Request: Side By Side pics of SXGA/UXGA

Well... there may be new ones for the 8890/5680... so I would wait on your buying decision until you can see some reviews of those. Of course if your like me, you will be ordering asap... so...

All our demo models right now have the 16.1" UXGA (8887) and the 15" wide angle UXGA(5670). I'll try and get some shots comparing them. The 16" SXGA is probably going to be a better LCD (over the 15.7 and the 16.1" UXGA for most anyone unless they need to run 1600 X 1200.

I aso need a pic of the 16" sxga. (since that is what the 8890 will be avalible with) Also dose it have any ghosting?

Haven't noticed any ghosting or had any feedback on ghosting on the the 16" SXGA.

Ok, that sorta answered my question in the Update post... I should have read this first

It would be great Adam if you could get us something about the quality of the newer 16" SXGA. I've heard good things about the previous screens on the 8887. It would be interesting to note how much of an improvement there may be with the new ones since they'll be using that for the 8890... right?

As stated, the wide angle will return to the 5680 so we know the great screen there is coming back from before so there appears to be no advancements for that model.

Then the choice is made. Heve you played many games on it like newer fps, though. I was fearing the 16" uxga because I've heard of ghosting on it, But if the sxga has no ghosting, then I'm all for it. Thanks for the quick responce.

I like screenshots... it would make a world of a difference if they had a nice archive comparing this to that, new to old, etc. etc.

What can I say, I'm a visual kinda guy. Maybe I'll make a trip to Best Buy tomorrow to look at a 16" SXGA for sizing purposes.

Adam, have you played new, high end games on the 8890 16" SXGA w/o ghosting? Stuff like...battlefield 1942, ut2003, etc.

A higher resolution means a higher resolution. Higher grafical detail means better grafix. And that is what the Radeion 9600pro is for. I'm perfectly fine with a 1280x1024 resaotion, because I have never played games at a higher resalution. And if it has no ghosting, than that is even better, since the 16" uxga had ghosting.

I don't know anyone who runs games at 1600x1200, even though I have about 5 serious gamer friends with UXGA laptops with 64MB Radeon 7500 or better cards. Most of them run 1280x1024 or 1024x768 depending on what their graphics card can handle. I have a SXGA+ and run games at 800x600 or even 640x480 because my graphics card sucks (16 Mb ATI RAGE).

The size of UXGA is generally for desktop space purposes.

If you want good gaming graphics, the most important factor is the graphics card. Second most important is the graphics card, and third most important would be... the graphics card. Get the picture? I'd also rank processor speed, RAM, and screen quality (contrast, update speed, color, brightness) above screen resolution, too (although not necessarily in that order).

Running at 1600x1200 means your graphics card processes 1.92 megapixels per frame. Running at 1024x768 means only 786 kilopixels per frame. Processing only 60% fewer pixels per frame means a lot more computing power available for textures, lighting, and similar features which you can then turn up to the max value in your games without sacrificing framerate. And that will make the graphics look much better than increasing the resolution will. Same with more RAM or a faster processor - they let you turn on the advanced graphics features. And obviously screen quality governs what ithe end result actually looks like.

-phubar

It has occurred to me that if you're going to be running games in 1280x1024, the SXGA screen will give a crisper image than the UXGA, because the SXGA will be in native resolution, while the UXGA has to scale the image to the physical resolution, which causes some blurring.

Of course, we won't know what resolution the m10p's will support until people get a chance to play with them and quantify the amount of ass they kick. They may very well support play at 1600x1200, although I'm not setting my expectations that high myself.

-phubar

Dito. Also I dont know that I would like to play games at that high res.