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People with 24 inch to 30 inch lcd pc monitors

What does a decent 24 inch screen cost ? I'm guessing that people who can afford 24 to 30 inch screens, can afford sli-ed gtx's 😉
 
Originally posted by: MarcVenice
What does a decent 24 inch screen cost ? I'm guessing that people who can afford 24 to 30 inch screens, can afford sli-ed gtx's 😉
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Depends if you get it refurbished or not. If you get the BenQ refurbished only about $470. Though only a 90 day warranty. 180 days if you use a credit card I think. Around $700 brand new. The Dell 24" brand new can be had for $570 brand new at times. Now when you get into the 30" market thats when prices start going well over $1000. Though at least with the 30" lcd market the panels are ips panels.

 
i got my Dell 24" as a christmas gift from my gf.

i'm just gonna wait till its out, look at benchmarks, then i'll go from there. i'm not gonna work about it when the game isn't even out yet.
 
There's a pretty big difference between the people with 24s & 30s for what they need in terms of graphics horsepower.

I know what i'll be doing since i won't touch SLI/CF likely ever.

Running at a lower rez 1:1 pixel mapped 😉
 
If you have a 30" 2560x1600 screen, you can run at 1280x800 and get perfect (4:1...a nice, round ratio) pixel mapping on the full screen. You'd definitely have to turn up AA to get rid of the jaggies, but 4xAA on 1280x800 is still much easier on the hardware than 2560x1600.
 
By the time Crysis is released, there will be at least 1 refresh of GPUs, possibly 2. Not to mention driver performance increases. I don't think there will be a problem for the lucky people with 24in+ panels.
 
What am I going to do??
Play it on my 2707 WFP and enjoy it.
I have a GTX and if that's not enough, well then I'll buy what ever is the fastest.
As for runnung SLI or crossfire too many problems to waste my time.
 
Originally posted by: Laminator
If you have a 30" 2560x1600 screen, you can run at 1280x800 and get perfect (4:1...a nice, round ratio) pixel mapping on the full screen. You'd definitely have to turn up AA to get rid of the jaggies, but 4xAA on 1280x800 is still much easier on the hardware than 2560x1600.
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LOL do you have a 30"?

1280x800 might sound good on paper, but it looks utterly sh!tastic in reality.

I'll be much happier running 2048x1536 or 1920x1400 pixel mapped instead.
 
Heh heh heh...

By the way, is the ***** picture quality at 1280x800 due to the monitor or just the low pixel pitch afforded by the 30" screen?
 
Originally posted by: Laminator
If you have a 30" 2560x1600 screen, you can run at 1280x800 and get perfect (4:1...a nice, round ratio) pixel mapping on the full screen. You'd definitely have to turn up AA to get rid of the jaggies, but 4xAA on 1280x800 is still much easier on the hardware than 2560x1600.
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it doesn't work thast way unfortunately, monitor's scaling algorithm kicks in for every resolution that is not native, including those that would look ;like native... i tried on 1600x1200 to run 800x600 looks like sh**
 
My screen is native at 1280 X 768... Looks great to me. I purchased it OVER a 24" at 1920 x 1200. Resolution is fine and dandy, but it is overplayed by most... If the Xbox 360 at 720p could steal the best looking game title from the PC, then you know it isn't about resolution only...

Anyway, couldn't be happier with 1280 X 768 with some AA. I don't go broke upgrading my vid cards every 6 to 12 months! Nor do I have to go SLI.
 
Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
My screen is native at 1280 X 768... Looks great to me. I purchased it OVER a 24" at 1920 x 1200. Resolution is fine and dandy, but it is overplayed by most... If the Xbox 360 at 720p could steal the best looking game title from the PC, then you know it isn't about resolution only...

Anyway, couldn't be happier with 1280 X 768 with some AA. I don't go broke upgrading my vid cards every 6 to 12 months! Nor do I have to go SLI.
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My 24" is primarily for various code development, I wouldn't code on 1280x768.
 
Originally posted by: postmortemIA
it doesn't work thast way unfortunately, monitor's scaling algorithm kicks in for every resolution that is not native, including those that would look ;like native... i tried on 1600x1200 to run 800x600 looks like sh**
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According to BeHardware.com, the Dell 3007WFP can do full-screen 1280x800 with perfect pixel mapping. I have also read this several times on the forum. They could be wrong, though.
 
Originally posted by: postmortemIA
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
My screen is native at 1280 X 768... Looks great to me. I purchased it OVER a 24" at 1920 x 1200. Resolution is fine and dandy, but it is overplayed by most... If the Xbox 360 at 720p could steal the best looking game title from the PC, then you know it isn't about resolution only...

Anyway, couldn't be happier with 1280 X 768 with some AA. I don't go broke upgrading my vid cards every 6 to 12 months! Nor do I have to go SLI.</end quote></div>

My 24" is primarily for various code development, I wouldn't code on 1280x768.
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I can't imagine coding on anything other than dual monitors for speed and efficiency, but that is just me!
 
Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: postmortemIA
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
My screen is native at 1280 X 768... Looks great to me. I purchased it OVER a 24" at 1920 x 1200. Resolution is fine and dandy, but it is overplayed by most... If the Xbox 360 at 720p could steal the best looking game title from the PC, then you know it isn't about resolution only...

Anyway, couldn't be happier with 1280 X 768 with some AA. I don't go broke upgrading my vid cards every 6 to 12 months! Nor do I have to go SLI.</end quote></div>

My 24" is primarily for various code development, I wouldn't code on 1280x768.</end quote></div>

I can't imagine coding on anything other than dual monitors for speed and efficiency, but that is just me!
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Well 1920x1200 is kind of as good as dual monitors, in some cases better because there's no split.
 
Originally posted by: Laminator
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: postmortemIA
it doesn't work thast way unfortunately, monitor's scaling algorithm kicks in for every resolution that is not native, including those that would look ;like native... i tried on 1600x1200 to run 800x600 looks like sh**</end quote></div>

According to BeHardware.com, the Dell 3007WFP can do full-screen 1280x800 with perfect pixel mapping. I have also read this several times on the forum. They could be wrong, though.
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Probably for that big monitor it is true, but i have seen plenty ones that won't do that pixel mapping.
 
Buying a 24" monitor was the best thing I ever did! Its been great for my eyes, because I'm now forced to sit further from the screen just to see everything 🙂

If the next refresh of cards is not up to the mark (like the midrange for this gen) then I figure i will just get the crysis 360 version and play it on my 50" LCD RP TV. ATI and Nvidia don't deserve my money if they can't provide me something which I can run most games all maxed out.

Anyone who uses a computer all day long, should definitely invest in a good monitor - your eyes are important you know (not for just watching porn 😉)
 
Originally posted by: postmortemIA
Probably for that big monitor it is true, but i have seen plenty ones that won't do that pixel mapping.
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2560x1600 is exactly 4x 1280x800, and since 1280x800 is a common resolution (mostly for 15.4" laptop LCD's) I'm guessing Dell had the foresight to include this as a feature. Does your Gateway do 1:1 pixel mapping, by the way? I know the Dell 2407WFP does, and I think the Westinghouse 37" does as well (both with the black bars, of course)...
 
Crysis is coming out this fall . Good look getting something faster then a gtx or ultra, lol, it won't be out 😛 Unless the 2900xt 1gb finaly starts performing ...
 
I tried Oblivion on my brand new 30" 😀 with a GTS 320. I was surprised to see that it handled it quite well. Of course it's not under 'maxed everything' setting, and I optimized the number of items in the Display option tab. The key is to find the sweet spot where the game won't try to fetch data from system memory. Once I found that spot, it was very playable. Even with 2XAA, and at 25x16 resolution, 2XAA gets rid of the most annoying jaggies. I wouldn't worry to much about upcoming titles. You can always adjust the sliders to your taste and the hardware's capability.
 
Originally posted by: lopri
I tried Oblivion on my brand new 30" 😀 with a GTS 320. I was surprised to see that it handled it quite well. Of course it's not under 'maxed everything' setting, and I optimized the number of items in the Display option tab. The key is to find the sweet spot where the game won't try to fetch data from system memory. Once I found that spot, it was very playable. Even with 2XAA, and at 25x16 resolution, 2XAA gets rid of the most annoying jaggies. I wouldn't worry to much about upcoming titles. You can always adjust the sliders to your taste and the hardware's capability.
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How many jaggies did you have at 25x16 with no AA?
 
keep my same setup...but hopefully penryn/45nm c2d and ddr3 will have come down in price and the 8900 series too so i might upgrade to that.

but who knows. i might just keep my same setup. its not like its extremely slow.
 
I was an hour away from ordering NEC's 2690... Then I bumped into this new name:

Anybody heard of or have an opinion of Planar's PX2611W, a new 26" display (from PLANAR, a company that's been in the display business for years now) that uses the same S-IPS (or is it H-IPS?) panel as NEC 2690, namely LG's LM260WU1, according to Planar's tech guys I talked to this afternoon?

It cost about $1,000.... Hmmmmm..... What should I decide...
 
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