BF2S Forums 17" tft vs 19"

im reading aboutwidescreen monitors....

2.16ghz
1gb ram
6800gs 256mb

Is this adeqaute to play bf2 on widescreen 19"?

Bertster7 wrote:

Bell wrote:

Techworld wrote:

Im also reading of some problems running bf2 with widescreen... can you confirm how to make it work and does the picture look stretched?

You heard right, bf2 simply does not support widescreen atall, there are ways to get a widescreen display on it, although all that does is stetch the image across the screen, so everything looks fat.

Martyn

No. I'm running it in widescreen and it does work fine. I play it in 1680x1050 all the time, it looks fine, not fat. It's not identical, but it's not just stretched across the screen. That is what happens if you set the resolution through the in game menu as no widescreen resolutions are listed. If you force the right resolution you don't get that problem.

Like that ^^^?  Looks fat to me...

Martyn

Bell wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

Bell wrote:

You heard right, bf2 simply does not support widescreen atall, there are ways to get a widescreen display on it, although all that does is stetch the image across the screen, so everything looks fat.

Martyn

No. I'm running it in widescreen and it does work fine. I play it in 1680x1050 all the time, it looks fine, not fat. It's not identical, but it's not just stretched across the screen. That is what happens if you set the resolution through the in game menu as no widescreen resolutions are listed. If you force the right resolution you don't get that problem.

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/3811 … 5ytso9.jpg

Like that ^^^?  Looks fat to me...

Martyn

No, not like that.

That resolution is 1280x720. Which is not a good resolution to run it in. If you have a widescreen monitor and run it in native resolution (I don't know of any that run that as a native resolution, although they may exist), it looks much better than that. As I said, I run it in 1680x1050 which is a 16:10 aspect ratio. 19" widescreens tend to be slightly lower res, but the same aspect ratio, 1440x900 I believe.

If I can be bothered I'll post some screenies later.

It does look pretty good from the specs. But only way to find out about manufacturers is either through trial and error, from people who own them or from reputable reviews.

I think it looks perfectly good.

Personally I'd go for this:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/114209/rb/23441462263

over that, despite the lower response timings (which once they're under 8ms are fine, 5, 3, 2 - you won't notice the difference between them) because I've had a lot of good experiences with monitors from that manufacturer. It's a bit cheaper too.

Widescreens do seem to have a lot more space when you're using windows. They don't have more space, it's just laid out nicer.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2006-12-01 13:15:26)

Gawwad wrote:

Can't say anything about those. I don't know any of the manufacturers. If you're gonna go with one of those, take one with 8MS refresh rate. 12MS is too slow.

dudes able to notice qualities in 4miliseconds lol

just go for the 19inch

Last edited by p3lvicthrust (2006-12-01 13:50:20)

Im  thinking of going with the belinea one because it has a load of good reviews, and is a more reputable brand ? http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products … uid=114209

Bell wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

Bell wrote:

You heard right, bf2 simply does not support widescreen atall, there are ways to get a widescreen display on it, although all that does is stetch the image across the screen, so everything looks fat.

Martyn

No. I'm running it in widescreen and it does work fine. I play it in 1680x1050 all the time, it looks fine, not fat. It's not identical, but it's not just stretched across the screen. That is what happens if you set the resolution through the in game menu as no widescreen resolutions are listed. If you force the right resolution you don't get that problem.

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/3811 … 5ytso9.jpg

Like that ^^^?  Looks fat to me...

Martyn

Here's what it looks like on mine.



Not so fat at an actual proper widescreen res, is it?

Techworld wrote:

lol hate that map

Doesnt look fat at all ...... going for a widescreen:)

btw: what is this monitor 16:9 or 16:10

1440x900.

1440/900 = 1.6.

Therefore 16:10.

Techworld wrote:

Finallly...... should i click buy on thnis now : http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products … uid=114209

Is the text small, on desktop etc on a 1440 x 900 ? could you make a screenie

Not very easily. Can't really be bothered, sorry.

I'd have to change my res to a custom resolution, 'cos I run a higher res than that (1680x1050). I'd also have to change my desktop, 'cos at the moment it's got tits on it.

Go for it.

I setup a PC with one of those monitors earlier, I think you'll be very pleased with it.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2006-12-01 14:17:52)

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