Real quick question!

4p · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:30

How can a 17 inch be of such great resolution?

Its for a laptop and what resolution should i go for

I'm really noob in the laptop world

Shicky · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:35

I dont know how exactly, but it just is!

In my eyes though if you're going to be using a laptop for gaming I would go for such a high res or the gfx card wont be able to handle current games long if at all.

4p · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:35

Shicky said:
I dont know how exactly, but it just is!

In my eyes though if you're going to be using a laptop for gaming I would go for such a high res or the gfx card wont be able to handle current games long if at all.

It's for Media work mate the the graphics is:

NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 2500M with 512MB dedicated graphics memory [Included in Price]

Zogger · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:36

ignore, no idea

azzerz · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:39

1440x900 is still going to look nice

but i would imagine 1900x1200 would look insane, 1440x900 if youre going to be gaming though

4p · 7 Jan 2008 at 20:40

azzerz said:
1440x900 is still going to look nice

but i would imagine 1900x1200 would look insane, 1440x900 if youre going to be gaming though

Primarly Video work mate, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas etc

azzerz · 7 Jan 2008 at 21:25

in that case it would be brilliant

lots of extra space

I have a 22" and its only 1680x1050 (which is really just enough for vegas, imo)... i say go for it buddy

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 7 Jan 2008 at 21:44

I had a 16" at 1600x1200. It was fine but the writing a little small.

roysters · 7 Jan 2008 at 21:46

I got a mac book pro and choose the 1920x1200 version. Comes in useful for design work.

4p · 7 Jan 2008 at 21:47

Cheers for the replies

I'm going for the bigger res

James07 · 7 Jan 2008 at 21:48

The screen res is totally dependant on the MB of the gfx card i.e. 128mb 256mb 512mb etc etc.. Larger the mb, larger the res.

Am i right?

My old 19" run at a huge reso on a 256mb card.

Now i settle for a laptop

4p · 7 Jan 2008 at 21:49

James07 said:
The screen res is totally dependant on the MB of the gfx card i.e. 128mb 256mb 512mb etc etc.. Larger the mb, larger the res.

Am i right?

My old 19" run at a huge reso on a 256mb card.

512mb Nvidia Quadro, designed for high end applications i believe

beermonster · 7 Jan 2008 at 22:15

1920 x 1200 res 17"'s have been around for ages, mainly on top end laptops such as sony toshiba etc, they're all well and good for HD but probably wouldnt recommend them for native 3d gaming

TheVoice · 7 Jan 2008 at 23:06

James07 said:
The screen res is totally dependant on the MB of the gfx card i.e. 128mb 256mb 512mb etc etc.. Larger the mb, larger the res.

Am i right?

Not really mate, the speed of the graphics chipset (and the memory it has) will influence performance (even with things like Vista's Aero interface), but you won't be absolutely unable to run particular resolutions just because of the graphics chipset, these days. Display resolution is dependent on the display itself, not the chipset.