Monitors and gaming

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 26 Aug 2009 at 12:38

Well i recently bought a new 26inch flatscreen for when the wife and I go away in the carvan. Since as it wasn't doing anything i hooked it up to the PC and continued play CSS on it. I some how got worse and worse at the game.... then to add insult to missery we are currently having a new kitchen fitted and me and the misses decided to move up my parents cos of the mess, i took my pc with me and i've been using my dad's 32 inch to play css.... and now i've gotten twice as bad as what i was on the 26....

So in conclution i have now realised that having a big kick ass monitor is pointless if your playing an FPS! GUTTED :mad:

orderoftheflame · 26 Aug 2009 at 12:40

Skill != hardware.

bledd · 26 Aug 2009 at 12:46

what resolution were you playing at? that makes a big difference to mouse movement i find

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 26 Aug 2009 at 12:47

orderoftheflame said:
Skill != hardware.

Not always, of course it helps. i used to own on bf2 with a standard dell mouse.

Saying that didn't PC gamer do a test on whether new hardware improves your playing skill.

I know one thing having a bigger monitor mess's you right up!

1300x768 or 1024xwhats it called usually the latter

bledd · 26 Aug 2009 at 12:54

edit out that swear word, or you'll get banned

KiTBoH · 26 Aug 2009 at 14:12

monitors have the same resolution with a much smaller screen size normally, thus giving better quality.
Also monitors have everything in a much smaller space, so you dont have to look around the screen as much. Playing on a 32" you have to move your head to take in everything on the screen.

titaniumx3 · 26 Aug 2009 at 14:31

A fast 19" LCD @ 1280x1024 or decent CRT is all you really need for hardcore fps gaming, anything above that just servess to increases image quality.

In fact, I'd be willing to bet that your actual performance in fast moving fps decreases with bigger screens like the 30" dells.

Klo · 26 Aug 2009 at 14:58

As said, its probably down to the performance decrease you get by making the screen bigger.

1000th post!

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 26 Aug 2009 at 14:58

TBh i agree with you all, i'm going to buy 2 high quality 22inch monitors, what i have is way to big!

mame · 26 Aug 2009 at 15:09

There was a thread about this a few months ago. The general opinion was an FPS, especially online, was better on a smaller monitor but most other types of games, racing ETC were better on a bigger TV.

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 26 Aug 2009 at 15:20

mame said:
There was a thread about this a few months ago. The general opinion was an FPS, especially online, was better on a smaller monitor but most other types of games, racing ETC were better on a bigger TV.

AGREED!

Viper² · 26 Aug 2009 at 15:28

I have a Samsung 226BW and tbh, only chose it beause of the low response for gaming.

dovey · 26 Aug 2009 at 15:48

When I tried an lcd tv hooked up to a pc I noticed it had a fairly poor response time which meant that fast paced fps were out of the question. The mouse/screen was always playing catch up so it was impossible to play as well as before as what you were seeing was different to what it would have been on a different screen.