1600x900 resolution

[usmc362]

I used to have an Alienware M17X with a 1600x900 display, now I have one with a 1920x1080 and I get much lower fps.when benching with 3DMark Vantage. Can anyone explain why this happens? Thanks

[russ18uk]

I used to have an Alienware M17X with a 1600x900 display, now I have one with a 1920x1080 and I get much lower fps.when benching with 3DMark Vantage. Can anyone explain why this happens? Thanks

I'm assuming the rest of the hardware is the same? You've added almost 50% more pixels, which will stress the hardware more.

[usmc362]

I'm assuming the rest of the hardware is the same? You've added almost 50% more pixels, which will stress the hardware more.

So 1600x900 is better for benching? Yet most gamers prefer 1920x1080

[russ18uk]

So 1600x900 is better for benching? Yet most gamers prefer 1920x1080

If you're going to bench at 900 and game at 1080, using the benchmark at all is probably pointless.

[Jarnis]

Benchmarking is about comparing two systems with exact same settings.

So the answer "is the old 1600x900 laptop faster or slower than the new at 1920x1080" needs to be answered by running the benchmark on both systems at same settings. That's what the default settings are for.

Note that 3DMark Vantage scales the benched resolution to screen resolution - so if you want to compare at 1920x1080, you can run at that resolution on both systems. The 1600x900 one will just scale it to the screen.

Running at two different resolutions would be like tractor pulling with ten ton load against another with 20 ton load. You might be surprised to find out that the one with 10 ton load will do better... even if there are differences in the tractors themselves...