High-Resolution, Anti-Glare LCD for Gaming Laptop? 76
Kra Z Joe asks: "I've been having difficulty locating a laptop that has an anti-glare, WSXGA 15.4" or WUXGA 17" display AND a gaming-capable graphics system. As for anti-glare displays, I can find the standard WXGA 15.4" screens on laptops with graphics systems capable of running today's games, and I can find the higher resolution displays used with either an integrated Intel 'Extreme' graphics system, or some dedicated 'business' graphics systems. Unable to locate a major brand PC that meets my requirements — I've also attempted to find an add-on anti-glare product to use with those glossy-screened laptops. It seems that nobody makes a working product without also tacking on some type of 'privacy' guard, or some plastic frame that would prevent me from closing the laptop. Does anyone know a reputable laptop maker that would like my money, or where I can find a good anti-glare covering that works without limiting my ability to view from the side?"
i know how you feel (Score:1, Funny)
Sager (Score:5, Insightful)
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He said "gaming." what part of that word didn't you read?
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What makes you think I didn't read it?
Have a couple free clues: some people (especially on slashdot) don't want to buy Windows with their computer. Some people (especially on slashdot) have access to existing or cheaper Windows licenses and don't want to pay for new ones.
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Wah? I've never heard of them. I'm not a gamer by any means, but I do (did) like to think I knew most of the "big" notebook brands out there.
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Sager and (apparently) Asus are OEMs who use Clevo as their ODM. There are only a handful of laptop ODMs in the world that all the OEMs buy from.
I mostly like the Asus laptops I've seen, but when I was shopping for a new one, I couldn't find any Asus models with a 15.4" 1920x1200 screen.
Not Sager, Acer (Score:2, Informative)
I'd suggest getting an Acer myself, the Aspire 5000 line. Just go for the newest one. I have a friend with
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I work in the IT department at a college, we have seen many Acer laptops using the RTL8185 wireless chipset experience issues connecting to the college wireless networks. (WEP encryption, SSID non-broadcast).
OTOH, they are nice laptops.
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Good info source (Score:2)
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Apple (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/ [apple.com]
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Re:Apple +1 (Score:4, Informative)
Plus, you have the great options of OS X, Windows XP/Vista, and Linux. The new Duo 2 chips are killer fast, and they really are solid machines. I'm typing this on my iBook G4 that i've had since they came out. In the same time, my parents have gone through 2 Sony laptops and an HP. The iBook is still rock solid and does all my general (non gaming, non 3d intensive) day to day work perfectly. I have a good desktop, so as a laptop this is as good as it gets.
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I'll also second the vote for the
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I confess to being not intimately familiar with Apple's notebook pricing on a day to day basis, but what I do know is that these [apple.com] prices have not moved a cent downwards since product launch.
I'd be quite happy to be corrected, but therein lies the rub - the initial models are 8 months old, but they still want the same price for them??
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I keep looking at it, but I can't decide if the CAD card will be useful for gaming.
Thanks!
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The only difference was a resistor value. change the resistor, get a diferente board.
On the Quadro2 mode, you don't get much of the defects rendering polygons on CAD. And you also get better smoke and other effects in games. and ~70% of the framerate (I only tested with half life)
On GeForce2 mode, you get speed and shitty graphics.
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I've got a bit of upgrade fever
ThinkPad Z61p (Score:2, Insightful)
HP zv5000z (Score:3, Insightful)
"Gaming" is a pretty broad term. I play CS:S and its not too strenuous on the graphics card. Then again, there are laptops that rival gaming rigs costing several thousand dollars. How much performance do you really need out of this laptop?
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I only wish HP offered a little beefier nVidia graphics chip with their laptops; I can't find a decent nVidia solution from them.
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All a "gaming" laptop really needs is a good graphics card... which he could install himself.
I assume that he could find a no-glare display, decent CPU, + features, with room for a mediocre, yet upgradeable graphics card. Right?
Or are laptops different enough that even Slash-Nerds are scared to open 'em up?
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I'll bite. Where can I buy a laptop video card (eg, a GeForce Go) by itself?
MacBook Pro (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/ [apple.com]
Try HP (Score:3, Interesting)
Mine is T2500, 2GB(667), 1680x1050 matte, X1600 w/ 256MB, 80GB 7200RPM, DL 8X DVD-R, 3945 a/b/g w/ bluetooth. It's great. Lighter than my old 15". Gets around 3.5 hours battery life playing movies or surfing. It handles Oblivion and HL2 at decent resolution with most of the eye candy on.
It's hard to find a decent laptop w/o a glossy screen. I looked for weeks before I decided on this model. I would have preferred a slightly better video card, but I couldn't pass up the deal I got on this one. I've been trying to find specs/pricing on the NVS 510M. It just showed up as an option and I can't find anything solid on it. My guess is that it's similar to a 7900GS. If so, I might swap out the X1600 one of these days.
Erm... (Score:3, Informative)
I can't think of a decent glare blocker that wouldn't apply either depth or angular constraints on the display. Unless I've got my theory very wrong, you're asking for a glare blocker that doesn't do what glare blockers do.. erm.. yeah....
The only other hope you have is to boost the source lighting from the laptop. Maybe you should buy a super high intensity iris burning LCD. That'll cancel out most ambient lighting as well as turn your eyes into two little meat balls =)
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Have you looked at Acer? (Score:2)
The screen is a little glossy, but so far it has not proved to be a problem for me, though there have been times when some sort of anti-glare coating would be nice.
The price isn't too bad, either. I gave just under $1100 for it.
Here
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The ATI/OEM drivers for the X1400 are crap for gaming. They are choppy in-game, among other problems - like once you exit a graphics-intensive app, it chews 100% of one core of the cpu until you reboot.
Once you ditch those drivers and install the Omega Drivers ( http://www.omegadrivers.net/ [omegadrivers.net] ) it works like a dream. It's probably a good idea to do that for just about any Radeon card.
Omega Drivers are vastly over hyped (Score:2)
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Even thought it may be that it's just a prepackaged 'optimized' set of driver settings, it still performs better without having to find the sweet s
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What is it with the glossy screens anyway?? (Score:4, Insightful)
This whole glossy screen thing seems like a very unfortunate fad. I know, glossy is better for watching movies -- is that really the primary use that most laptops are being sold for???
I think we (those of us who don't always use our laptops in the dark) need to let the manufacturers know that there is still a significant fraction of the market for whom glossy screens are unacceptable, period. It's just nuts that you can't get a 17" 1920x1200 laptop from Dell with a matte-finish screen.
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Well, I don't do much image work, so color accuracy means little to me -- and I just hate glare.
I suppose if the manufacturers would take the next logical step and add an anti-reflective coating, we could all be happy.
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But
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I don't know if it's the glossyness that's responsible but if it is, then it's an acceptible trade-off for me.
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I want to replace a 3 year old Inspiron 8200 and CAN NOT find anything suitable because of these glossy screens. Feck heads won't be getting my money.
MSI-1039 (Score:1)
Compal HEL80 (Score:1)
Mac Book Pro (Score:2, Informative)
LCDs that handle multiple resolutions? (Score:2)
Thanks.
sPh
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Change it out for $100 (Score:1)
This may not be the most attractive option, but worth mentioning. There's a company out there called ScreenTek that will change your LCD from matte to high-gloss for $100. The "re-polarizing" process involves removing the old surface, and then installing a new one. They figure most people want high-gloss, but if you have it and want matte instead, they can use the same process and tools to change it out for you.
So if you do find a laptop you like for $1800 in glossy and for $2000 in matte, then I'd get th
Portable One MX (based on Asus A8JM) (Score:1)
Offtopic (Score:1)
Hmm 1400 lines vertical, I wonder what res it will go to
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