marsx69 Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 Ok, I just got some $$ and was thinking bout getting one. I know I want a 19", 12ms or less, 700:1 contrast, and 300+ brightness. The native resolution is where I'm stumped. First my rig specs... Athlon 2500+, 2x512 corsair VS, eVGA 6800GT, all on a DFI Ultra Infinity. So I'm looking at either a 1600x1200 native or a 1280x1020. I know I can do decent frames at 1600x1200 on the games I have with the AA and AF off. However I don't want newer games to kill me. If I have to crank down the resolution below 1600x1200 I dont want the monitor to go crazy on my and look like crap. After all I'll prolly be dropping about $400 on this thing. Now if I go for the 1280x1020 native. I will get get great frames, however when/if I build a pure Game rig (athlon 64 X2, SLI, 7800GTX) I don't want to be limmited to a lower res on a rig that can push good frames at 1900x1600. Right now I'm leaning toward a monitor that has a native 1600x1200. Since I think I'd prefer to use the monitor for a long time. Thanks for any input. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 With my 19" only the Windows desktop looks like total crap in non native resolutions. Games still look fine for me in whatever resolution. I had to play CS: S / HL2 in 1024x768 with this 19" till I got a 6800! So I guess, by my experience, go for a 1600x1200. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BionicSniper Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 i dont know of any 1600x1200 lcds. id jsut grab a 1280x1024 lcd and go with that. Thats what im doing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_g Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 2001fp/2005fpw, most 20 inch lcds are 1600x1200 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oralpain Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 1600x1200, if you plan on keeping it a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidst Posted July 2, 2005 Posted July 2, 2005 All 19" are 1280 x 1024 --I thought. Anyway when you go bigger they go to 1600 x 1200 res but then if you want your games to look as good as they can you have to run it at that. Hears another thing to look for -- does the games you play support 1600 x 1200? -- a lot of mine don't. And like you said you need a high end video card for decent frame rates.. heres a good read http://graphics.tomshardware.com/display/20050606/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsx69 Posted July 3, 2005 Posted July 3, 2005 Thanks for the input everyone. Yeah I messed up on the 19" with a 1600x1200 res. Only larger panels have the high res. Thanks for the link davidst, I'm not done yet but its seems a very thorough read so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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