Tom's Hardware: Topic [Solved] Asus G60Vx or Dell Studio 17
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Best answer from lostandwandering.
| mrvirginia wrote : agreed. i think that's pretty low res which is why it's such a toss up.
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Another way to look at it is that you can buy a pretty decent high res monitor with the $200 you save by not going with the Dell . 
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I would choose the G60 because GTX 260M is a lot more powerful than HD 4650 in gaming
| Maziar wrote : Hello and welcome to the forums |
thank you for your reply and the welcome
this is also what i was thinking, but wasn't sure if others would feel the same.
anyone else have an opinion?
| lostandwandering wrote : I agree with Maziar. The only downside to the Asus is the low screen resolution. |
agreed. i think that's pretty low res which is why it's such a toss up.
basically it's high res with moderate gfx card or low res with pretty decent gfx card 
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| mrvirginia wrote : agreed. i think that's pretty low res which is why it's such a toss up.
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Another way to look at it is that you can buy a pretty decent high res monitor with the $200 you save by not going with the Dell .
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| lostandwandering wrote : Another way to look at it is that you can buy a pretty decent high res monitor with the $200 you save by not going with the Dell . |
haha see that's what i mean by not knowing much about laptops 
didn't know they would go up past their resolution if it was hooked up to another monitor! so you just taught me something new, thank you. and i already have a really high res monitor 
so i guess that's pretty much settled. i'd rather carry around a slightly smaller notebook with a better gfx card and just hook up to a monitor when i'm at the house.
thanks again guys, you've been a lot of help!
| lostandwandering wrote : Another way to look at it is that you can buy a pretty decent high res monitor with the $200 you save by not going with the Dell . |
actually i was informed by the tech guy here that it depends on the vid card driver or the monitor and that sometimes it will scale and sometimes i'll get black bars.
i would think i would get black bars, since the Asus is 16:10 and my monitor is 16:9, correct?
i was wrong about the Asus being 16:10. it is actually 16:9. just got back from checking out both models (different specs) in the store and the Asus is a beauty. i almost creamed my pants haha. the Dell is a little too big. i loved the palm rest and touchpad on the Asus. i think i'd be much more comfortable using it over the Dell. and if it won't scale up to my monitor perfectly, oh well. ordering on Friday
thanks again, dudes!
| lostandwandering wrote : Glad to help. And with the monitor, just go into the NVidia control panel and you can set up dual monitors and adjust resolutions independently. It shouldn't be an issue. |
sweet didn't know you could do dual monitors either. that's gonna be awesome. pretty stoked now haha
Yup you can get a external monitor and set up dual monitors as logan said
Hope You'll enjoy your new notebook
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