Monitor - 2560 x 1600

comeradealexi · 23 May 2008 at 07:55

Hey i am looking for a new monitor, maininly for gaming and i want to use a resolution of 2560 x 1600.

I thought about the:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-023-DE but i think it has a lot of extra and costly features that i dont need.

Would it really be any different to:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ng SM-305T 30" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black

And also is playing a game at 2560 x 1600 res "better than HD quailty"?

Thanks!

Vir · 23 May 2008 at 08:08

Well, I don't know if it's of much 'help' but gaming at that resolution is pretty hard for a graphics card, specially with all gfx settings turned up. I don't know which card you currently have, but have you thought about that?

The dell has a better contrast ratio but the samsung a bit better response time although I don't think you will notice the difference between 6 and 8ms.
HD is 1920x1080 so ye that resolution will be higher but if you play a HD movie it will be 'stretched' to 2560x1600

comeradealexi · 23 May 2008 at 08:22

I see - i have a 8800 GTS...

but im not sure if i should buy another xfx 8800 gts and put them in SLI or get one really good card...

Datamonkey · 23 May 2008 at 13:22

Comeradealexi, if you drop me an email in my trust.

The dell screen is very nice. 2560x1600 is a resource hog though, you will need an sli setup to get the most from it.

Ben M · 23 May 2008 at 13:47

comeradealexi said:
I see - i have a 8800 GTS...

but im not sure if i should buy another xfx 8800 gts and put them in SLI or get one really good card...

New cards are out in less than a month, I definately wouldn't buy anything now, wait and see what ati and nvidia bring to the table on their release dates.

Guardsmon · 23 May 2008 at 15:10

don't bother with running 2560x1600 on 8800GTS - wait while for new cards to come out (or price of 8800GTS to drop) but I've got a dell 2407wfp-hc that i run all games at 1920x1200 on my 8800GTX and it looks amazing! Friend of mine has one of the dell 30's which he had 2 ultra's to power, he said the games ran like cr4p with just one.
But then again he more money than sense.