Need a new LCD monitor

2009-11-15 18:23:13

#1

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

I need one with the following:

Must be 175$ or under
A 16:9 resolution, I've heard that movies have black bars on the top of them on 16:10 monitors, unless someone can advise me otherwise
DVI support
A resolution that is supported by a lot of games
Has good picture, I don't know very much about what contrast ratio looks good and all that LCD stuff
A good brand obviously
Larger than my current monitor which appears to be 16" viewable.

Last edited by _j5689_ (2009-11-15 18:35:42)

2009-11-15 18:25:02

#2

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6650

I assume you mean black bars on the top. Having them on the side just doesn't make sense.

2009-11-15 18:26:32

#3

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

some_random_panda wrote:
I assume you mean black bars on the top. Having them on the side just doesn't make sense.

Yeah, that

2009-11-15 18:28:36

#4

aimless: Member; +166|6385|Texas

Not all movies have an aspect ratio of exactly 16:9, you still might have letterbox bars even with a 16:9 monitor.

2009-11-15 18:33:21

#5

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

aimless wrote:
Not all movies have an aspect ratio of exactly 16:9, you still might have letterbox bars even with a 16:9 monitor.

But it's probably going to be less prominent on a 16:9 right?

2009-11-15 18:42:03

#6

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6650

_j5689_ wrote:
aimless wrote:
Not all movies have an aspect ratio of exactly 16:9, you still might have letterbox bars even with a 16:9 monitor.
But it's probably going to be less prominent on a 16:9 right?

On the contrary, having tiny black bars just before your screen ends is probably going to be more distracting than a gap of black before the screen frame. Otherwise it'll feel like it doesn't quite fit.

Last edited by some_random_panda (2009-11-15 18:43:05)

2009-11-15 19:05:13

#7

jaymz9350: Member; +54|6837

_j5689_ wrote:
aimless wrote:
Not all movies have an aspect ratio of exactly 16:9, you still might have letterbox bars even with a 16:9 monitor.
But it's probably going to be less prominent on a 16:9 right?

Yeah but the problem you may run into with a 16:9 monitor is you need for game supported resolutions. Most games i've played will support odd resolutions (and any 16:9 monitor is odd for a PC) but you may run into some that won't

2009-11-15 19:25:25

#8

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

Just find one that support games good then, lol

2009-11-15 21:20:03

#9

ceslayer23: IN YOUR MIRROR; +142|6621|CLOSER THAN I APPEAR

games dont support monitors, they support resolutions of monitors, and many games dont support 16:9 aspect ratio monitors, nothing you can do about that

2009-11-16 04:06:09

#10

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

ceslayer23 wrote:
games dont support monitors, they support resolutions of monitors, and many games dont support 16:9 aspect ratio monitors, nothing you can do about that

O.K., whatever, just find me one with a good widescreen resolution that a lot of games use. I don't care about the aspect ratio anymore just find me a monitor please

2009-11-16 06:28:59

#11

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6572

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6824009176

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2009-11-16 07:53:21

#12

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

ebug9 wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009176

Will my hardware be able to handle 1080p

Core 2 Quad Q9550
nVidia GTX260 216-core
4GB of RAM Windows 7 Ultimate

2009-11-16 07:58:19

#13

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|6996|Salt Lake City

_j5689_ wrote:
ebug9 wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009176
Will my hardware be able to handle 1080p

Core 2 Quad Q9550
nVidia GTX260 216-core
4GB of RAM Windows 7 Ultimate

It shouldn't be a problem for most games. My 24" is 1920x1200 and I run most games at the native resolution, with an ATi 4890 that is mildly overclocked.

2009-11-16 08:52:10

#14

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6827|NYC / Hamburg

1080p runs fine on my GTX260-216. <3 it

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2009-11-16 09:00:39

#15

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

And will the battlefield games run on it or will I have to set a custom resolution?

2009-11-16 09:03:08

#16

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6827|NYC / Hamburg

BF2 runs well in 1920x1080. In fact all newish games I play work fine. Only the old 90s stuff is problematic

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2009-11-16 09:26:31

#17

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|6996|Salt Lake City

_j5689_ wrote:
And will the battlefield games run on it or will I have to set a custom resolution?

As I recall, the most recent patch for BF2 added support for widescreen.

Last edited by Agent_Dung_Bomb (2009-11-16 09:26:57)

2009-11-16 09:59:40

#18

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

O.K., last questions:

So it won't mess with my framerates that much going from 1152x864 to 1080p?.

And will the older Battlefield games like 1942 and Vietnam support it?

I hope you all understand why I'm being cautious, I really want it to work good.

2009-11-16 10:04:26

#19

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6723|cuntshitlake

_j5689_ wrote:
O.K., last questions:

So it won't mess with my framerates that much going from 1152x864 to 1080p?.

And will the older Battlefield games like 1942 and Vietnam support it?

I hope you all understand why I'm being cautious, I really want it to work good.

Going from 1152x864 to 1080p will mess with your framerates a lot but 260GTX will still handle that very nicely. 1942 and Vietnam will not support widescreen.

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2009-11-16 10:52:51

#20

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

DeathUnlimited wrote:
_j5689_ wrote:
O.K., last questions:

So it won't mess with my framerates that much going from 1152x864 to 1080p?.

And will the older Battlefield games like 1942 and Vietnam support it?

I hope you all understand why I'm being cautious, I really want it to work good.
Going from 1152x864 to 1080p will mess with your framerates a lot but 260GTX will still handle that very nicely. 1942 and Vietnam will not support widescreen.

Well, the thing is that on the Company of Heroes benchmark, I got 30 FPS minimum at all highest settings, no AA, 1152x864. Will my performance take enough of a hit for that to be unplayable?
I'm kind of worried about other newer games as well, since I can easily play them all at highest settings at this resolution with no noticeable choppiness at all, but I've never made such a dramatic jump in resolution before so I'm not sure what it does to framerate, and I don't want to buy this monitor just to have the framerates kick my ass on its native resolution.

Maybe the next size down would be good? I mean I love love how stable my FPS is right now and I'd like to be able to upgrade to widescreen and a better resolution (and ffs, an LCD) but I don't know if I'm quite ready for 1080p yet.

2009-11-16 12:45:34

#21

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6572

I play BF2 at 1680x1050 graphics maxed, AA forced to 16x in the Nvidia control panel and I get ~100-120fps with a GTX260 C216

You'll be fine. Worst case scenario, you'll have to tone down the AA in newer games but not completely off. You'll thank yourself later for upgrading from a 16"

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122

2009-11-16 13:38:52

#22

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

ebug9 wrote:
I play BF2 at 1680x1050 graphics maxed, AA forced to 16x in the Nvidia control panel and I get ~100-120fps with a GTX260 C216

You'll be fine. Worst case scenario, you'll have to tone down the AA in newer games but not completely off. You'll thank yourself later for upgrading from a 16"

So should I get a monitor of that resolution then? I was already looking at this before I made the thread:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … @GMAIL.COM

Or for 10$ more I can get this one with a 10000:1 Contrast ratio over the 2500:1 of the first one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductRe … 6824009174

And is having simply a bigger monitor that much better as well?

Last edited by _j5689_ (2009-11-16 13:57:52)

2009-11-16 14:43:58

#23

ceslayer23: IN YOUR MIRROR; +142|6621|CLOSER THAN I APPEAR

That second monitor seems to have a glossy screen. That usually makes the colors brighter and such, but if you use it where there is any light at all, expect massive reflection coming off the screen

2009-11-16 14:47:41

#24

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

ceslayer23 wrote:
That second monitor seems to have a glossy screen. That usually makes the colors brighter and such, but if you use it where there is any light at all, expect massive reflection coming off the screen

More than this CRT?

2009-11-16 16:03:05

#25

ceslayer23: IN YOUR MIRROR; +142|6621|CLOSER THAN I APPEAR

_j5689_ wrote:
ceslayer23 wrote:
That second monitor seems to have a glossy screen. That usually makes the colors brighter and such, but if you use it where there is any light at all, expect massive reflection coming off the screen
More than this CRT?

probably about the same, if not worse

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DeathUnlimited wrote:

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