closer look amongst the resolutions and some small texts on screen. You will notice it. In game, the most noticable is the menu with texts.

Hope my second 3790 due to arrive this Thursday (specs in signature) will play as good, in not better, then yours. My last one that I returned had the same config below but had 1 gig of RAM and not 2. It played Far Cry HORRIBLEY!
I mean the LCD screen had some kinda of burn in (how does that happen on a 'new' lcd? - and yes, it def wasnt dead pixals), and I do beleive the Vid Card was ****ed. Anyway, I hope the second one I get werks great, I couldnt have gotten a 3790 with better hardware specs, so once i put in the best/hacked drivers, i better see some sweet gaming that i was robbed of before.

Hmmm, waite, do i have a relevant point?

played 4 hours far cry yesterday, all setting on max...run perfectly!!!

lies, the 3790 will not run any high end game "perfectly" all the time. Unless by perfect you dont mean "at least 60 frames per second at ALL times with everything on max, including AA and AF and Vertical Synce"

whatever, everyone on here always makes claims i know they could never back up, geez people...

If you have alot of 4:3 pixel ratio games, the current drivers out right now will stretch the games horizontally and thus distort it. I have come to hate this feature and have to run games with the option turned off. Starcraft and diablo 2 just don't look the same. You have to use a normal monitor in order to enjoy them to the fullest and that isn't always the case. I bought the laptop for the option of portable gaming, not to be constricted by the driver set.

Other than that, the laptop does fine for gaming. I have been happy with it despite the previous fact. Until a set of drivers come out that only allow vertical stretching then its falls short... dang ATI.

I understand exactly what you mean... That's why when I answer these questions, I don't say perfect... I usually say a game runs smooth when it's 30 or above and that it is set at decently high.

If money is a factor, i'd dump WUXGA and take it to 1 gig of ram or your going to be jerky with intense games.. XClaude has alot of valid points regarding the 9700 and WUXGA...