22" LCD?

tmileson · 14 May 2006 at 00:29

OK dumb question coming up...

I'd like to upgrade my 19" LCD to a larger widescreen but am a little concerned that th 24" resolution up at 1900 means that for leading edge games I'd have problems finding a PC that could run with all the eye candy on. I intend to upgrade next year to something DX10 shapped but wonder if i'm still likely to have problems with a 24".

Is there any plans for maybe a 22" widescreen (or there abouts) at something like 1600? Just wondering if that would prove a usefull middle ground giving a decent res and size but with a resolution that graphic heavy games could run at a decent speed.

flip · 14 May 2006 at 07:55

All the 20 inch widescreens use 1680 x 1060 res. I guess you would like a 22 inch so you are getting more than an extra inch of space. But the res change from the 19 (1280 x 1024 5:4 or 1440 x 900 16:10) gives you loads more desktop space

If you are worried about text and icon sizes with the extra res but only one extra inch, check out a 17 inch 5:4 screen running at native res 1280 x 1024, as the screen height and vertical res is about the same

Baddass · 14 May 2006 at 11:08

bare in mind you can still use the 24"WS screens at a lower res if you want to, you're not bound by the 1920 x 1200 resolution. You could play games at a lower interpolated res if you wanted to. Many also offer 1:1 pixel matching as well so you could play games at a lower res (like 1680 x 1050 for example) and have black borders for the rest of the screen. A good way to have the best of both worlds, like using a 20"WS INSIDE a 24"

tmileson · 14 May 2006 at 11:27

Ooooh, hadn't realised that. Might be the way to go for me then, gives me a load of deskspace and a way to step back for demanding games until next years major upgrade.

Cheers chaps...

Baddass · 14 May 2006 at 12:44

no problems

MadMatty · 14 May 2006 at 13:04

Id just like to add though that upscaling of lower game res modes has come along way and much better then on the 19" panels. the newer 20" inch ones scale the image rarther nicely and are certainly not unusable modes as they were on the 19" screens.