Sony X-Black upgrade?

[Bleek]

Hi guys, I currently own a 17" Sony X-Black HS75P.

Spec:
Resolution 1280 x 1024
Brightness 420 cd/m2
Contrast 600:1
Viewing Angle Horizontal/Vertical 160/160
Waiting Time 8 ms
Video Inlets/Type 1 DVI-D input, 1 HD 15 pin input
Frequency Page 28 - 75 kHz

I find it an excellent screen, very crisp, detailed, excellent colour representation and as the name suggests brilliant black.

I've had it from new release, so some 4-5 years? Back in the day it cost me £450 and was practically the best 17" on the market.

So why do I need an upgrade? I predominantly use my PC for racing sim games (and web browsing of course) and find the 17" restricts my view/immersion, in this respect I believe a larger screen will improve matters.

Agree/disagree?

What would be the best route to take, should I stay put, or is there something more suitable on the market? I guess my current 3870 restricts my potential resolution in that I currently play at full detail with AA and AF and thankfully no slowdown - vsync 70fps solid.

I use native 1280x1024 and would like to use native on the future screen unless people suggest otherwise?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Bleek]

Anyone? Perhaps a 22 or 24" such as the OcUK Value unit (it seems to get very good reviews)?

Does the 24" look rubbish out of native rez for gaming i.e if ran at 1600 or 1280 instead?

 

[Tombo]

You could run it with scaling at 1600x1200 but it's probably be better to just use 1680x1050 (if you got a 24.)

 

[Bleek]

You could run it with scaling at 1600x1200 but it's probably be better to just use 1680x1050 (if you got a 24.)

Will it suffer the usual 'blurring' or softening not running native, or being bigger can you get away with it?

I think my 3870 will struggle at 1680 so I might need an upgrade!

 

[Tombo]

It shouldn't struggle really, can't say I notice the blurring when playing games but if you want you can have it use just the resolution with black bars around. (sure ATI cards can use the scaling too on dvi)