WXGA+ vs. WUXGA

Question

Being that I'm not overly impressed with huge resolutions, what is the bottom line difference between:

- 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen XGA+ Display

- 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™

Both will be powered by 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 6800. Will there be a noticeable difference? How much of a difference? And, if I went with the UXGA, and changed the resolution to something smaller instead of the native resolution, how would it then compare to the XGA+ at it's native resolution?

On a similar note, what would be difference be between 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 6800 and 128MB ATIs™ Mobility Radeon™ X300? Neither video card is running off the processor, both are running entirely on their own, right?

I'm not a gamer, but I do a lot of web design, with graphics, etc.

badke · Answer

Thanks for your input.

If you change the resolution to something smaller with UXGA, are the graphics pretty bad? Or is it work-with-able? I'd be running at native res most of the time, but would need to go down to something smaller every now and then.

jeffcmfrt · Answer

@badke wrote:
Being that I'm not overly impressed with huge resolutions, what is the bottom line difference between:

- 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen XGA+ Display

- 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™

Both will be powered by 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 6800. Will there be a noticeable difference? How much of a difference? And, if I went with the UXGA, and changed the resolution to something smaller instead of the native resolution, how would it then compare to the XGA+ at it's native resolution?

On a similar note, what would be difference be between 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 6800 and 128MB ATIs™ Mobility Radeon™ X300? Neither video card is running off the processor, both are running entirely on their own, right?

I'm not a gamer, but I do a lot of web design, with graphics, etc.

Basicly the difference is a higher native resalution as you downgrade from wuxga to uxga then xga the lower the native resalution is.It basicly depends on how good your eyes are.I would not recomend the wuxga for someone who has not so good eye sight.The best thing to do is go to stores and look at the difference before you purchase your laptop to give you a good idea of what to expect.I personally have a 15.4 widescreen with the wuxga and i love the crisp sharp images. But keep in mind that with the wuxga your text will display smaller but more sharp and crisp which can be a problem if you dont have good eyes because of the size of the text.The easiest way for me to compare if you have no problem reading a newspapper for a extended time then the wuxga will be fine if you do. Get the next lower resalution the uxga as for the third choice. If you need to choose the xga your eyes are in pretty bad shape and a laptop shouldnt even be a option you should order a desktop.The wuxga is the best display just not for people with bad eyes.

As for the video card yes it has its own memmory and the 6800 is a power card you wont have any limitations. With as for the X300 a lot of people who have orderded it in their laptops have been disapointed. It is a weak card in my opinion not that much better than intergrated graphics the only difference in my opinion is it has it own memmory. You wont be able to game at all on it.If you run graphic intence programs i would recomend the 6800.

Inspiron XPS Gen 1
3.4 H/T processor
1 gig ram
256 ddr ati 9800
15.4 wide aspect ultra sharp
wuxga(1920x1200) display
Operating system windows xp home
Service pk 2
Logitech MX750 wireless mouse
Nostromo n52 gamepad

badke · Answer

Well, after a lot of internet searching, I'm completely lost. I'm ready to buy this 9300, but have no idea what to do about the screen.

I play games on a very rare occasion, it seems like the WUXGA is for gaming more than anything else. But considering I'm returning a 6000 to upgrade to the 9300, I sure don't want to get the WXGA+, be unhappy with it, and have to return another notebook.

SR45 · Answer

http://news.designtechnica.com/print_featured_article6.html    Read this about resolutions and LCD monitors

tminh90 · Answer

Can tell much the different bw those 2 rather than resolution. I stoped by the computer shop and played around 2 hours just for testing all the laptops there . It not worth for xtra $175 if you're not a real gamer. If you want to make a BIG different : There 's rank from Xperts

Apple - Power MAC G5 ( if Windows XP not important to you or do nothing else than on-line and DVD ) Best screen ever
Fujitsu N series
SONY with Xbrite : depend on your budget $$$

Message Edited by tminh90 on 05-01-2005 05:12 PM

badke · Answer

@SR45 wrote:

http://news.designtechnica.com/print_featured_article6.html Read this about resolutions and LCD monitors

Thanks, that was actually very helpful.

I think the XGA+ would be better for me. So that begs the question, does the TrueLife make such a difference that someone picky about the appearance of graphics would be upset they didn't get it?

jeffcmfrt · Answer

I can' really comment on the uxga because i have the wuxga but on my wuxga i can run two resalutions perfect 1920X1200 and 1280X800 There are a lot of post about the Laptop displays with higher resalutions along with quite a few fixes for example veiwing in internet explorer the regestry fix also they have a neat program called clear type tuner which makes a drastic improvement on all lcd displays.I don't beleive when people say you can only run your display in its native res. It may look crunched together .Yes it will display better than others. a good example is i do photo editing from time to time and i can run other resalutions and they are fine as long as they are widescreen the ones that dont display good i can go into the bios pages and disable the feature that streatches the image to fit the display.There are work arounds to get the display moreless the way you want it.Alot of it depends on the video card to. If it wont support scailing and all. It will display with the black boarders.For example with my machine the XPS with the 9700 video card it wont display all the resalutions in full screen. It will display with the black boarder now with the 9800 card it will display them all without the black boarder but the display might look bunched together if it isnt a widescree res and you have the option to have it display right but with the black border

If you have good eyes i would go with the wuxga it is next to none with images runing in its native res but the downside is that text is a little small.

As for the most part you can make adjustments for windows to be perfect like misc settings fonts bold text,active tittle bar,message box ,icons ect. The thing is with internet explorer but like i said they have fixes and tweaks to improve the display in internet explorer.I have good eyesight so i love this wuxga display but if my eyes were not as good. I would get the uxga but i wouldnt go any lower than that fore the one reason you are sacrificing the quaility of images and you loose the crisp sharp look the more you downgrade

I hope i diddnt confuse you this is the best i can discribe it. Like i mentioned the best bet would be to go and look at a couple displays so you can see for yourself wit your own eyes and form your own opinion. What may look good to me may not to you and it isnt like they give theese laptops away.

Another thought you can order the best display with the highest res and if the text seems to small returne it within the 21 day period and reorder until you are happy with your display LOL:smileyvery-happy: good luck i wish i could give you more info and input. Best wishes

Inspiron XPS Gen 1
3.4 H/T processor
1 gig ram
256 ddr ati 9800
15.4 wide aspect ultra sharp
wuxga(1920x1200) display
Operating system windows xp home
Service pk 2
Logitech MX750 wireless mouse
Nostromo n52 gamepad

SR45 · Answer

http://notebookforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=153  This is another XPS Gen 2 and 9300 notebook forum for Dell systems, and it has a number of members talking about the uxga and xga screens....Lots of reading

enigma-2 · Answer

I'll add my two cents to the discussion.

I also have a WUXGA display.

For advanced games it's fantastic. But for normal everyday word processing, spreadsheet, web surfing, it's too small; so I usually run in WXGA resolution with no complaints. As good as a WXGA native screen IMO.

For those who do not know how to switch, here's the procedure for an 8600:

Right click on the desktop, select properties, settings, reset the screen resolution to 1280x800, select "Advanced", verify the DPI setting is at "normal size - 96 DPI, click OK & OK.

If the icons are too big (usually are, you can reset them) right click on Start, Properties, Customize & select Small Icons.

These high resolution wide screen displays run just fine at this lower resolution, and have the advantage of being able to jump to extremely high resolution when needed. Best of both worlds.

Dennis

HiTechLuv · Answer

Hello, I've had my I6000D with WUXGA for about 2 weeks and I love it. The images are so clear and sharp. I would see nothing like it in my old XGA screen. I have tried the machine with both native resolution (1900x1200) and a downgraded one (1600x1000). Both are fantastic and running well.   After few trials, I have decided to use the native resolution with DPI set to 147 (some one in this forum suggested me to set to this DPI). With this setting, the words are big enough in IE for me to read articles. In addition, they are clear and sharp. One of the drawbacks for this setting is that some web windows don't display correctly - the reason for the incorrect display I think is because of the window's designs, not the screen or its resolution at all.   I love my screen, it's amazingly displays the backgound scenery. It's even clearer and better than a camera photo. The screen is perfect, no frickles, no sparkles, no dark spots.   I have owned a number of laptops. In my opinion, this I6000D is a state of the art in both deisgn and performance. It's the best deal  I could probably get for a good laptop.   I6000D bought for $1600 WUXGA, 2.0GHz CPU, 1G RAM, 80G HD, 128MB X300. DVD/CD +/-

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