sony VGN-S1XP - graphic resolution?

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dorian wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a question about the new sony VGN-S1XP (or VGN-S1VP):
>
> The screen is 13.3" and the max res is 1280 * 800 (The graphic card
> inside is an ATI mobility Radeon 9700).
>
> Do you know if the vga output allow a better resolution with an
> external monitor (21" )?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Dorian

http://www.ati.com/products/mobili [...] play.html. This ATI
Mobility Radeon summary indicates that the new adapters have (the
expression "could have" is used here, so it might be OEM selective)
support for SXGA (1280x1024), SXGA+ (1400x1050), UXGA (1600x1200), QXGA
(2048x1536). This ATI page is replete with conditionals so it is
probable that much of the claimed capability is what the OEM wants to
pay for when licensing the adapter.

You might post the question at the unofficial Sony site for a wider Vaio
audience: http://pub173.ezboard.com/bunofficialsony

Q

Q

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Sony has 3 video configurations of this laptop:

13.3" WXGA TFT with ATI Mobility RADEON 9700 Graphic Chipset, with XBRITE
13.3" WXGA TFT with ATI Mobility RADEON 9200 Graphics Chipset, with XBRITE
13.3" WXGA TFT with ATI Mobility RADEON 9200 Graphics Chipset

the high-end model with the ATI 9700 has 64 MB VRAM, the ATI 9200 has 32 MB
VRAM. I would bet that the one with the ATI 9700 does considerably better
than 1200 X 800 on the external monitor. But, Sony doesn't list the max
resolution on the video-out (at least I couldn't find it), because they have
some proprietary software to configure the output to your montior. That's
probably a good thing because of the wide-screen aspect ratio. By the way,
have seen a demo of this machine. The XBRITE screen is really sharp, but
pretty susceptible to glare--I don't think you could use it outdoors or
anyplace with really harsh light.



"dorian" <doe@doe.bee> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a question about the new sony VGN-S1XP (or VGN-S1VP):
>
> The screen is 13.3" and the max res is 1280 * 800 (The graphic card inside
> is an ATI mobility Radeon 9700).
>
> Do you know if the vga output allow a better resolution with an external
> monitor (21" )?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Dorian
>
>