I think im gonna go with the 30 inch as i have had immersion before with my Sony 44 inch tv and that was good but now im after quality and something that will last for a couple of years and will be able to run the new games at native res if and when they come out even if it means upgrading my hardware later on too.
Dell 30" ??
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i could never justify spending my student loan on 1 monitor, thought i was going abit OTT spending £1500 on my PC last year for uni using my overdraft 
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Rear projection is hardly a good thing to compare with.
Then again for approx £1500 youd only be getting a decent 32" HDTV with a 1366x768 res and many of these aint great as monitors. 3k will buy a Sony 46" 1080p HDTV with 1920x1080 which is getting rave reviews on AVF.
In all honesty their isnt a one screen perfect solution for gaming, general usage and video entertainment such as tv/movies though the new 1080p HDTVs arriving is bridging the gap between a great monitor yet also great home cinema display.
For gaming though i still think the huge requirements for the 30" Dell brings its own problems. Oblivion for example with 2x XFX Geforce 7950 on a top spec system only managed 16 frames per sec, looks lovely im sure but not too playable is it.
really? im getting 2x 7950's i hoped they would manage to pull of oblivion a little better then that :-/
i could always run it at 1600 - but then again, iv heard that lower reses on the 30" are actually worse performance wise then in higher!!!! although i have no idea why...
Im beggining to thing 2x 24" might be better :'(
i could always run it at 1600 - but then again, iv heard that lower reses on the 30" are actually worse performance wise then in higher!!!! although i have no idea why...
Im beggining to thing 2x 24" might be better :'(
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Just get it over with and buy two 2407WFP's. Two 24" widescreen monitors next to each other are going to be more immersing than a single 30" widescreen monitor anyway. You'll get more pixels over all, far more inputs and a much better setup for gaming. The 3007WFP is only really suitable for tasks such as audio/video editing and serious multi-tasking. It would be a pain in the backside when it comes to gaming.
There's nothing "future-proof" about a monitor with a ridiculous resolution anyway. The life cycle of an LCD monitor, at a guess, is probably three or four years at the moment. In four years time we won't even have widespread HD television broadcasts, let alone video content at the 3007WFP's native resolution! The same goes for gaming — I doubt we will have advanced beyond HD gaming in that time period.
Of course, only get the two 2407WFP's if you are sure you want to blow ~£1400 on computer monitors alone — which is a pretty silly thing to do in your situation. If I were you I would get a single 2407WFP, or possibly two 19/20" monitors, and spend the remaining money on a nice LCD TV or projector. If you're buying based on what bragging credentials your purchases will bring you, gaming and watching movies at 80" is much cooler than at 30"
There's nothing "future-proof" about a monitor with a ridiculous resolution anyway. The life cycle of an LCD monitor, at a guess, is probably three or four years at the moment. In four years time we won't even have widespread HD television broadcasts, let alone video content at the 3007WFP's native resolution! The same goes for gaming — I doubt we will have advanced beyond HD gaming in that time period.
Of course, only get the two 2407WFP's if you are sure you want to blow ~£1400 on computer monitors alone — which is a pretty silly thing to do in your situation. If I were you I would get a single 2407WFP, or possibly two 19/20" monitors, and spend the remaining money on a nice LCD TV or projector. If you're buying based on what bragging credentials your purchases will bring you, gaming and watching movies at 80" is much cooler than at 30"
Its not just the price of the monitor its having 4GB of ram and 2x top end cards that might add to the expense.
Its only advice and Val hits the nail on the head too, do what you feel you need to but the 30" apart from offering super high res is wasted in gaming and will always need about 1 years later hardware to power the games in native for the previous year, err if you get me.
Its only advice and Val hits the nail on the head too, do what you feel you need to but the 30" apart from offering super high res is wasted in gaming and will always need about 1 years later hardware to power the games in native for the previous year, err if you get me.
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Thanks for the pic Mr Latte... they'll do nicely!!!
I do understand what you are saying... and im on the very edge of getting the 24".. but my head is hurting from how much i have been thinking about this, so im going to leave it and stop thinking about it for a couple of weeks untill i am actually going to buy all this stuff.
but i found this, from 3007 owners, and gaming seems to be the high point of the monitor for them?
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=1896485
oh well... thanks all for the advice! i guess i cant learn anything more untill i actually try these things, and i guess it isnt the end of the world if i dont like it.
but i found this, from 3007 owners, and gaming seems to be the high point of the monitor for them?
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=1896485
oh well... thanks all for the advice! i guess i cant learn anything more untill i actually try these things, and i guess it isnt the end of the world if i dont like it.