Re: PC gaming on HD TV

On Jun 6, 1:13 am, LY <tmp\no.spam/00@opt*no'spam*online.net> wrote:

I disagree, it's fairly easy these days and not too pricey.
A decent 37" ~720p LCD can be had for under $500

Those are not a good option
They feature a native resolution at 1366x768 and as you know that
resolution is simply not supported by any GPU in the work but rather
the standard 1360x768 and without 1:1 scaling those TVs are worthless
Will you pay 500 for something that will always stretch your image
even if its only 6 pixels?
Obviously not!

As someone mentioned, DVI to HDMI is the way to go.

Why messing with converters?
The way to go in Graphic cards having a HDMI interface already

Not necessary, 720p is fine as well, and older gfx cards can handle
that native res easily.

Like I said the native resolution of those TVs is not supported by any
GPU so no they are not a fine option

Not really an issue these days, high end video cards can already push
high res monitors (LCDs), check out benchmarks on most hardware sites.

I don't need to check any bechmark, I have my own experience
My 7600 simply can't handle modern games at high frame rates with
resolutions higher than 1024x768 so obviously 1900x1080 is out of the
question

I think the best bang for the buck right now is a 22" widescreen LCD.
They can be had for ~$250 online. The native res is usually 1680x1050
so the dot pitch (0.282mm) isn't too far from a 19" 5:4 1280x1024
(0.294mm). Check out this AnandTech article for a nice

Don't like it for many reasons
Even if it has a higher dot pitch than most other LCD its still too
small
Even a 5:4 19" is not perfect and for me it should be bigger
More this resolution is simply too high for some cards to handle and
with widescreen you have the issue of maintaining aspect ratio
And lastly but not least the support for this resolution is much
recent meaning the majority of legacy games simply don't support it.
For me its clear 16:10 22" is not a good choice for PC Games now if
you want good legacy support.

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