New monitor for 7950gx2

[Fadey]

Hey , i just got a 7950gx2 and well my phillips 109s4 19inch crt is nice but doesnt do the card justice.. the monitor is almost 4 years old now. Im looking at getting a Viewsonic VA2012W which is 20 inch lcd for about $470 aus. My concern is its native resolution is 1680x1050 and ive never seen a game use that and im abit worried about having such a high reso as the standard because when games like crysis come out i doubt ill be able to play it at this reso... any comments would be much appreciated .

Another thing is the Viewsonic VA2012W hdcp or w/e it is compliant like the 7950gx2 is?

 

[Rage187]

1680x1050 is supported in most games nowadays, if it's not you usually just change it in an INI.

check out http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/fo...2&sid=b8bb32e08d81d695fbcd216642bdb79c

EDIT: Not to mention that 1680x1050 has less pixels then most 19" 1600x1200 monitors. You will actually get better performance.

 

[Gautama2]

Thats a widescreen res, most new games have that option. And im pretty sure with a monster like 7950gx2 you could play at that res

 

[Fadey]

well i had a look at alot of 1600x1200 19" monitors and they wernt easy to find and costed heaps... so i thought this would be a nice way to go.

 

[Fadey]

Do u need a special lcd for HDCP?

 

[Nextman916]

Yes only select few support HDCP, but i wouldnt worry too much about that now. Unless you want to geek it up, and become super super proof. I believe Nvidia is planning on releasing drivers anyway to support HDCP.

 

[Fadey]

People always lcd are bad for gamming coz of ghosting bla bla etc, but 8ms isnt that bad is it?

 

[T9D]

Originally posted by: Fadey
People always lcd are bad for gamming coz of ghosting bla bla etc, but 8ms isnt that bad is it?

8 ms is totaly fine. At least on my samsumg 21" widescreen I just got today (man it's sweet I must say). Havent seen any blurring at all when playing Prey.

 

[Fadey]

Like my phillips 109s4 is an ok monitor goes upto 1920x1440 , but its just seems so dull.... so i think ill get this monitor.

 

[martinez]

Link to that monitor in Aussie Pls. I've been looking at the BenQ one, but it's $500+.

I have 19" LCD 12ms and have never noticed any ghosting whatsoever.

Edit...NM staticice ftw...

 

[Fadey]

Im gonna go with a ViewSonic's 20.1" VX2025wm its only $70 aus more and its alot better according to reviews.

 

[redbox]

Originally posted by: Fadey
well i had a look at alot of 1600x1200 19" monitors and they wernt easy to find and costed heaps... so i thought this would be a nice way to go.

he probably ment a 20" 1600x1200 that is the standard resolution for a 20" lcd. 1280x1024 is standard for 19"

 

[Fadey]

im use to 1600x1200 on my 19 i couldnt stand 1280x1024 so yeah gonna go with ViewSonic's 20.1" VX2025wm unless some1 can think of a reason why not?

 

[Fadey]

Well according to the reviews this is the best monitor for gaming in its price bracket, so 8ms is fast enough and u dont need hdcp?

 

[martinez]

Yeah, I will most likely get that one too. Looks the goods.

 

[Fadey]

I just ordered mine .