Hey guys. If you are trying to decide which screen to choose it can be a little confusing. Following is a picture of the three varieties of 15.4" display (from an older model, but the same as used in current models such as e1505/ 6400) so you can make a better informed decision. But first, some basic info for each screen in turn (the corresponding pictures follow in the same order);

WXGA: Screen resolution 1280 x 800 pixels

WSXGA+: Screen resolution 1680 x 1050 pixels

WUXGA: Screen resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels

Credit goes to Xarthan for the original pics and to srika for resizing and putting them together to make it more comparable.



As you can see, the higher the resolution, the more you can see on screen (and the smaller everything gets as a result). This allows you to play with high resolution photo's more easily, improves how games look (although you'll take a performance hit), etc.

Stu

Nice sticky. How about adding a picture of a WXGA+ screen? This has come up a lot recently for people trying to decide between WSGA+ and WXGA+ on E1505's.

wooow i remember way back when i just joined here from the style ofthe page lol and i just before that style was implemented.....

ok back to topic. these very pics helped me out in the past and are still surprisingly helpful now that i am buying a lappy once again. and i concur with post 2 wxga+ would be helpful

I have to say as an owner of the 1680x1050 w/ a 6800M GT and a gamer... Unless you are somehow pairing the 1920x1200 with one of the monster mobile graphics cards (way better than 6800M GT) than your actually kind of shooting yourself in the foot with the higher resolution display. Youll have to run in a nonnative resolution to fill the screen, suffer a smaller screen for the same work in a window, or some variation.

When I see 1920x1200 I think of someone like a programmer. When you got tons of stuff up and you really want two monitors. But nothing is excessively graphics intensive. Then the extra pixels in the same inches comes into its own.

If you can afford it...

ahhhh no 1440X900 =) *sniff sniff* I feel so left out!

i have the 1920x1200 i love it the screen is beautiful but i do have to play games in a lower resolution but it dosnt bug me i dont see the difference but i use it for programing of routers and also other stuffplus i have the bluray player another thing i reccomend. bluray looksamazing on this thing like heaven in a laptop. highly reccomend the higher res screen

Hi all,
Thx for this very useful comparison.
I would be very glad to have some values about the impact of screen resolution on gaming performance.
Xarthan, have you tried to launch the same game (3D) on both laptops and get the FPS value of each?
I'm not sure how the FPS is related to screen resolution.
I'm currently hesitating between WXGA and WSXGA+ (with a 9600M GT 512MB).
I currently have a WXGA (with an ATI X700), I can see pixels but it's not a pain.
Moreover, have you seen differences in battery consumption with your firend?
Thx for all!

I say......17" go for WUXGA and 15,4 go for WXSGA+