Is 30" 4 megapixel gaming really worth the price premium?

[mazeroth]

I'm currently gaming on my rig in my sig and am planning to upgrade my video card and monitor in the next few months. Do you guys feel it's worth the extra money to upgrade to a 30" LCD and have to buy a more expensive video card to feed it? Is 4 megapixels really that much better than 2 megapixels?

Thanks.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

get an 8800GTS 640 and donate the rest to a needy family in afghanistan or darfur






jk

 

[JAG87]

completely worth it. 4 megapixels is gaming heaven. you can stare at it from less than 2 feet away and you still can see any pixel matrix. 0.25 pixel pitch is great. with AA the picture is as good as a postcard.

now, if you dont have the money for SLI, dont bother.

 

[mazeroth]

I was thinking of picking up a single next-gen video card in the "GTX" price range. Think that will do the trick or is it too early to tell?

 

[ArchAngel777]

Here is the way I view it. Depending on how sharp your eyes are, 1080p on a 30" at 2.5' away does not reveal any pixel matrix on the screen. If you are at a distance where you can no longer see a visual difference (size of pixel is relative to viewing distance, a constant) then it doesn't stand to reason that you should go for a more expensive display that also requires more horsepower to run it.

However, some people will still claim that they can tell a difference between 1080p and 1440p (The HP/Dell/Sam are 1440p when adjusted for correct aspect ratio - comparing apples and apples). And perhaps they can..

But, here is the question you really have to ask yourself. Is super high resolution more important than shadows, lighting and polygon count? If so, then you may be happy after all. And if you have $1,000 to spend on the graphics to run the display in all the glory, then you will also be fine. But that is going to be costly and only those with money to burn should go that route.

IMO I'd rather lower the resolution and crank up the shadows, lighting, polygon counts than vica versa. OF course, if I could have them all, I would chose that

 

[n7]

Yes.


I've also found the 8800 GTX does quite well at higher resolutions too, so you don't have to run SLI or CF.

If i'm not happy with fps @ 2560x1600, i drop down to 2048x1536, or 1920x1400, or 1920x1200, etc. etc.

2560x1600 for general use (ignoring how awesome games are) = fabulous.