15.6" laptop with 1080p question

[VulgarDisplay]

Anyone have a 15.6" laptop with a 1080p screen? If so do you play games at a lower resolution to improve performance?

How well does the small screen hide the fact that you aren't playing at the native resolution?

 

[mnewsham]

If you are going to get 1080p might as well spring for the better GPU to run games at native res.

 

[Trey22]

Minimum GPU at 1080p should be a GTX560m.

This site is a bit biased, but should give you a good idea of FPS in games...

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-560M.48313.0.html

 

[M0RPH]

I have one and yes I run some games at a lower resolution. In fact just yesterday I was comparing the difference between native res and a lower res. It's a noticeable difference, running at lower res makes things slightly blurry. But I don't think the loss of sharpness is a big deal in games, it's better than not being able to run the game at all or having it run too slowly.

 

[Axon]

My GTX 560m runs basically anything I can throw at it.

 

[ieatdonuts]

A 1080p screen is useful outside of gaming - for multitasking, HD video, even browsing the web.

Plus, 1080p screen upgrades on laptops are often HIGHER QUALITY than their 768p counterparts - better brightness, antiglare, better contrast ratio, etc. etc.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

A 1080p screen is useful outside of gaming - for multitasking, HD video, even browsing the web.

Plus, 1080p screen upgrades on laptops are often HIGHER QUALITY than their 768p counterparts - better brightness, antiglare, better contrast ratio, etc. etc.

That's why I opted for the 1080p screen. I mainly want this laptop for photoshop and dreamweaver use. I can deal with it looking blurry when I decide to game on the go if I have to for playable framerates. My PC at home is for mainly for gaming.