lookin at gettin my 1st lcd monitor

[moir]

going to order soon so tryin to get a lot of info.

the 2 monitors am looking at are

Viewsonic VX922 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-046-VS)

and

NEC MultiSync® LCD20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-009-NE) when ocuk get em in stock

now all i use my pc for is heavy competative gaming (cs) and web browsing, odd dvd and music.

cs i want to run at 800*600 this is where the problems start, i really dont want to play cs @ a new res, 800*600 <3 it so much.

dont mind playin other games @ 1280*1024, would the the lcd native res b a issue? i have had a read of the forums but this matter is still unclear to me.

thanks

specs

shuttle XPC sn25p
amd64 4000+ @ 2.6ghz
XFX GeForce 7800GTX Extreme XXX Edition @ stock (490/1300)
Corsair 2gig DDR XMS4000PT TwinX @ 2.5-3-3-6
74gig Western Digital Raptor 10000 rpm sata Hdd

 

[mysticsniper]

You might want to consider the Samgsung SM-930BF 19" LCD Monitor. I have one of these and its great for gaming, no ghosting, a quick reponse time (4ms), max res 1280 x 1024, and at £240.82 its a bargain

 

[Black Dog]

Viewsonic VX922 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-046-VS)

without a doubt mate. Got mine yesterday and like you I am a very heavy game player. I play cs, quake, wolfenstein, battlefield with no ghosting whatsoever, even blurred scrolling text on the internet ect is virtually eliminated.

Not sure about 800x600 as I play all of my games at 1280x1024, I would imagine some quality would be lost but not much. You may want to get a 17" if your going to play at that res.

Why do you play cs at 800x600 with the system you have?

 

[UOcUK Poopscoop]

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If you really are a hardcore gamer and want to play CS at 800x600 I would stick with CRT.

 

[moir]

thanks guys, i really wanted to get a lcd cause they look so damn good and sleek compared to the monster size of crts, i play cs @ 800*600 becuse i think it feels great, the corsshair in cs look weird @ higher rez, tho i supose i could try get used to playin at 1280*1024, a supose if i got the viewsonic and end up didnt liking it i could give it to me gf to use and just get a new crt.

that samsung monitor i was going to get for my gf at the same time as mine, but think i will get mine 1st then try it for a week then see *** to do, thanks

got a week or 2 to think about this tho. mite try cs at 1280*1024 the now and see if i could adjust.

 

[Baddass]

i'd have a try with 1280 res and see how you get on. Image interpolation on a TFT outside it's native resolution (ie not at 1280 x 1024) is generally not too bad in gaming, but not really recommended for windows use. The VX922 and Samsung 930BF are both ideal choices for a hard core gamer looking for a TFT, and these are arguably the two most responsive models in the market right now. Would be excellent choices

 

[Black Dog]

Moir, you can change your crosshair size in cs, bring the console down and type:

cl_crosshairscale "number"

I use cl_crosshairscale 3000 but I like it small, try a lower number like 1000 or under for a bigger crosshair. You can also make it bigger to start with in the options menu.
This way you can play @ 1280@1024 with a big crosshair.

 

[MDPlatts]

get one of the 20" non-widescreens - they are 1600x1200 resolution - which is exactly 2x width and 2x height of your preferred res - so no interpolation - just blocky pixels.