Monitor Upgrade With 8800 640mb

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Looking to upgrade my Acer 19” wide (1440x900) which currently runs on my Leadktek 8800GTS 640mb (Oc’d to 550MHz). Needless to say I run all games maxed buttersmooth at the moment. I had bought this GFX a couple of months back when originally looking to upgrade my screen to a 22” as they seemed very cost effective. However I simply don’t like the fact it uses a 20” screens native res and think I would be paranoid about the screen not looking 100% crisp and sharp.

I’m upgrading because a I want a bigger, better quality screen so going up and inch to a 20 seems silly even though my mates 2007fpw is sexeh :cool:.

Therefore logic points to 24”, I’m not only looking for suggestions but anybody with real world performance at high res 1920x on the same GFX card as me. I would like to run current games maxed and would settle for future release’s, namely Crysis, to run on fairly high settings.

As for money I would like to keep it under £400 which would rule out some 24”s however I wont be making the purchase for another month so hoping for a little drop by then.

Rest of rig:
C2D E6600 @ 3.2Ghz
OCZ XTC Platinum 2gb
Gigabyte DS4
 
You can get a dell 2407wfp for £380 delivered these days.Crysis will bring a gtx ultra to it's knees maxed so i wouldn't concern over these games they are going to be un maxable on current hardware.My view is get the best biggest screen you can as you will update your gts 640mb sooner than your monitor.Try to get an spva screen as tn film just doesn't cut the mustard when it comes to viewing angles,which people seem to dumb down and say i don't need viewing angles well what if you want to watch a film in bed or slump in your chair and relax playing a game on a gamepad not everyone games sitting perfectly still head on at the screen sometimes you might want to put your feet up and lean back and play which changes the screen colors and shades on a 226bw for example.
 
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Some very wise advice, I failed to mention I will also be gaming with my 360 on this from my leather desk chair. An yes I suppose I will upgrade my gfx card probably in about 6 months time.

I just need some nudging, I know I want the dell 2407 :D

Thanks for clearing my head.
 
I got a samsung 226bw here and it's going to have to go back don't make the same mistake i did, knew i should have got the spva dell ! kicking myself £20 down the pan for delivery costs.
 
I've looked long and hard at a lot of 22" screens. My mate has one of them Cibox screens and its decent for the price but with time the back light bleed has gotten worse and worse. I just want something that is top quality.

Also ive seen the 2407 for 362.50 delivered of an elecontrically powered auction site.
 
yea the price is dropping due to the 2407HC.Watch out though a lot you need to add vat to the final including delivery cost.
 
To be honest you can get them for £410 delivered from a highly reputable site i'd rather pay the £30 extra for peace of mind.
 
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