Lamest Simulator setup

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: trmiv
Good grief. That room must be 120 degrees at all times, or he has one hell of an AC.

Perhaps he lives lives up north, and he uses it to heat his house.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: irishScott
http://hacked.free-bsd.org/funstuff/pics/893.html

CRT FTL

CRTs are scalable, which makes them far better for serious gaming than LCDs.

And that setup is better than anything you have.

I'm going to have to disagree. Well, partially. Using CRTs makes that setup afforable and there is nothing wrong with them, but the time when CRTs are definitively better for games is long past. Ghosting issues are gone and if you have a half decent rig, you can run at the native res of anything 20" or less full speed.

Now, I still have a soft spot for CRTs from all the years I used them, and I'm jusing one as I type this message, but they are not "far" better for gaming, not for the last four years really, and definitely not for the last two.

I've never seen one scale well.

And even a "half decent" computer can't play every game at 1600x1200 with no slow downs whatsoever. Especially flight simulators with all the eye candy scenery on high.

Maybe when I build a new high end system next year I might agree. But then, new games are always hogs and I'll end up with a game I cannot play at 1600x1200 all over again.

I like being able to scale. Maybe I'm an idiot... I dunno. When LCDs can scale I'll jump.

My 17" LCD from 2k3 looks crappy at anything but native res via DVI, but my 2k5 20" LCD looks good at most resolutions for gaming, plus I can just letterbox the frame, which is what I usually do for resolutions between 1280x1024 and native.

I'm running an athlon 64 3200+ w/ a 6800GT and 2GB ram and It runs all of my games seemlessly, but I haven't bought a major new fps since BF2 came out.

But yeah, 1680x1050 can be driven by an old rig, no problem, in my experience.

Edit: and, of course, we may differ on what is a satisfactory framerate.

In any case, most people seem to agree that LCDs are the way to go today, but if you're not happy with them, then you're in luck because really, really nice CRTs are really cheap these days.

The bummer is the best CRTs aren't made anymore (Sonys).

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: irishScott
http://hacked.free-bsd.org/funstuff/pics/893.html

CRT FTL

CRTs are scalable, which makes them far better for serious gaming than LCDs.

And that setup is better than anything you have.

I'm going to have to disagree. Well, partially. Using CRTs makes that setup afforable and there is nothing wrong with them, but the time when CRTs are definitively better for games is long past. Ghosting issues are gone and if you have a half decent rig, you can run at the native res of anything 20" or less full speed.

Now, I still have a soft spot for CRTs from all the years I used them, and I'm jusing one as I type this message, but they are not "far" better for gaming, not for the last four years really, and definitely not for the last two.

I've never seen one scale well.

And even a "half decent" computer can't play every game at 1600x1200 with no slow downs whatsoever. Especially flight simulators with all the eye candy scenery on high.

Maybe when I build a new high end system next year I might agree. But then, new games are always hogs and I'll end up with a game I cannot play at 1600x1200 all over again.

I like being able to scale. Maybe I'm an idiot... I dunno. When LCDs can scale I'll jump.

My 17" LCD from 2k3 looks crappy at anything but native res via DVI, but my 2k5 20" LCD looks good at most resolutions for gaming, plus I can just letterbox the frame, which is what I usually do for resolutions between 1280x1024 and native.

I'm running an athlon 64 3200+ w/ a 6800GT and 2GB ram and It runs all of my games seemlessly, but I haven't bought a major new fps since BF2 came out.

But yeah, 1680x1050 can be driven by an old rig, no problem, in my experience.

Edit: and, of course, we may differ on what is a satisfactory framerate.

In any case, most people seem to agree that LCDs are the way to go today, but if you're not happy with them, then you're in luck because really, really nice CRTs are really cheap these days.

The bummer is the best CRTs aren't made anymore (Sonys).

True. I have an aperature grille Viewsonic 19" sitting at my folk's house. It's not really shippable, so it'll stay there until they sell the house or throw it out on me, but it was a great monitor.