17-10-2001 21:38									#1
	1024x768 on 12.1inch laptop screen - too small? Increase the size of your Attachments

Your thoughts?



S.

	17-10-2001 22:06									#2
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Heck, that resolution is too small on my 17" monitor.

	17-10-2001 22:15									#3
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Nonsense - the rule is if you can make it out, it ain't too small.

( BTW - If you've got bad sight I probably wouldn't recommend it. If you've not got bad sight you'll probably develop it sharpish )

n.b I'M doing 1024 X 786 on a 15" ( I think )

	17-10-2001 22:24									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Dugrik Heck, that resolution is too small on my 17" monitor.

Absolutely. I have a 19" monitor ( which is OK for 1024x768 ) and I consider the 21" to be ideal to display ALL 1024x768 software. Just try Startopia ( download the free demo, it's worth it ), play it at 1024x768. The graphics are superb, but just try to read the text at a reasonable distance - without sticking your nose to the screen: readable, but barely - ridiculously small. Very small icons too.
But so far, the Civ III screens and icons are a "reasonable" 1024x768 setting and I think playable on a 17", but for a more enjoyable gameplay consider at least 19".

	18-10-2001 00:12									#5
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I dunno about you, by my laptop has a 12.1in screen, and it simply won't support anything over 800x600. You may be S.O.L.

I have an unfortunate situation of having a 200MHz desktop with a 17", and a 450MHz laptop. So I'll really only be able to play Civ3 by hooking up the monitor to the laptop... ugh.

	18-10-2001 00:35									#6
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I play loads of games on my 11.1" laptop screen and at 1024x768 - its a small form factor IBM X21, so nice and fast, nice and small and nice and light.

And CIV3 will play beautifully on it!!!

Roll on 2nd Nov (my prediction for the UK release)

	18-10-2001 00:57									#7
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i run 1600x1200 on my 15.1" screen looks great to me

	18-10-2001 01:06									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Jahi i run 1600x1200 on my 15.1" screen looks great to me

1600x1200 displayed on 15.1" ?? But what about reading text? Doesnt the letters float together and become unreadable? This problem already begins slightly with 768x1024 res on 15" monitors. In Civ-3 one must be able to read some interface & feedback-text.

	18-10-2001 01:26									#9
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also rember that a 15.1" lcd screen is all screen, while a 17" monitor is often 15"or 16"(if your lucky) of viewible screen. and with laptops, you tend to sit closer to the screen than with desktops. i do not have any problems reading the screen although some people might not like it.

	18-10-2001 01:29									#10
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oh, and you can set the fonts bigger in windows too, you can run a higher resolution in with bigger fonts to make things more readable

	18-10-2001 03:02									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Jahi oh, and you can set the fonts bigger in windows too, you can run a higher resolution in with bigger fonts to make things more readable

Don't think that this will help in Civ3 though as it doesn't use the underlying OS for its settings....

	18-10-2001 03:38									#12
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Uhm...usually the manufacturer sets a recommended resolution...I don't know what the manufacturer of your laptop set as the recommended resolution of your laptop...
I run 1024x768 on both my 17" CRT monitor and my laptop...but my laptop has a 14.1" screen...(both the recommended and most comfortable resolutions...IMO...)

	18-10-2001 03:51									#13
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heh, i'm just working on going blind at an early age. i have a dell and the default res on my machine is 16x12

	18-10-2001 08:47									#14
	My thought on laptops: Full PM-box? Change here!

Laptops are not usually considered the premiere of 'PC gaming platforms'.

Don't expect any symapthy if you have to squint

	18-10-2001 13:40									#15
	Re: My thought on laptops: Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

quote: Originally posted by Anunikoba Laptops are not usually considered the premiere of 'PC gaming platforms'. Don't expect any symapthy if you have to squint

Notebooks really $**k$ or refuse to start game that ask for 3d graphic cards, so any player of FPS, Drive and Flight Simulators and many others game was used to hate the notebook hw.

OTOH, if you are a commuter father of two, with a couple of spare hour sitting on the train, and almost nothing free from children attention and sleep needs....

I had to pass on many games because of HW limits, but... now a come back is possible: Dell Inspiron with a GeForce2Go 32MB card will have all the steam you need to play Civ III and better ( ) games.

OT side note
Jahi, would you be so kind to send a PM to me with some "user feel" about your Dell? I'll greatly appreciate a "first hand review" of an expensive HW before buying it! Thank you in advance

	18-10-2001 14:13									#16
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mine is 14'' and its gonna be tough. god help you with 12''

	18-10-2001 19:49									#17
	Re: Re: My thought on laptops: Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

quote: Originally posted by Adm.Naismith OT side note Jahi, would you be so kind to send a PM to me with some "user feel" about your Dell? I'll greatly appreciate a "first hand review" of an expensive HW before buying it! Thank you in advance

That sounds pretty good for a laptop - what's the battery life though and how thick is the box? Nothing worse than having "just one more turn" and the battery dies....

	18-10-2001 19:59									#18
	Full PM-box? Change here!

yes,that is why i am bugging our IT to get me a better battery little do they know LOL