1600x1200 resolution screen at 800x600

I'm looking at getting a Dell laptop with 1600x1200 resolution because I figure most games come with 800x600 support. A lot of other Dell screens have resolutions like 1400x1050, which I've never seen supported in games. I hate the blurry scaling with improper resolution on LCDs.

Will 1600x1200 properly scale to 800x600 on the screen?

In games, on an LCD, the 'blur' associated with a lower than native resolution is very difficult to notice in games, especially FPS or 'high-action' games. It doesn't matter what an LCD's native resolution is when it comes to scaling down, it makes no difference. The only thing that makes a difference is how your video driver is set up: i.e. to stretch the image to fill the screen, or to keep the native resolution and show black borders around the image.

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Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?

RPG and RTS would be more noticeable, but shoult not be annoying to any degree. In the nVidia Driver, the setting should be found under "Device Selection" >>> "Device Adjustments"

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Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?

Wow, you took a screenshot and everything! I think I had a couple extra options. Maybe I have different drivers. I picked the one "use fixed aspect ratio scaling" which should help out.

I'll probably get the 1800x1200 anyway because it's only about $50 more.

Now all I have to wait for is the 9600 chip in the Dells...

meant 1600x1200