Dell 2405FPW concerns

[mrgq912]

I think the Dell 2405FPW is a great buy if you have a video card that can support it. Also when purchasing a monitor, keep in mind that this is the only part of your PC you look at day in and day out. You have have a killer 7800gtx but you don' t exactly stare at it for 2 hours.

But I have two questions that can hopefully be answered and backed up with a good reference site

1) Does the monitor support 1080p?

2) What is the refresh rate of the monitor at its native resolution of 1900 by 1200 on DVI( I think)?

I currently own a killer CRT. IBM p260 21inch. And don't really need to upgrade the monitor but if the Dell can support 1080p and has a refresh rate of atleast 85 I am in. And on side note, when looking at LCDs using DVI, is refresh rate still a concern, I don't notice many review articles even talking about it.

Thank you

 

[JonnyBlaze]

yes it supports 1080p.

forget about refresh rates. the image is always on, not refreshing.

 

[Phantronius]

1. Yes

2. 60hz locked at 1920x1200 and it cannot be changed or hacked.

LCD's are not in need of refreshing like CRT"s. Crt's use a phosphrous coat of particles that "glow" when the electron beam hits them, however it only lasts a few milliseconds and needs to be "recharged" by the beam constantly, hence the 60, 70, 80hertz people talk about on CRT.s

LCD's however use crystals which are "ALWAYS" on or off, they never need to be "recharged" The refresh on LCD"s boils down to how fast it can redraw the data on the screen itself. In the 2405FPWs case, it is locked at 60hz so if you have framerates above 60fps, you will get "texture" tearing and will need to enable VSYNC to prevent the tearing.

Either way, I love mine to death and will never go back to CRT's again.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Originally posted by: Phantronius
1. It does not

2. 60hz locked at 1920x1200 and it cannot be changed or hacked.

LCD's are not in need of refreshing like CRT"s. Crt's use a phosphrous coat of particles that "glow" when the electron beam hits them, however it only lasts a few milliseconds and needs to be "recharged" by the beam constantly, hence the 60, 70, 80hertz people talk about on CRT.s

LCD's however use crystals which are "ALWAYS" on or off, they never need to be "recharged" The refresh on LCD"s boils down to how fast it can redraw the data on the screen itself. In the 2405FPWs case, it is locked at 60hz so if you have framerates above 60fps, you will get "texture" tearing and will need to enable VSYNC to prevent the tearing.

Either way, I love mine to death and will never go back to CRT's again.

yes it does. 1080p is 1920x1080. the monitor supports even higher res than that.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: JonnyBlaze
yes it does. 1080p is 1920x1080. the monitor supports even higher res than that.

Native res for 2405FPW is 1920x1200. (1920x)1080p will have to be streched or the 2405FPW's image has to be cropped in order to fit on the screen. For cropped, probably 60 pixels on the top and bottom of the screen being black.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Originally posted by: xtknight

Originally posted by: JonnyBlaze
yes it does. 1080p is 1920x1080. the monitor supports even higher res than that.

Native res for 2405FPW is 1920x1200. (1920x)1080p will have to be streched or the 2405FPW's image has to be cropped in order to fit on the screen. For cropped, probably 60 pixels on the top and bottom of the screen being black.

yes, but it still supports it. watching a dvd or hd source you dont notice it.