Re: different gametypes need different gaming rigs


"Michael Cecil" <macecil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:04:22 -0500, "CoinSpin"
| <coin^spam^spin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|
| >
| >"Magnate" <no.thanks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| >news:qs5u55-5bo.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >| 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+.
|
| Just go get one of those curved new Dell monitors and one up him!
| http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/01/07/alienwares-curved-lc.html
|
| Of course there are some problems with those but it looks pretty from a
| distance at least.

Heh... Yah, I'd come across that one too... Look on Gizmodo for some more
details pics, including the ridiculous depth of the unit (since it is a DLP,
not a curved LCD). And as far as the resolution, I'll be sporting the 2880
x 900 resolution myself when I pop my second 19" widescreen on my desktop.
There's just that pesky strip of plastic in the middle... Of course, I
could always do what a buddy of mine did and rip the guts out of 2
widescreen monitors, then put them in a little custom-created case with a
slight bend in the center and the LCD screens so close there is just a tiny
strip between the 2, but I don't have the kind of free time he does... Or
the money, or the laser cutter, etc. Ah well, a guy can dream.

Personally, I'm curious to see how the OLED units end up. I've already seen
practical applications of curved OLED screens, once they get the whole
lifespan issue stabilized, they will take over. Already seeing them in
mobile applications (due to the much lower power consumptions and
elimination of the need for backlighting). Within a few years, that curved
DLP unit (which uses 4 different screen sections internally) will probably
be replaced by a single curved OLED screen that is super thin and extremely
lightweight.

CoinSpin


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