guyz... i need your help and suggestion here as after i Google regarding it, nothing much i can found... im going to order studio 15 tomorrow... after all, i stuck whether to choose 720p or 1080p display... my usage main on surfing and my assignments task and gaming... which one should i choose? i heard 1080p makes the font size too small... give me suggestion plz guyz!!!! thanx in advance...

u can always adjust the font size...

my choice, 720p, unless u re going to watch Full HD movies...

not that u can play games at 1080p anyway...

movies kinda not priority... the resolution can be changed, but after change it, it going to be smthing like blur rite?

change resolution, yes...

change font size, no...

we re talking abt 2 different stuff here...

once lower the resolution, the font size and icons going to be larger rite?

yes of course...

but u can increase the font size without changing resolution...

ok2.... so which is the best way to go? for surfing and gaming? 720p or 1080p? i have used 15.6' display with 720p... so i knw hw it looks like... bt 1080p... no idea at all...

considering that the laptop is using only a HD5470, and u mainly play games and dun watch much Full HD movie, imho 720p is good enuf...

however, ve u considered the clearance sale of Studio XPS 16??? C2D P8700 with HD4670 going for rm2849 after coupon discount...

This post has been edited by astria: Jun 16 2010, 11:45 PM

im going for i5... so the best choice is studio 15 i guess....

well, for gaming the SXPS16 is a much better choice even though it's running on older tech...

HD4670 offers much more performance over HD5470... and P8700 has pretty high clock as well, performance on par with the i5...

well, it's ur call... juz a suggestion...

thnx for ur suggestion ya... prefer studio 15...
but is it going to be advantage if i choose 1080p?

how bout sxps16? currently having prono.. just 2849..

agreed.. SXPS 16 is the best that suits your budget..

well.. it is the best laptop of the months

or consider of importing, u can consider g51vx-rx05 also.. price of the notebook + import fee cost less than 3k..

gaming on ATI 5470 is going to be okay for the moment but not in 1 year's time..ATI 4670 on the other hand is a high ranked class 2 gpu churning out 7k 3dmarks 06...ati 5470 barely make it 4k...

depends, since u already mentioned that you aint into movies, then it's not really a disadvantage...

first, u already mention it uself, the font size, it's gonna be smaller, and not to mention web pages gonna look smaller as well, and for those that have empty sides, like gizmodo, the side's empty space is going to be bigger, and that does not look good...
second, gaming performance, i think this one quite easy to understand, higher res = more performance..so in gaming for 15", 720p is enough...

however i do suggest what astria suggested also...p8700 is very good for gaming, it's 2.53Ghz...the CPU i am using is p8400, just 2.26Ghz, but i hardly feel that any games gives me bottleneck, and in gaming, GPU is way more important then CPU...i5 have turbo boost, but it require u to turn off 1 core in order to boost the speed, but most games nowadays already utilize dual core, and the efficiency of it is way higher then using a slightly higher clocked single core...

This post has been edited by BBXiong: Jun 17 2010, 12:07 AM

with some driver mod, u can reach 8k of marks..

Support SXPS 16 as well if gaming is a concern
or take Lenovo Y460, i5 430M + ATi HD5650@RM3299, better performance...

Suddenly all suggesting TS to get Dell SXPS16 ...

Well, back to topic, as your usage is normal and you more into games/not movie, 720p is enough ...

Advantage on choosing 1080p, of course you have the advantage because you can always lower your resolution down ...but the pictures won't be so nice ...and yes, by meaning with 1080p, the font will get smaller but you can re-size the font, make it bigger..as for me, 720p is enough

thnx for all of ur suggestion guyz,,,, nt really in gaming, so gc aint priorityy for me... so decided to order studio 15 with 720p.... thnx guyz...