Is the 3007 worth getting for gaming

[FalllenAngell]

Originally posted by: 5150Joker

Originally posted by: FalllenAngell
It would only be worth it if having a better gaming experience than 99.99% of the people in the world have seems "good" to you.



Personally, I'd rather game at 25X16 0X8X on that monitor than lower res, with AA on a smaller monitor. I think any high end SLI or Crossfire could pull that off, but obviously quad SLI is the "do it right" choice.

I have a 20" viewable CRT that does 19X14 and a 24" LCD that does 19X12, and think screen size, resolution are the single most important factors in your gaming enjoyment.

So AEG finally sent you a 24" LCD eh Rollo? Thought you didn't like LCD's and that CRT's were the end all be all of displays?

Errrr, I can't speak for Rollo, but:
1. I bought my LCD from Dell, because it was on sale for $799 and it seemed like a good price.
2. I still have my 20" viewable CRT on a fast computer to do what it does best (game online) and I like the 24" better for single player gaming and net/apps.

So I have the best of all worlds- except for this guy when he buys his 3007.

 

[nippyjun]

Originally posted by: JAG87
the thing is, you have to see how far your gonna sit from it.

if you sit far, honestly dont even think about 2560. Unless you want to squint your pupilla out of your socket.
if you sit close, then anything below 1920 looks crap. But I would still go 2560, because native involves no scaling = better image quality.



I own one, and believe me its awesome. The only thing is that I cant get the OSD to work properly. Can anyone tell me how to get anything else either then the brightness on the OSD? There are only 3 buttons, power + and - what do I do to get all the other options?

Brightness is the only OSD available with the 3007.

Do you have any dead pixels or backlight issues. I'm seeing some backlighting around the edges (especially on the lower left side) that changes depending on my closeness to the screen and angle.

I'm thinking acutally about sending it back for another to see if it's better with another one.

 

[JAG87]

no its perfect for me
so far so good.


-edit-
so is there a way to set 1:1 picture ratio, so that if I am in 4:3 i get black bars instead of a stretched picture? And also 1:1 would make any resolution smaller then 2560 have black bars around it. it seems that so far, it takes any resolution and just stretches it to fill the screen.

 

[nippyjun]

Originally posted by: JAG87
no its perfect for me
so far so good.


-edit-
so is there a way to set 1:1 picture ratio, so that if I am in 4:3 i get black bars instead of a stretched picture? And also 1:1 would make any resolution smaller then 2560 have black bars around it. it seems that so far, it takes any resolution and just stretches it to fill the screen.

I'm going to exchange mine then and try for a perfect one!

 

[nippyjun]

By the way if anyone wants the email address of my contact at dell to get the 3007 at $1599 plus tax just send me a pm.