Hi there,
I've read a bunch of reviews and haven't seen too much recently for 19" monitors. The LCD market seems to make changes pretty quickly. Anyway, I'm looking to get an LCD monitor. I need a second one and my desk is tiny. I do play games (currently HL2 and WoW, sometimes RoN, UT2004, Starcraft...) almost daily, so that's important to me -- probably most important for this monitor. I also program and use Linux/Unix shells often, so 2D/text is somewhat important, and I do web graphics work occasionally (least important). I want a 19" monitor because I usually run games at 1280x1024 or 1024x768 (depending on what the game supports) and my desktop at the same. I've thought about a 20" monitor but I thikn 1600x1200 would be too small for me...sometimes 1280x1024 is pretty small, but that's half font size I suppose.
Currently I've been looking at the Dell 1905FP since I can get a good deal through work ($499), but I don't really know many other good LCDs in the 19" range currently on the market. I seem to remember mention of the Samsung SyncMaster 193X or something...anyway I'm sure others here have more information or experience than I do, or know of some non-Anand/Tom's reviews I could read.
One other question I have is, regarding a 20" like the 2001FP ($599) @ 1600x1200, would increasing font size make the font look strange? I'm pretty sure 1600 would be too high for me to comfortably work for very long, so increasing font size would be the option. I don't want ot change to 800x600.
Thanks for any advice.
I've read a bunch of reviews and haven't seen too much recently for 19" monitors. The LCD market seems to make changes pretty quickly. Anyway, I'm looking to get an LCD monitor. I need a second one and my desk is tiny. I do play games (currently HL2 and WoW, sometimes RoN, UT2004, Starcraft...) almost daily, so that's important to me -- probably most important for this monitor. I also program and use Linux/Unix shells often, so 2D/text is somewhat important, and I do web graphics work occasionally (least important). I want a 19" monitor because I usually run games at 1280x1024 or 1024x768 (depending on what the game supports) and my desktop at the same. I've thought about a 20" monitor but I thikn 1600x1200 would be too small for me...sometimes 1280x1024 is pretty small, but that's half font size I suppose.
Currently I've been looking at the Dell 1905FP since I can get a good deal through work ($499), but I don't really know many other good LCDs in the 19" range currently on the market. I seem to remember mention of the Samsung SyncMaster 193X or something...anyway I'm sure others here have more information or experience than I do, or know of some non-Anand/Tom's reviews I could read.
One other question I have is, regarding a 20" like the 2001FP ($599) @ 1600x1200, would increasing font size make the font look strange? I'm pretty sure 1600 would be too high for me to comfortably work for very long, so increasing font size would be the option. I don't want ot change to 800x600.
Thanks for any advice.