Re: different gametypes need different gaming rigs


"Magnate" <no.thanks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Shawk wrote:
| > Nostromo wrote:
| >> Mark Morrison wrote:
| >>>
| >>> Plus in games like Civ 4 you get more map to see at any one time.
| >>>
| >>> I've got a 17" widescreen TFT and have had it for about 3 years. When
| >>> I replace it, it'll be with another widescreen.
| >>
| >> I was very skeptical at first, thinking the widescreen fad was a
| >> movie-playing wankerism. However, we ended up with some 20" widescreen
| >> LCDs in IT at work (got a batch for the same price as 19" 4:3s), so I
| >> bit the bullet. Now that I've gotten used to the scren real-estate,
| >> I'm definitely going to get a 22" WS at home ASAP. In particular,
| >> playing mmos, with all the info & chat boxes you normally have open,
| >> makes it a must have imo (the peripheral vision means you never aggro
| >> anything from your flanks if you zoom out enough as you can see all
| >> around you). I can also see what you mean by the fps thing - can't
| >> wait to try ;).
| >
| > Look at the Samsung's. I looooooove mine (226BW) and the newer one's
| > must be even better.
|
| Hmm. I was thinking of getting the Iiyama 24" WS (the B2403WS), but the
| alternative is the equivalent Samsung (24" WS, I forget the model
| number). There's also a Philips 24" WS in the same price bracket, but
| the reviews of the Iiyama and Samsung are better.
|
| Anyone else got an opinion on LCD brands? I read somewhere that all the
| screens are made in the same few fabs anyway, so there's not much to
| choose, but wondered if anyone here has had good or bad experience with
| a new widescreen LCD.
|

As for me, I used to have a Dell 19" LCD as my primary monitor, worked just
great, still working perfectly in fact. I got a Hanns-G 19" widescreen
monitor last year, and I haven't had a bad thing to say about it yet. In
fact, I'll be popping another identical monitor on my desktop fairly soon,
so I can use it for my extended desktop and give the old Dell screen to my
daughter.

I will say that I recently worked with a customer who had just received a
Dell 30" widescreen LCD... Holy crap was that thing spectacular, it was
incrediby sharp and had good contrast... He was using it for CAD and 3D
visualization, and it was amazing. Gave me serious monitor envy, until I
saw the pricetag: $1300+.

CoinSpin


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