2 small or 1 large?

LiamC · 25 Jan 2009 at 14:39

my 19" is getting abit small for me now.

Im wanting a larger screen, but im not sure wether to get a 24" or two 19"?

Budget is around £250ish and will be running on a 280GTX.

Needs to be pretty high resolutions too. Im into gaming but mainly Web surfing / MSN etc ( Hense why im thinking of getting dual screens ), But im not sure if Gaming is any good on dual monitors?

Any Info / suggestions appriciated.

Lakeland · 25 Jan 2009 at 14:42

personally id go with the 24", dual 19" is a bit long and thin

i went from dual 19" to one 22" and tbh i prefer just the one screen so a 24" is going to be even better

edit, also bear in mind that you could almost get two 22" screens for £250, 24" seems to be a big price increase for not a lot more monitor

geuben · 25 Jan 2009 at 14:42

I have 2 17" screens, for gaming there not very good. Very few games use dual screens (supreme commander is the only one i've played that does) and horizontal spanning is rubbish (crosshair slit over screen in an fps), but as I don't do much gaming any more I'm happy with my dual screens and personally find them better for the kind of things I do regularly (programming etc). However I do often consider getting a single larger screen for watching films.

Pred · 25 Jan 2009 at 14:57

Get the 24" much better.

snakeater · 25 Jan 2009 at 15:18

Yeah pick up the 24". It'll look and feel better, plus you can still use the 19" at the same time for web browsing etc.

White_hell · 25 Jan 2009 at 15:30

yea get a 24"
its better for gaming and such

and then keep one 19" for anything else

Thats what im going to do when my 23" arrives, The 23" will be used for gaming and movies and im going to use my old 17" for websurfing or music changing when playing a game (Having a walkthrough up one one screen when your stuck on a game on the other really does help, rather than Minimising the game, read the walkthrough and go back)
Having 2 monitors is gooood, though not really good for gaming on both.

Slogan · 25 Jan 2009 at 15:34

Definitely get the 24".

LiamC · 25 Jan 2009 at 16:10

Thanks for the replys, 24" it is.

DigitalReaper · 25 Jan 2009 at 16:32

Running a 24" (16:10) and a 19" (5:4) myself, no complaints here. Just remember to set the 24" as primary so fullscreen games will use it instead of the 19".

LiamC · 25 Jan 2009 at 16:50

This looks good for the price. What you guys think?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-100-SA

DigitalReaper · 25 Jan 2009 at 17:58

LiamC said:
This looks good for the price. What you guys think?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-100-SA

The vertical viewing angle isn't great, but the horizonal is fine. No noticable ghosting/bluring, input lag is 1 frame or less (good). The touch sensitive controls are hard to work in a dark room (can't see or feel 'em) sadly but otherwise i'm quite happy with mine.

It supports HDCP too if you wan't to watch HD movies on it in the future.