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Seems my only chance for 1920x1200 is the Samsung. I found a webstore which offers it for 190 Euro and allows me to return the thing within 14 calendar days without reason (that should take care of dead pixel trouble). The only thing for me to find out is if I can hook it up to my ancient graphics card. The monitor has a D-Sub (VGA) and DVI-D port. How do I find out whether it'll hook up?
Statistics: Posted by Arathorn — Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:01 am
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Statistics: Posted by Arathorn — Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:25 pm
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Either way, at least you're upgrading.
It's amazing how big a difference a new monitor can make.BTW, I bought my monitor on http://www.newegg.com/. Even if you don't order from them, it's a good place to check out reviews from users. You have to take them with a grain of salt at times, but it's still helpful.
Statistics: Posted by Satis — Thu Dec 09, 2010 11:34 am
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Do I have to play in my native resolution or can the monitor scale up the image (without taking a performance hit)?
Statistics: Posted by Arathorn — Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:47 am
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First, go with 1920x1200 (16:10). That's a more common PC resolution. In general it won't matter much for modern systems which one you pick, but take 1920x1200 to be on the safe side.
I have good experiences with LG monitors. Samsung is also a good pick, although I would be worried if they are discontuning the line (never know you need to bring it in). I wouldn't go with Asus or Benq, in any case.
On another note: keep in mind that, if you want to run games in your screen's native resolution, a 1920x1200 (or 1020) is gonna take its toll on your graphics card. Unless you rarely play modern games or have a decent & recent graphics card, you may be better off going with a small screen (or upgrading your gfx card, clearly).
Also: haha @ CRT!
Hehe.Statistics: Posted by Rinox — Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:23 am
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