2005fpw at 1280x1024

[afilis]

I'm looking in buying an TFT gaming monitor..to replace my 19'' samsung CRT...

Reviews..and opinions around the net...are not that clear...at least not as clear as buying a cpu or mobo...etc...

Of the 19'' TFTs I think that the VP191b and L90D+...seem like there are the top of the range...with 1905fp having lots of good reviews...but never compared directly with the above monitors...

However, lots of gamers..going to 2005fpw as it costs nearly the same as the above..(except 1905).

I know that not all games are supporting 1680x1050..which is the native resolution of 2005. For the games that they don't support that...I would like to know how the 1280x1024 non scaled on this monitor is compared with the 19'' that have native this resolution...

any ideas...?

 

[imported_Kensai]

1280X1024 is insanely fugly on that monitor.

 

[DRavisher]

1280x1024 unscaled will give you a great looking picture but it will be about the same size as a 17" LCD...

Edit: Kensai is probably thinking about 1280x1024 scaled to fit, which usually is far from optimal...

 

[Peter]

Yes indeed - you should set both the monitor and the graphics card driver to "unscaled" mode for this.

 

[afilis]

Originally posted by: DRavisher
1280x1024 unscaled will give you a great looking picture but it will be about the same size as a 17" LCD...

Edit: Kensai is probably thinking about 1280x1024 scaled to fit, which usually is far from optimal...

Why would it be the same size as a 17'' and not 19''...?

 

[DRavisher]

Originally posted by: afilis

Originally posted by: DRavisher
1280x1024 unscaled will give you a great looking picture but it will be about the same size as a 17" LCD...

Edit: Kensai is probably thinking about 1280x1024 scaled to fit, which usually is far from optimal...

Why would it be the same size as a 17'' and not 19''...?

Because at 20" 16:10 the height of the display is closer to a 17" 5:4 than to a 19" 5:4. At least that is what I get when I run the numbers.

 

[afilis]

so...common sense saying...that if there are not many games..that there are supporting the native 1680x1050 of the 2005fpw...I'm better off sticking with a "traditional" 19'', 5:4 TFT like VP191b or L90D+...rather than a wide screen...?

 

[DRavisher]

Originally posted by: afilis
so...common sense saying...that if there are not many games..that there are supporting the native 1680x1050 of the 2005fpw...I'm better off sticking with a "traditional" 19'', 5:4 TFT like VP191b or L90D+...rather than a wide screen...?

Well, it seems like most games can use widescreen (either through changing config files manually or official support in game), and future titles are even more likely to support it. Add to this that most media like movies and such are widescreen and that a screen usually last for a long time, I would say go widescreen now. Most likely you will not regret it.

 

[afilis]

ok....so if say a game supports both 1680x1050 and 1280x1024...if we take the exact screenshot from a 20' 16:10 tft and 19' 5:4 what they will look like...?

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: afilis
ok....so if say a game supports both 1680x1050 and 1280x1024...if we take the exact screenshot from a 20' 16:10 tft and 19' 5:4 what they will look like...?

The widescreen version would show you everything that is in the square aspect, plus more on each side. WS is awesome when properly supported.

 

[kmmatney]

I have a 1" monitor, and play most games at 1280 x 960 at the moment. I have thin black bars (only 32 pixels) at the top and bottom of the screen., and the picture looks great.

The pixel size on the 200fpw is smaller than a 19" LCD. In fact, it is about the same size as a 17" LCD. That's why it will be about exactly the saem size at a 17" LCD when playing at that resolution non-scaled.

A 17" LCD has 1024 pixels vertically, while the 2005fpw has 1050. So you can think of the the 2005fpw as being something like a 17" LCD stretched wide by an extra 400 pixels.

 

[kmmatney]

Originally posted by: afilis
ok....so if say a game supports both 1680x1050 and 1280x1024...if we take the exact screenshot from a 20' 16:10 tft and 19' 5:4 what they will look like...?

The widescreen will show your more information on the screen. That's the benefit of widescreen gaming. You get more side-to-side information, which is very nice.

I wish they made the 2005fpw with the same pixel size as a 19" LCD - it would be 22".

 

[WaxHaX0rS]

Originally posted by: kmmatney
I have a 1" monitor, and play most games at 1280 x 960 at the moment. I have thin black bars (only 32 pixels) at the top and bottom of the screen., and the picture looks great.

The pixel size on the 200fpw is smaller than a 19" LCD. In fact, it is about the same size as a 17" LCD. That's why it will be about exactly the saem size at a 17" LCD when playing at that resolution non-scaled.

A 17" LCD has 1024 pixels vertically, while the 2005fpw has 1050. So you can think of the the 2005fpw as being something like a 17" LCD stretched wide by an extra 400 pixels.

:shocked:

 

[DRavisher]

Originally posted by: kmmatney

Originally posted by: afilis
ok....so if say a game supports both 1680x1050 and 1280x1024...if we take the exact screenshot from a 20' 16:10 tft and 19' 5:4 what they will look like...?

The widescreen will show your more information on the screen. That's the benefit of widescreen gaming. You get more side-to-side information, which is very nice.

I wish they made the 2005fpw with the same pixel size as a 19" LCD - it would be 22".

Wouldn't the HP L2335 or Apple 23" be what you are looking for then? Basically the same panel as the 2005FPW, just a little larger and with some improvements.

Edit: Didn't read what you said quite well enough. The 23" has higher resolutuion, you wanted larger pixels... My mistake.