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Spartan
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2030 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 04:37:11
February 11 2009 22:54 GMT
#1
I'm trying to gather some numbers for a survey and I hope you all can take the 2 seconds to vote. I'm investigating trends in screen resolutions among computer enthusiasts and gamers. Yes this survey is pretty common and can be Googled, but the numbers one would find are for the general population and not my target audience. So please participate if you will.

Step 1: Visit this site (no it isn't mine despite what half of TL may think) and find out your screen resolution..
http://whatismyscreenresolution.com/

Step 2: Cast your vote on the following poll..
[image loading]

Poll: Screen resolutions for 2009
(Vote): 800 x 600 or smaller (square)
(Vote): 1024 x 768 (square)
(Vote): 1280 x 1024/960/800
(Vote): 1440 x 900 (widescreen)
(Vote): 1600 x 1200 or larger (square)

Yea I did a search through the forums and found these threads..
2007: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=58690
2004: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=18236

Bonus..
[image loading]

Poll: Fair that SC2 has widescreen support?
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Edit.. (another poll)
[image loading]

Poll: Surf the internet with browser maximized?
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote):
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Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
February 11 2009 23:01 GMT
#2
1920x1080 is mine.
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Mikilatov
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States3897 Posts
February 11 2009 23:02 GMT
#3
1680x1050, here.
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Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3684 Posts
February 11 2009 23:03 GMT
#4
On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.


Same. This is a really common resolution so I'm not sure why it isn't in the poll.
Racenilatr
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2756 Posts
February 11 2009 23:05 GMT
#5
On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.

same....ya this should be in the pole instead of 1600 1200
aseq
Profile Joined January 2003
Netherlands3983 Posts
February 11 2009 23:11 GMT
#6
1920 x 1200. it's also not in there...
XoXiDe
Profile Joined September 2006
United States620 Posts
February 11 2009 23:19 GMT
#7
On February 12 2009 08:03 Durak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.


Same. This is a really common resolution so I'm not sure why it isn't in the poll.

TEXAN
liger13
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1060 Posts
February 11 2009 23:19 GMT
#8
their adding widescreen?...
damn.. its going to start turning into who has the bigger monitor/better hardware than ability...
not that i can say much in that department
but i just use 1280*1024 on my main monitor, cause thats the highest it gets...
but i normally drop it to 1024*768 or lower in games because of hardware.
I feel like pwning noobs
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32277 Posts
February 11 2009 23:21 GMT
#9
1024 x 768 (square) I use this
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iloahz
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States964 Posts
February 11 2009 23:23 GMT
#10
1366 x 768, not in the option
paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
February 11 2009 23:23 GMT
#11
1920 x 1200
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Theclutch
Profile Joined January 2009
United States119 Posts
February 11 2009 23:24 GMT
#12
On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.

ZoW
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3983 Posts
February 11 2009 23:25 GMT
#13
My super sexy gosu monitor resolution is 1920 x 1200. And yes, I do think SC2 should have Widescreen support.
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Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
February 11 2009 23:31 GMT
#14
On February 12 2009 08:19 liger13 wrote:
their adding widescreen?...

No. They're adding widescreen.
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3clipse
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada2555 Posts
February 11 2009 23:44 GMT
#15
1280 x 1024
irishash
Profile Joined November 2008
United States285 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-11 23:48:32
February 11 2009 23:47 GMT
#16
2560x1200 dual 20"
LTT
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Shakuras1095 Posts
February 11 2009 23:48 GMT
#17
2560 x 1600.

I don't think it will make enough of a difference to justify leaving support out. =/
RyanS
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States620 Posts
February 11 2009 23:49 GMT
#18
1280x800 (laptop)

And yes it should be fair, I'm sure Blizzard has thought about that when creating the game and make it equal map vision for every resolution.
renegade_zerg
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Korea (South)525 Posts
February 11 2009 23:53 GMT
#19
1920x1200
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 23:51:29
February 12 2009 00:01 GMT
#20
1280x1024 at work on 17" LCD, But I think I use a different size at home on my CRT (maybe slightly larger/smaller)

edit- nope same resolution both places/
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b3h47pte
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States1317 Posts
February 12 2009 00:10 GMT
#21
1280x1024. Love this resolution ^_^
inReacH
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Sweden1612 Posts
February 12 2009 00:21 GMT
#22
1680
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 00:23:46
February 12 2009 00:23 GMT
#23
On February 12 2009 08:21 IntoTheWow wrote:
1024 x 768 (square) I use this


Yeah

it's perfect for my photography processing
I'll probably get a bigger screen soon (currently got a 17", a 7 year old samsung CRT)
prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
February 12 2009 01:00 GMT
#24
1400x1050 @ home (non widescreen)
my laptop is 1680x1050
at work I use dual monitors each running 1920x1200
Oh no
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
February 12 2009 01:04 GMT
#25
1024 x 768 for me, otherwise things seem too small on my 19'' monitor
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spydR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Australia243 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 01:05:17
February 12 2009 01:04 GMT
#26
On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.


#1 Eric Marienthal fanboy. Dropped engineering for this >.<
Savio
Profile Joined April 2008
United States1850 Posts
February 12 2009 02:05 GMT
#27
Thats a very imperfect poll. Mine is 1680x1050 widescreen and that is pretty common on the 22" screens (which are becoming more and more common)
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xmShake
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1100 Posts
February 12 2009 02:23 GMT
#28
1680 x 1050
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
February 12 2009 02:25 GMT
#29
On February 12 2009 08:24 Theclutch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.


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karelen
Profile Joined October 2003
Sweden2407 Posts
February 12 2009 02:26 GMT
#30
2560 x 1600
zzzzzz
Agro_Z
Profile Joined April 2008
United States138 Posts
February 12 2009 02:32 GMT
#31
I have a really..cruddy...small monitor so I need a higher resolution so everything fits on my screen =/ 1024x768 here running at 16bit
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Abydos1
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States832 Posts
February 12 2009 02:39 GMT
#32
On February 12 2009 07:54 Spartan wrote:
Step 1: Visit this site (no it isn't mine despite what half of TL may think) and find out your screen resolution..
http://whatismyscreenresolution.com/


ROFL, who needs a website to find out their monitor resolution.
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rytas
Profile Joined February 2009
Sweden116 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 03:01:53
February 12 2009 03:00 GMT
#33
1680x1050(widescreen) reporting in. And I don't think that using a widescreen in SCII will have a significant advantage, besides widescreen has been around for quite some time now so it only makes sense that the game should support it.
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Pawsom
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States928 Posts
February 12 2009 03:16 GMT
#34
1600x1200(x2)
4 tables fit with no overlap
Whyzguy
Profile Joined June 2008
Canada263 Posts
February 12 2009 03:53 GMT
#35
1152 x 864

Am I weird? Not sure which one to vote for lol
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funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9376 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 03:58:07
February 12 2009 03:57 GMT
#36
1920x1200
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jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6638 Posts
February 12 2009 04:06 GMT
#37
1280 X 1024
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BG1
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Canada1550 Posts
February 12 2009 04:12 GMT
#38
On February 12 2009 11:23 xmShake wrote:
1680 x 1050


same. :/ Most common resolution is not in the poll...
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Cygnus
Profile Joined February 2004
United States846 Posts
February 12 2009 04:13 GMT
#39
1920x1200 all the way.
Fr33t
Profile Joined June 2008
United States1128 Posts
February 12 2009 04:14 GMT
#40
On February 12 2009 13:13 JaySmurff wrote:
1920x1200 all the way.

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Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9104 Posts
February 12 2009 04:24 GMT
#41
On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.

Spartan
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2030 Posts
February 12 2009 04:37 GMT
#42
Added a third poll.
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Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
February 12 2009 04:43 GMT
#43
I use 1400x1050, the highest my 15" laptop supports.
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
February 12 2009 04:52 GMT
#44
It's hard to find a new game nowadays that doesn't have both standard and widescreen resolutions.
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51490 Posts
February 12 2009 05:29 GMT
#45
1680x1050 on a 22' LCD
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Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
February 12 2009 05:34 GMT
#46
On February 12 2009 08:21 IntoTheWow wrote:
1024 x 768 (square) I use this


i use this as well... fuck my shitty monitor.
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Malongo
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Chile3472 Posts
February 12 2009 05:57 GMT
#47
On February 12 2009 14:34 404.Nitrogen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 12 2009 08:21 IntoTheWow wrote:
1024 x 768 (square) I use this


i use this as well... fuck my shitty monitor.

i love my shitty monitor.
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Fen
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Australia1848 Posts
February 12 2009 06:11 GMT
#48
1280x1024 x2 monitors

Yes I browse with a fullscreen window, but I can browse 2 at once

Yes SC2 should have widescreen support. When you buy a computer these days, they all come with widescreen monitors. Youd really be screwing with a lot of people if it wasnt supported.
GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
February 12 2009 06:15 GMT
#49
I think that surfing the internet fullscreen is dependent on how large your monitor is. I know that when i'm at home/have a 30" monitor at my disposal, I don't use the whole screen to browse. But when i'mat school on a 19", then i need to fullscreen.

I hope that sc2 has widescreen support, but then again, i would be okay if it only had 2 resolutions: one for a 4:3, and one for widescreen. that way having better equipment doesn't help you at all.
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GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
February 12 2009 06:15 GMT
#50
On February 12 2009 13:24 Jonoman92 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.


x2 Getting the video card for this to work is pretty tough.
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hazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom570 Posts
February 12 2009 06:28 GMT
#51
1024 x 768 representin' yo
CosmicAC
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States238 Posts
February 12 2009 06:33 GMT
#52
1440x900

and, why would they even consider not including widescreen support?
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LaSt)ChAnCe
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States2179 Posts
February 12 2009 07:04 GMT
#53
i have two different monitors running different res's, there should be an option for this
Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 08:17:02
February 12 2009 07:18 GMT
#54
1400x1050 on a 12" thinkpad, and 1680x1050 on 20" desktop monitor. Neither is an option -_-.

Everytime I see someone with 1280x800 on a 14-15 inch laptop or 1440x900 on 17 inch, I just wanna punch them in the face. Even 1440x900 sucks on a 14 inch laptop. I'm pretty pissed that 1400x1050 is phased out of the market.

i wouldn't be able to live with the browser maximized.
Tadzio
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
3340 Posts
February 12 2009 08:03 GMT
#55
I tend to go with the max resolution my monitors can display. 1280x800 on my laptop. 1024x768 on my PC. Fullscreen browser on my PC, windowed browser on my laptop. One of these days I'll scrap my ancient PC monitor for one that can display a massive resolution, but prolly not anytime soon. This piece of crap serves it's purpose and still doesn't have any dead pixels.... so I'll save my money and deal with its dinky max-resolution.
geometryb
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States1249 Posts
February 12 2009 08:19 GMT
#56
1920x1080
Not_Computer
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada2277 Posts
February 12 2009 08:34 GMT
#57
1280x1024
used to be 1024x768
next up 5120x4096 or 5760x3600
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x89titan
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Philippines1130 Posts
February 12 2009 09:10 GMT
#58
1440x900 laptop
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Profile Blog Joined April 2007
6988 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 19:33:52
February 12 2009 19:32 GMT
#59
On February 12 2009 08:31 Chuiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 12 2009 08:19 liger13 wrote:
their adding widescreen?...

No. They're adding widescreen.

Does this mean that the widescreen users will be able to see more than the smaller monitors or just that they see the same but differently?.. I mean, like, everything is fat as hell or? ehh

._.
MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
February 12 2009 19:45 GMT
#60
On February 12 2009 08:11 aseq wrote:
1920 x 1200. it's also not in there...


this
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Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
February 12 2009 20:32 GMT
#61
On February 13 2009 04:32 Puosu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 12 2009 08:31 Chuiu wrote:
On February 12 2009 08:19 liger13 wrote:
their adding widescreen?...

No. They're adding widescreen.

Does this mean that the widescreen users will be able to see more than the smaller monitors or just that they see the same but differently?.. I mean, like, everything is fat as hell or? ehh

._.

Take a look at the two closely related resolutions:

1280x1024 and 1440x900

Now when you compare them...

1280x1024 = 1310720
1440x900 = 1296000

Now as you can see square resolutions show more of the screen. However widescreen shows more of the sides than the surrounding top and bottom areas so the only real difference is that you're getting a wider view of the battlefield not a larger view. And since this is Blizzard we can be sure that higher resolutions won't show more of the game.
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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
February 12 2009 20:40 GMT
#62
1280*1024, perfect resolution!
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Racenilatr
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2756 Posts
February 12 2009 20:48 GMT
#63
haha no one uses 800 600 anymore
Ziph
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands970 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 20:56:32
February 12 2009 20:55 GMT
#64
1680x1050, I'm surprised by how many people still use 1024 ;_;
I don't browse full screen most of the time.
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o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
February 12 2009 21:04 GMT
#65
1280x800
widescreen ftw!!
Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 21:06:49
February 12 2009 21:06 GMT
#66
1280x1024 until my screen broke down last summer

1680x1050 since then, so much better!

I don't understand why 1680x1050 isn't in the poll..., since it's probably the most common desktop resolution by now (at least it was in a poll a couple of weeks ago on one of the private torrent trackers I use).

edit: I usually don't browse in full screen tho
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SoLaR[i.C]
Profile Blog Joined August 2003
United States2969 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 21:30:39
February 12 2009 21:30 GMT
#67
1920 x 1200 (widescreen). What option should I click?

P.s. - I've heard the widescreen resolutions were based off the golden ratio. Is this true?
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
February 12 2009 21:31 GMT
#68
Complaining about widescreen in gaming is like complaining that games only come on DVD instead of CDROM
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20063 Posts
February 12 2009 21:41 GMT
#69
1680x1050 widescreen on a 15.4 inch laptop
I luv it. web browser only takes up like 2/3 the screen, rest i have media player/irc/aim to the side
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GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
February 12 2009 21:41 GMT
#70
On February 13 2009 06:30 SoLaR[i.C] wrote:
1920 x 1200 (widescreen). What option should I click?

P.s. - I've heard the widescreen resolutions were based off the golden ratio. Is this true?


Im pretty sure that they're based off of industry standards as well as the size the mother glass can support. 4:3 was an old old standard, and was orignally used on tube tv's. movies were 16, which is where we see the widescreen monitors. you can probably google for a list of all the common screen dimensions/screen ratios.

Which golden ratio were you refering to?
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SoLaR[i.C]
Profile Blog Joined August 2003
United States2969 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 22:03:54
February 12 2009 22:01 GMT
#71
On February 13 2009 06:41 GHOSTCLAW wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2009 06:30 SoLaR[i.C] wrote:
1920 x 1200 (widescreen). What option should I click?

P.s. - I've heard the widescreen resolutions were based off the golden ratio. Is this true?


Im pretty sure that they're based off of industry standards as well as the size the mother glass can support. 4:3 was an old old standard, and was orignally used on tube tv's. movies were 16, which is where we see the widescreen monitors. you can probably google for a list of all the common screen dimensions/screen ratios.

Which golden ratio were you refering to?

~1.6180339887:1

I found what I was looking for. It's WUXGA's 16:10 aspect ratio that I was thinking of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUXGA
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 22:11:47
February 12 2009 22:09 GMT
#72
This should help you along... almost all of TL visits since Jan 01 2009:

[image loading]


I'm in the yellow .

Also it's scary to see how popular 1280x1024 is, I wonder how many people using it aren't using LCD...
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theqat
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States2856 Posts
February 12 2009 22:11 GMT
#73
There's a Karune Q&A session that indicates that Blizzard has worked it out so that no user will have more than a 5% screen real estate advantage over any other user in SC2. Seems satisfactory to me. Tournaments can always mandate a resolution if they want to go that far.
Mannequin
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada131 Posts
February 12 2009 22:17 GMT
#74
1280 by 800 on my laptop and I forget on my desktop
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Jayme
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States5866 Posts
February 12 2009 22:24 GMT
#75
On February 13 2009 07:09 R1CH wrote:
This should help you along... almost all of TL visits since Jan 01 2009:

+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


I'm in the yellow .

Also it's scary to see how popular 1280x1024 is, I wonder how many people using it aren't using LCD...


I've found that if you're into customizing or otherwise modding your desktop it's easier to do it on resolutions like 1280x1024. I don't know why this is exactly but it's easier to do what you have to do at that resolution, switch to your preferred one and make little adjustments that way.

Things like to screw up for me if i start modding my desktop at my preferred 1600x1200. In addition to that anything above 1600x1200 starts to look funny for me, so I never really go above that unless I have my second monitor hooked up. In that case I wouldn't really go above 3200x1200~~ Odd preferences I guess.
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Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Canada5652 Posts
February 12 2009 22:37 GMT
#76
i'm currently using 1680 (wsxga+) but thinking of dropping down to wxga+ for my next lappy to run games in native res. Does it actually matter though? I've heard stuff is suppose to look blurry on an lcd not running in native res but hell, this one can't run anything at 1680, and i've never had a problem?
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QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32082 Posts
February 12 2009 22:41 GMT
#77
1680 X 1050 holla atcha boyyy
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JudgeMathis
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Cuba1286 Posts
February 12 2009 23:07 GMT
#78
1440 x 900. Makes everything look nice and sharp.
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Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
February 12 2009 23:10 GMT
#79
On February 13 2009 08:07 JudgeMathis wrote:
1440 x 900. Makes everything look nice and sharp.

By 'nice and sharp' what you mean is that you're displaying the screen according to your monitors native resolution. LCD monitors have one good resolution and several crappy ones whereas CRT monitors look 'nice and sharp' at any resolution they support.
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IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32277 Posts
February 12 2009 23:11 GMT
#80
On February 13 2009 07:09 R1CH wrote:
This should help you along... almost all of TL visits since Jan 01 2009:

[image loading]


I'm in the yellow .

Also it's scary to see how popular 1280x1024 is, I wonder how many people using it aren't using LCD...


Why do you say the LCD thing? : O
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Abydos1
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States832 Posts
February 13 2009 00:28 GMT
#81
I'm not sure what you're target audience is but the steam hardware survey might help you if you're looking at gamers.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/
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R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
February 13 2009 04:09 GMT
#82
On February 13 2009 08:11 IntoTheWow wrote:

Why do you say the LCD thing? : O

Because 1280x1024 on a CRT yields a distorted resolution, since it isn't 4:3 AR.
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Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-13 04:49:58
February 13 2009 04:46 GMT
#83
I'm stupid.
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Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
February 13 2009 04:48 GMT
#84
whers 1400x1050
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
February 13 2009 04:48 GMT
#85
On February 13 2009 13:46 T.O.P. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2009 07:09 R1CH wrote:
This should help you along... almost all of TL visits since Jan 01 2009:

[image loading]


I'm in the yellow .

Also it's scary to see how popular 1280x1024 is, I wonder how many people using it aren't using LCD...

Is this all time, or is the data polled from a specific time period?

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Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
February 13 2009 04:50 GMT
#86
lolol
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Vasoline73
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States7814 Posts
February 13 2009 05:56 GMT
#87
1440x900 for me.

I also voted No for SC2 widescreen (even though I don't care that much since I have widescreen)
and
No for browser maximized. Just annoys me...
Zzoram
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada7115 Posts
February 13 2009 06:05 GMT
#88
I find it funny that you don't include 1680x1050 widescreen, which is actually far more common than 1600x1200 regular.
Spartan
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2030 Posts
February 13 2009 22:53 GMT
#89
On February 13 2009 07:09 R1CH wrote:
This should help you along... almost all of TL visits since Jan 01 2009:

[image loading]


I'm in the yellow .

Also it's scary to see how popular 1280x1024 is, I wonder how many people using it aren't using LCD...

Ooh, thanks a lot for this.
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hugitout
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States379 Posts
February 14 2009 09:36 GMT
#90
this might be the most boring thread in the history of the world, 1280x1024
Clow
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Brazil880 Posts
May 07 2009 16:36 GMT
#91
1680x1050
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Mr.Pyro
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Denmark959 Posts
May 07 2009 23:28 GMT
#92
1680x1050
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fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
May 07 2009 23:31 GMT
#93
On May 08 2009 01:36 Clow wrote:
1680x1050

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TanGeng
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sanya12364 Posts
May 07 2009 23:34 GMT
#94
two monitors in 1600x1200.
Games play only on single screen.
Browser doesn't get maximized.

back in the CRT days, I had my monitor at 2560x1920.
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Tyrant
Profile Joined September 2003
Korea (South)234 Posts
May 07 2009 23:48 GMT
#95
depends what you're playing. Some FPS i play with a smaller resolution because it makes aiming much easier. 1.6 and quake3 both fall into this category.

For any non FPS i play at maximum resolution that the game can support.
Ziph
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands970 Posts
May 08 2009 00:14 GMT
#96
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Are you guys blind ? Jezus fucking christ. There are like a million warnings and still manage to fail

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Piste
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
6179 Posts
May 08 2009 00:15 GMT
#97
widescreen support is not fair imho..
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