Gaming at 1920x1200...

[stahlhart]

Okay, this statement has me a little concerned:

the running of a game in 16:9 res on a 16:10 claim with black bars doesn't always pan out. I played around with several 16:10 monitors before deciding to go 16:9. some games would add black bars while others would just stretch and look slightly distorted. my main concern is gaming so I certainly see 16:10 as being a better overall option for many people though.

I've been looking at performance benchmarks for various hardware components for some time now, and most of the measurements involving games measure at 1920x1200 (I know this because I'm running 1080p at the moment, and frequently use this score out of the several provided to guestimate how it would theoretically run for me, give or take a little).

So now I'm planning to go with a 24" screen, and I'm a little confused -- is it a crapshoot whether or not the game you buy will run at 1920x1200? Is this resolution being dropped in favor of 1080p, and for some games you're going to have either black bars above and below -- or a stretched screen -- if 1920x1200 isn't supported?

(Sorry if this is a dumb question -- I went from 4:3 to 1080p, and have never owned a screen at this resolution before...)

 

[nitromullet]

I've owned a 24" 1920x1200 LCD for the last 4 years (just recently upgraded to 27"), and I didn't have any problems with games supporting 1920x1200. It's still a very common resolution, and will be for quite some time, so I don't imagine you will have any issues for years to come.

 

[toyota]

any game that supports 1920x1080 will support 1920x1200. for games that do widescreen correctly you will simply lose a little of the in game fov running 1920x1200. some games will simply ad black bars if you choose to run 1920x1080 on a 1920x1200 monitor but others may just stretch or distort the picture. if you get a 1920x1200 monitor then just run your games at 1920x1200 and don't worry about the small decrease in fov as opposed to seeing the game in 16:9.

 

[stahlhart]

Thanks much for the responses -- forgot about field of view; I can visualize it better now.

 

[htwingnut]

I also have a 24" 1920x1200 Dell 2407WFP I've had for at least 3 years probably longer. And FOV, it's assuming they do a crop and zoom type widescreen designed for 16:9. Not to mention most games have adjustable FOV anyhow. And difference in FOV anyhow to compensate for 120 pixels (60 top and bottom) across 1920 pixels will result in only a couple degrees loss anyhow.