1440 x 900 for Gaming

B&W · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:28

do any of you guys game at this resolution and do you guys find it any good for gaming, i have a X19W Advent Monitor that displays this resolution and i find it quite good but do you guys think i should definetly get a 1920 x 1080 monitor or is the 1440 x 900 sufficient.

B&W

arc@css · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:30

What is the rest of your spec, cpu / video card?

B&W · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:31

arc@css said:
What is the rest of your spec, cpu / video card ?

Q660 G0
Sapphire Extreme HD 5850 1GB

tom91x91 · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:32

i went from 1440x900 to 1920x1080 and couldnt go back, everything is so much clearer/crisp.

The only good thing about about low res gaming is you can turn loads of IQ settings up etc, without too much of a performance hit.

James J · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:33

Totally depends on your hardware to be fair mate. I thought 1280x1024 was perfectly fine with my old 8800GT 512mb graphics card and dual core cpu yet going to 1920x1080 pretty much forced my hand into upgrading to a PC that could still play my games at the same settings but at the higher resolution.

WingZero30 · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:33

tom91x91 said:
i went from 1440x900 to 1920x1080 and couldnt go back, everything is so much clearer/crisp.

The only good thing about about low res gaming is you can turn loads of IQ settings up etc, without too much of a performance hit.

What are IQ settings

?

Are they like low,mid, high etc settings for textures, shadows,AA,AF etc?

tom91x91 · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:36

image quality settings, like AA, AF, and with a 5850 you should be able to max every game at that res easy. Upping to 1920x1080 will provide a better gaming experience though IMO.

B&W · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:36

WingZero30 said:
What are IQ settings?

Are they like low,mid, high etc settings for textures, shadows,AA,AF etc?

No i play everything maxed out with 8aa 8/16 af only thing low is shadows

James J · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:36

WingZero30 said:
What are IQ settings?

Are they like low,mid, high etc settings for textures, shadows,AA,AF etc?

Yeah, mostly AA and AF though in regards to his most (more than likely with the games settings on their highest by default)

B&W · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:52

I Like my 1440 x 900 monitor but my q660 is only at 2.4 ghz will it be sufficient for 1920 x 1080

mame · 6 Jul 2011 at 16:18

B&W said:
No i play everything maxed out with 8aa 8/16 af only thing low is shadows

I'd always go for max shadows with lower AA. At least then I'm 'seeing' everything. AA is the first thing I reduce if I need more FPS

Murray · 6 Jul 2011 at 16:21

mame said:
I'd always go for max shadows with lower AA. At least then I'm 'seeing' everything. AA is the first thing I reduce if I need more FPS

+1

Nodiggidy123 · 6 Jul 2011 at 16:23

B&W said:
I Like my 1440 x 900 monitor but my q660 is only at 2.4 ghz will it be sufficient for 1920 x 1080

to keep a q6600 at 2.4 is just wrong.

B&W · 6 Jul 2011 at 16:33

Nodiggidy123 said:
to keep a q6600 at 2.4 is just wrong.

cant change it mobo is oem locked

Nodiggidy123 · 6 Jul 2011 at 16:50

B&W said:
cant change it mobo is oem locked

upgrade time then!?

i was suprised just how much difference the oc made when i had my q6600

arc@css · 6 Jul 2011 at 21:29

mame said:
I'd always go for max shadows with lower AA. At least then I'm 'seeing' everything. AA is the first thing I reduce if I need more FPS

Same here.

andy_mk3 · 6 Jul 2011 at 21:33

I went from 1440x900 to 1920x1080, going back again just feels wrong, the screen looks so tiny and awful!

Q6600 is perfectly fine for that res.

Number_25 · 6 Jul 2011 at 22:08

I love playing at 1080p.

When I play the Xbox now it just seems quite blurry in comparison.

Infam0us · 6 Jul 2011 at 23:09

I do and I game fine, just focus whats on the screen rather than the size

IronWarrior · 6 Jul 2011 at 23:38

Go 1920x1200 if you going to game, everything else just sucks and you got a decent computer to power it.