27 inch monitor

[sioux]

Hi there
I want to upgrade my monitor soon, and i´m not sure what should be.
27 ¨ inch monitor 16:9 ? 27 ¨ inch monitor 16:10 ? 30 inch ? led tv 32 inch 1080p ?
The distance is about 3 feet on the desk, if i go for the led tv 32 inches
I do not use it for photo / video editing. Only for gaming, web browsing, etc
What do you think about the 30 inch, resolution 2560x1440 / 2560x1600 with the Radeon HD 7970 ?
Will this graphic card be able to play all the games ( low or off AA / AF ) at this resolution ?!
After i read so many opinions, i¨m affraid 27 inch monitor is small for gaming
To be honest, i¨d go for the 30 inches monitor, but the problem is with the huge resolution, and i cannot afford SLI / Crossfire / graphic card upgrade, for the next 2 years
Please give me some advices, guys.
Thank you

 

[vbuggy]

You can always drive it at less than native res. Personally I find FHD and 1440p 27"s much less immersive in gaming than 1200p 27" and 1600p 30"s.

 

[sioux]

And what do you think about LED TV 32 inch, as a computer monitor ?
Thank you

 

[max347]

You can always drive it at less than native res.

Not always, for instance the Dell 3007WFP.

 

[Zap]

And what do you think about LED TV 32 inch, as a computer monitor ?

LED is just the backlight technology. The display panel itself would still be LCD. It should work fine with some caveats, due to it being an HDTV.

1) It may have input lag.

2) It may want to always scale the image.

For instance, I have a 55" HDTV that has horrible input lag, so bad that audio is always out of sync a hair.

I have a 32" HDTV that scales the HDMI input so that I can't quite get the right resolution and have it fit the screen exactly. Using the VGA input on the same HDTV gives me a perfect display.

 

[TheStu]

LED is just the backlight technology. The display panel itself would still be LCD. It should work fine with some caveats, due to it being an HDTV.

1) It may have input lag.

2) It may want to always scale the image.

For instance, I have a 55" HDTV that has horrible input lag, so bad that audio is always out of sync a hair.

I have a 32" HDTV that scales the HDMI input so that I can't quite get the right resolution and have it fit the screen exactly. Using the VGA input on the same HDTV gives me a perfect display.

There also may be over/underscan issues along with it doing TV stuff to the image to make it 'better' which ends up making PC stuff (like text usually) look like crap.

 

[sioux]

I was using for 2-3 day a gaming pc on LG 32LK430
http://www.lg.com/in/tvs/lg-32LK430-lcd-tv/reviews
Text / fonts / looks pretty nice but only after is renamed as PC, from the tv HDMI menu
For gaming, as well. I didn't notice lag input, etc

 

[TheStu]

I was using for 2-3 day a gaming pc on LG 32LK430
http://www.lg.com/in/tvs/lg-32LK430-lcd-tv/reviews
Text / fonts / looks pretty nice but only after is renamed as PC, from the tv HDMI menu
For gaming, as well. I didn't notice lag input, etc

My old roommate had a Philips set that had a 'PC Mode' that definitely improved matters, so if your TV does have that and makes it act as just a screen, then that's great.