Thread: I bought a new monitor

Yea, 1680x1050 requires a pretty hefty setup.

Widescreen all the way baby! Grats on the new sweetness digital!

and you dont need all that much system, a 150$ 1950 pro or 7900gt will push out 1680x1050 no problem. I can push that to my dell 24 with an ass old x800xl...

Originally Posted by Gumby

nice panel,
do you have enough vidcard to run it at native?

ATI Radeon X800XT All In Wonder

In fact. I just bumped the resolution to the max right now. THIS IS FREAKIN SWEET! I was just at 1024x768. Now I am at 1680x1050 with no problems.

Sweet.

I'm also looking for a widescreen. I hate these big monitors.

I posted some widescreen thoughts here:

http://www.texasteamplayers.com/index.php?topic=12941.0

with some reason for and against it.

and in this thread:
http://www.texasteamplayers.com/index.php?topic=13039.0
it was determined that:
The <a href=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001096> Samsung 226BW</a> looks to be the best 16:10 widescreen ratio LCD available. ~$300

I agree with Mcstrange. Either the Viewsonic VX922 for 4:3 or Samsung 226BW for 16:10 are the best monitors for gaming.