Bewildered December 29, 2008 Share Bewildered Member December 29, 2008 Shopping for a larger monitor and I'm curious if my video card will be good enough to support a larger resolution. Video Card I'm thinking 24": any opinions 1920x 1200 vs 1920 x 1080 ? Also, I find that I am very confused (bewildered actually) about aspect ratios. Fullscreen: 1280x1024 Widescreen: 1440x900 So, assuming both are 17" monitors would a game look: A. larger on the widescreen but the viewport isn't as tall? B. same size on the widescreen but have a wider viewport? C. Bewildered is stooopid I started purchasing a 22", and then realized that the vertical dimension would be about the same as the vertical dimension on my 17" Why is this so confusing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo December 29, 2008 Share anonymo Member December 29, 2008 Uh, too much eggnog? I've never seen a 24" PC LCD monitor at any other resolution than 1920x1200, usually if the resolution is 1920x1080 it's really just a small TV. My 7600 GS runs my 24" LCD at 1920x1200 just fine. Doesn't run games all that great obviously but with an 8800 you should be fine (not running Crysis at max but you shouldn't have any problems running CSS) 1280x1024 is 5:4 aspect ratio (often lumped in with TV size which is 4:3, just a slight difference) 1920x1200 and 1680x1050 and 1440x900 are 16:10 (computer screens) 1920x1080 and 1280x720 are 16:9 (TV screens) Because screen sizes are measured diagonally, a 17" widescreen monitor will appear smaller than a 17" non-widescreen vertically. In games you gain a wider field of view without loosing much from the vertical aspect. To put it in a way that maybe will make sense to you (long shot) a standard 17" monitor (5:4) turned 90 degrees is the same vertical height as a 24" widescreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanRinke December 29, 2008 Share JordanRinke Member December 29, 2008 Yeah, it totally depends on the size. Once you get up past around 30" what you are getting typically are called large format displays and they are more or less just LCD TV's with more PC related connectors on them. If you go that big you want the 1920x1080 since that is 1080 HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanRinke December 29, 2008 Share JordanRinke Member December 29, 2008 What is your price range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters December 29, 2008 Share stutters GC Alumni December 29, 2008 To put it in a way that maybe will make sense to you (long shot) a standard 17" monitor (5:4) turned 90 degrees is the same vertical height as a 24" widescreen90 degrees witch way!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered December 29, 2008 Author Share Bewildered Member December 29, 2008 (edited) What is your price range? 300 or less I had a Hans-G 22" for like 159 or so in my cart, and then I canceled when I realized the vertical dimension would be same as my 17" -- and now I am unsure if objects in a game would appear larger on that monitor or not ... and I'm not sure even after looking at these screenshots of CSS in both formats. I don't care if I can see more ... I want the stuff I can see to be larger. *Edit* Oh umm ... maybe I just needed to unshrink the screenshots and view em at 100% Edited December 29, 2008 by Bewildered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanRinke December 29, 2008 Share JordanRinke Member December 29, 2008 I am not sure if you are going to be able to get that for 300. If you go wide screen format you are going to need a 24" or larger for the same resolution to display a larger image. So, I would think what you are more looking for would be say a 28" wide or larger. That would give you a nice big display on high resolution but it is going to cost you 400+ depending what you get. I think newegg might have some 26" open boxes for under 300 right now. When it comes to computer components I am big on wait longer, by better gear. You might want to wait a month or two and tuck back a couple extra dollars with that 300 to get yourself a really nice large display that you will totally love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler December 29, 2008 Share boiler Member December 29, 2008 This thread has me bewildered. (p.s. - Anonymo's post should tell you everything you need to know tech-wise. You need to decide what it really is that you want a larger size for.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo December 29, 2008 Share anonymo Member December 29, 2008 To put it in a way that maybe will make sense to you (long shot) a standard 17" monitor (5:4) turned 90 degrees is the same vertical height as a 24" widescreen90 degrees witch way!? pls close autocad and step away from the puter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL December 29, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member December 29, 2008 To put it in a way that maybe will make sense to you (long shot) a standard 17" monitor (5:4) turned 90 degrees is the same vertical height as a 24" widescreen90 degrees witch way!? 90 degrees is always clockwise, 90 degrees counter-clockwise is really either -90 degrees or 270 degrees...nub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered December 29, 2008 Author Share Bewildered Member December 29, 2008 This thread has me bewildered. me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered December 29, 2008 Author Share Bewildered Member December 29, 2008 (edited) Ahh, so 22 would be larger than what I have nao -- but my video card should be able to support 24" -- so I think I will look at 24" monitors. Woah, wared Mookie go? Edited December 29, 2008 by Bewildered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie December 29, 2008 Share mookie GC Alumni December 29, 2008 If I did my math right: A 20" 16:10 is about the same height as a 17" 5:4 (about 10 5/8). A 22" 16:10 is about the same height as a 19" 5:4 (about 11 5/8 vs 11 7/8). This might be handy: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=phB...4edvExZ_ejIlOQA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly December 29, 2008 Share dragonfly Member December 29, 2008 (edited) To put it in a way that maybe will make sense to you (long shot) a standard 17" monitor (5:4) turned 90 degrees is the same vertical height as a 24" widescreen90 degrees witch way!? 90 degrees is always clockwise, 90 degrees counter-clockwise is really either -90 degrees or 270 degrees...nub. In math 90 degrees (ie. pi/2) is always counter-clockwise, and negative degrees is clockwise. Edit: Though, of course you're talking about rotation. I'm just learning to read. Edited December 29, 2008 by dragonfly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo December 29, 2008 Share anonymo Member December 29, 2008 If I did my math right: A 20" 16:10 is about the same height as a 17" 5:4 (about 10 5/8). A 22" 16:10 is about the same height as a 19" 5:4 (about 11 5/8 vs 11 7/8). This might be handy: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=phB...4edvExZ_ejIlOQA I'm officially confused bewildered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL December 29, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member December 29, 2008 Yeah, maybe I was the nub...oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie December 29, 2008 Share mookie GC Alumni December 29, 2008 (edited) I know this stuff is tough on the metrificated. Edited December 29, 2008 by mookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher December 29, 2008 Share Preacher Member December 29, 2008 Best deal under $300 at newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824001309 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered December 29, 2008 Author Share Bewildered Member December 29, 2008 I settled for the 22" that I had in my cart last night. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824254035 Can't go wrong for $160. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered December 29, 2008 Author Share Bewildered Member December 29, 2008 Best deal under $300 at newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824001309 Ahh yeah, I looked at a bunch of the Samsungs (including this one) and I really wanted to like them, cuz I like our TV ... but I'm not so sure I'd like a glossy monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher December 29, 2008 Share Preacher Member December 29, 2008 lol who looks at the casing? Personally I was looking into getting a larger monitor and ended up getting a 32" TV instead. I've very happy with it and it makes watching movies better Gaming is a tad harder I think on anything bigger than 22" if you don't sit back from it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered December 29, 2008 Author Share Bewildered Member December 29, 2008 lol who looks at the casing? I assumed the title meant that the screen was glossy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL December 29, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member December 29, 2008 Nope, it meant the case was a glossy instead of a matte finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered December 29, 2008 Author Share Bewildered Member December 29, 2008 Nope, it meant the case was a glossy instead of a matte finish. Oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawk December 29, 2008 Share mohawk Member December 29, 2008 Best deal under $300 at newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824001309 very tempting.. i have the 2ms 22 incher from samsung that I love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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