New monitor or new GPU

[tomanders91]

Currently deciding what my next upgrade should be, i am on a 520w corsair psu and i game at 1440x900 currently. Specs in Sig, im thinking about maybe getting a 1680x1050 monitor or possibly even higher, but that means i will have to get a more powerful gpu like the 8800gts 512mb. What would you do?

Im pretty sure my current GTS640 would cut it fine at 16x10, but not at 19x12.

 

[tomanders91]

thanks,

will new cards like the 8800gts 512mb work in my p35 ds3p board and have the same performance as in a pcie2 board? (x38 etc)

So would i be better off getting a cheap 1680x1050 one or getting the 1900x1200 one for just over £200? Would my card struggle at that res? Im not too bothered about AA as i no a lot of it goes at high res.

 

[tomanders91]

Well my current monitor is a 19 inch no name one, but the Acer one looks ok even though its cheap.

One more question, could my 520w corsair handle a new monitor then in the future something like a 8800gts 512mb?

 

[tomanders91]

Thanks, may go for one soon.

 

[tomanders91]

Any more input on what to go for? a 20, 22 or 24 inch? Not sure if my GTS will cut it though.

 

[tomanders91]

Ok cheers

Apprently the Acer has bad image quality though, so im not sure whether its worth going for a 24inch as it will be a lot more expensive. (im 16 so money is hard to come by )

I Guess ill See how much i have after xmas.