My new Dell 2405FPW - pictures & first impressions

Chiribo said:
I wish that were the case Mr Latte, and the price still be £599 :p
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Not a chance at that price, though currently prices for LCD are dropping every month with the advent of HDTV arriving...
I still find ever so slight ghosting even at 8ms but cant complain at being able to run a 40" desktop in 1920x1080.

You boys go ahead and enjoy your [size=-2]little 2405s[/size] ;)
 
you guys do remeber some of us who got these screens upon release got em for £650 so £599 is not a too drastic price drop ;)


still a pc monitor, with tv tuner and hdmi would be nice and its bound to happen soon.
 
Mr Latte said:
Not a chance at that price, though currently prices for LCD are dropping every month with the advent of HDTV arriving...
I still find ever so slight ghosting even at 8ms but cant complain at being able to run a 40" desktop in 1920x1080.

You boys go ahead and enjoy your [size=-2]little 2405s[/size] ;)
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Hehe, not everyone has room for a projector ;)

I've decided (while being a bit tipsy) that I need/want to get that new Dell monitor, so I'm gonna go buy it \o/
 
ah that big screen, with its abit hard to understand which bit of kit you are reffering to ;)


anyways. anyone know if its ok to have one pc connected via dvi and another pc via the vga port? i used to own the dell 2001fp before an it buggered up when connected like this. just wonder if its the same with the 2405
 
Elvis Himselvis said:
Can anyone recomend a graphics card (or two) that will drive the latest games (BF2, FEAR etc) at native resolution with all the effects turned up on the 2405?
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Well, depends on if you have AGP or PCIE...

AGP = an x800 or x850XT, with PCIE either a 7800GT(X) or a ATI 1800XT... try with a single card, and if need be plop in another for SLI.
 
Elvis Himselvis said:
Can anyone recomend a graphics card (or two) that will drive the latest games (BF2, FEAR etc) at native resolution with all the effects turned up on the 2405?
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No single AGP card will do that for sure...

I doubt even the 7800GTX/1800XT will play new games @ native with EVERYTHING on - need some compromises...

In answer to your question, youll need SLI/Crossfire IMHO

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
it is, i got an agp 6800gt and i play bf2, css, dod s and gta sa fine at native res

only prb i find wiht bf2 is that game laggs for a few seconds when i hit the screen shot button
 
I find this a little hard to believe as well t.b.h... If so that must be some 6800 card....

Tried playing BF2 on my 2004FPW at 1920x1200 on a OC'ed 7800GTX, was ok but not smooth as silk. Had to add another 7800GTX for SLI action to get really playable framerates at 1920x1200 with AA/AF

Are you sure you've set to 1920x1200 res via the command line and weren't infact playing at a lower widescreen res scaled to fit the panel?
 
I can only get smooth action at 1280 x 1024 either 'letterboxed' or upscaled by the monitor to fill the screen, so there's no way you're going to get 1920 x 1200 native resolution running smoothly with a 6800GT
 
I run BF2 on a 6800GT/2405FPW; my advice is use 1280x800 and use 4xAA and all high options except disable high textures...perfectly smooth on a 3700+/2GB PC3200/6800GT
 
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