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Is there really any screen size good for gaming?

post #1 of 9
3/17/05 at 11:36pm
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Either it be 17 in. or 15 in. do you guys find flaws in playing games on a 15 in. laptop screen? My monitor now is 17 inches and I like it cause it just gives a bigger perspective but I've never really computed on a 15 in. screen. Any thoughts?
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post #2 of 9
3/17/05 at 11:58pm
The only thing that would give a bigger perspective is a higher resolution, not screen size.
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post #3 of 9
3/18/05 at 12:17am
true, although frames per second drops as screen resolution is increased.
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post #4 of 9
3/18/05 at 12:42am
15" SXGA is WAY bette for gamming than a 15.4" Wide since you probably wont be playing in your native resolution on the wide screen
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post #5 of 9
3/18/05 at 12:45am
Except for the games that support widescreen, and then gaming is sweet.
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post #6 of 9
3/18/05 at 1:06am
yeah UT and UT2K4 support WXGA res's so that kicks ass!! same with HL2
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post #7 of 9
3/18/05 at 8:41am
I'd say there are fewer new games that don't support widescreens than you think. I think 1680x1050 is a better resolution than WUXGA right now though if you game...hard to drive much higher than that with any card currently available (with AA and AF anyway).
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post #8 of 9
3/18/05 at 8:47am
You should also be sitting closer to the notebook screen than a monitor on your desktop, so that helps with the smaller size.
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post #9 of 9
3/18/05 at 12:23pm
I dunno... I prefer to play games in a smaller resolution, as the textures at higher resolutions tend to become grainy or blocky. (I know this is partially a result of graphics rendering, but I feel it should be said) I personally play most games at 800x600 or 1024x768, just because that's what I've always played them in. Comfort thing I guess. With the new TV tuners though, even video games on systems are transporting to these huge resolutions, making the need for better high resolution support a must... but something that many games don't support. (Or support... badly I guess you could say)
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