And wheres the best place to buy this if I am from Canada? (cheapest)

Thanks. Great thread. If i were gettign the 3790 i'd go for the ultra just for the extra real estate. (I can read small) Both screens are gettting excellent reviews.

Not to hijack the topic of this thread, but are these becnhmark scores good? What would be "average numbers"

good for a laptop, average for a desktop.

John, which screen would you say looks better while gaming at 1024x768?

All we tried was Doom3 but the wuxga looked a little better.

I have no reason not to believe you, John, when you say that the WSXGA looks a bit more vibrant than the WUXGA in person, and I know that photos aren't always the best reference for determining this - "in person" is the best way to see it.

But when looking at your photos, I guess I have to take the road less traveled, because to me, in your photos the WUXGA on the right looks better to my eyes.

The WSXGA on the left is the one that looks like it's a tad bit milky and washed out in several of the photos, whereas the WUXGA is the one that looks more vibrant to me - the colors seem to be deeper, richer. Not in every photo, but in several, especially in the doom picture.

I can see a difference in the whites - the WSXGA whites look a bit whiter in some cases, and in others the WUXGA seems a bit whiter. Just too hard to get an accurate feel with photos. But overall, the WUXGA just looks a bit better to me. Both screens appear to be at the exact same angle, so I couldn't blame any discrepancies in screen quality on that factor when looking at these pictures. Maybe lighting could have played a factor here when you were snapping some of the pictures, but clearly not in all.

Each to his own. I prefer UXGA myself, so that's what I'll be waiting for with the system I'm interested in.

Thanks a lot for snapping all those pictures. At the very least, they serve as a great reference for the difference in resolutions.

That's what the pics are for One, to try to help you figure out which one is best for you. You are correct in the Doom pic, which is why I said it looks better in wuxga. I don't think this is attributed to the lighting, probably because of the screen brightness difference. In a couple pics such as this one:

the white out or milkiness can be attributed to reflection.

Take a close look at the photoshop photo and especially the objects on the right hand side of the photo. This may give you a better indication of the difference in colorfulness/vibrance.

Just got my baby today, and is she ever sexy. Wooowe. I, for one, am glad I did not get the WUXGA. The icons and the text are so small I absolutely have to wear my reading glasses. Reading the forum is not much trouble, font size is good. However, other things in other programs are very very small.
My 2 cents worth is this: If you've got great/perfect vision, and you are not going to be up all night infront of the screen, go for the WUXGA. Otherwise, save a few bucks and get this gorgeous WSXGA screen. No poking, no dead pixels, no light seepage. Just a picture perfect screen.
Now I'm going to go change my sig.

I'm jealous now! Congrats on your dream machine flamme.

I'm still contemplating whether or not I should get the WSXGA or the WUXGA.

Thanks, and good luck on your decision. It really is a personal choice. It took me 2 months to decide, and it was John's pictures comparing the two that helped me choose.

awesome post John! Looks like the wuxga is quite a bit nicer if you're eyes can take the small res hey?

what is the max resolution on WSXGA?

how's the heat under the left palmrest for you?

how about the battery life on both? Will the WUXGA consume more?

bump ehheeee