Need an LCD with the following specs...

[Turbonium]

I'm looking for an LCD panel with the following specs, without exception:

• 1440x900 (matte)
• <= 5 ms GTG
• DVI
• black (non-glossy) cabinet

Does it exist? I have an Acer X193W that meets all the requirements, except that it's VGA only, making text quality atrocious. I'm looking for as close a replacement as possible, with DVI. I don't want to have to go up in resolution, as I'm running an older system and want to keep gaming performance acceptable.

If what I'm looking for doesn't exist, then I'll probably just go with an Acer X223W.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...16824002421CVF
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...16824116054CVF

I suggest that you do an actual upgrade, though. Get something bigger. Go as big as you can. When you game you can always run at a lower resolution and you can either have the monitor stretch it, upscale it, or crop it.

I just picked up an Acer/eMachine monitor and was surprised to see the option to maintain aspect. It's a 1080p monitor, but if I maintain aspect it will stretch the image vertically and put black bars on the sides for resolutions lower than 1080p.

 

[Turbonium]

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...16824002421CVF

This one seems good, but it's 30 bucks more expensive than the better spec'd (higher res) Acer, and it doesn't come with a DVI cable either. I don't want to get ripped off.

When you game you can always run at a lower resolution and you can either have the monitor stretch it, upscale it, or crop it.

Doesn't that degrade quality?

 

[cusideabelincoln]

This one seems good, but it's 30 bucks more expensive than the better spec'd (higher res) Acer, and it doesn't come with a DVI cable either. I don't want to get ripped off.

Doesn't that degrade quality?

It will, and the quality will definitely vary depending on the resolution. However if you're playing a 3D game, it won't be as noticeable as reading text from a website. It's not that a lower resolution (pending) will look bad; it just wont' look as good as the native resolution.

If you're really dealing with an ancient system, you're going to need an upgrade as soon as possible (within the next year) anyway.

 

[Turbonium]

If you're really dealing with an ancient system, you're going to need an upgrade as soon as possible (within the next year) anyway.

Honestly, I probably won't upgrade anytime soon. The most demanding games I play are Source games, which run fine on this machine. The only new game I may get into seriously would be StarCraft 2, and knowing Blizzard's track record, my system specs will more than likely meet the minimum requirements to be playable.

I should also mention that I just picked up another 2GB of RAM and a Radeon 4650, which should help things. That being said, I'm well aware that my CPU is a bottleneck, but for reasons mentioned, I don't see that being a real problem.