19" to 22"

[Dreadi]

I'm think of stepping up in monitor size from a 19" widescreen to a 22" widescreen (1440x900 to 16x10 res)

Is this going to have a massive effect on my fps when gaming and or will the drop only be minimal? Running an 8800gt by the way...

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Id have thought minimal, if at all, GT will cope fine.

 

[jigger]

It will but nothing the 8800gt cant handle, Dx10 games will tax the card at 1680x1050 so you might need to step back to 1440x900.

 

[Margaret]

I went from 1440x900 to 1680x1050 and noticed no FPS loss at all, in some games I seemed to gain FPS.

I'm on a 8800GTX but I'd imagine it's gonna be the same story for the GT.

 

[Dreadi]

That is just what i wanted to here i wont be using dx10 as well, still on xp here

 

[silversurfer]

1296000 vs 1764000 pixels or a 36% increase in bandwidth load

 

[Dreadi]

come again ?

does running 2 monitors have much of an impact on performance ? Might keep my 19" as a second monitor although the idea of having 2 different sized monitors next to each other is putting me off keeping it, would look silly and probably get on my nerves....

 

[Sime]

come again ?

does running 2 monitors have much of an impact on performance ? Might keep my 19" as a second monitor although the idea of having 2 different sized monitors next to each other is putting me off keeping it, would look silly and probably get on my nerves....

As far as i know you dont use the secondary monitor as a gaming display...Im going to be doing the same thing soon, getting a 22". But my current 19" is only going to be used to help me when modelling (for texturing or referance images). Other than that it will just be a black screen.

My univeristy has dual screens and its pretty cool having one screen for example having 3dmax on and the other with Family Guy on the other

 

[Dreadi]

yeah i used to have a 19" crt with my widescreen as well until it bust and have been craving dual screens again ever since, its just so good !