Monitor Options

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Finally decided to upgrade my setup, I currently have a 17" Iiyama E435S, which has been a superb monitor, but I feel it's a little dated now!

Realistically I have about £350 to spend, but I'm not quite sure what I want (that's where you lot come in ;) )

Having a look around I have the following options:

2 x 19" Standard Screens
2 x 19" Widescreens (HannsG or Belinea ? )
1 x 20" Widescreen (Haven't got a clue which one to go for)

Although two 19" widescreens would be nice, I'm thinking it might be a little overkill, and I'm not too sure about the quality of the budget screens? (I would consider getting a 20" widescreen and using my current 17" as a 2nd monitor).

Main uses would be playing Warcraft 3 and First Person Shootemups, and general IRCing and MSNing - so it needs to be a bit of an all rounder.

Are my requirements too high (for the price), I'm so not clued up when it comes to TFTs (The last one I bought was £270 for a 17"!)

Any help would be appreciated!


[edit : DVI would be nice but not essential, the graphics card I am using is a 7800GT ]
 
Cheers for the detailed response!

Leaning towards the Belinea (Dell kit doesn't normally agree with me ;) ), however I've been told that the Samsung SyncMaster 940 19" widescreen is a great monitor for around the £150 mark?


Although I'd love to get the Belinea, if there are cheaper decent 19" alternatives it might be a better option (Don't want to eat into my bank balance too much just before I leave for uni!)

However I've also been told that 20"'s are the way to go due to the resolution of the 19" panels being pretty poor (compared to the size!), am i misinformed?

sorry if its coming across a bit jumbled, its all going whoosh over my head ;)
 
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