Reccommend me a gaming monitor
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I currently have a Samsung 226BW, and its excellent, however I was looking to upgrade to a 24".
So could you spec me a 24" Gaming monitor please, budget 300 quid max. Cheers
Why not go for something bigger to make the upgrade worthwhile
I recently went from a 206BW to a SM2443BW. Whilst the quality remains mostly unchanged, I actually see no difference so far, the extra pixels are appreciated. The extra features of the 2443 make the difference though. The monitor can move in every direction and can swivel 90' to make it portrait mode which is excellent for reading on FT.com etc. The touch sensitive controls are nice as well but take a bit of getting used to, and it is a problem trying to turn the machine on in the dark. But it is a nice bit of kit and would recommend it. You are not going to get a particularly better monitor for £300 since the PVA and IPS panels are all around £400-£450.
Oh okay, I probably won't bother then, I'll instead wait for the touch screens/ OLEDS to come out then It will really be worth an upgrade.
And the reason I don't want anything bigger than 24" tops is because one I game (obviously) and if the monitor is too big then it will just hinder my performance rather than give me an edge. Plus the bigger your screen the more powerful graphics setup you need and I want to stay sensible lol
What makes me laugh is Windows 7 boasts a touch screen interface, along with games like Ruse etc... yet who has a touch screen... no one... even worse, who has a touch screen and games on it... no one.. lol
Touch screens are only available at a very high price tag and a very small minority, yet Windows is open to a vast majority... someone explain the sense of having touch screen availability in Windows 7? lol
Maybe Windows 8-9 but why now when no one has it?
Anyway I will just wait until either OLED's or touch screens are out (for a reasonable price) before I upgrade.
I think it's good Win7 has touchscreen, true hardly anyone has it now but if the OS supports it natively then it might well push the monitor manufacturers to get on board earlier, they have the tech so as they produce more, economies of scale and all that, they'll become more mainstream.
very true, and it gives Micrsoft enough time to release 37 touch screen service packs to fix all the problems too lmao
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Although it's not quite the same, I know several people who have Tablet PC's, and they are actually very popular, and therefore a touchscreen. I always assumed this was the target market for touchscreen support in Windows 7.
The only reason I would like to get a touch screen is purely for a new toy and for gaming. I'm quite happy with a mouse and keyboard, but I love the look of games like Ruse, can't wait to see what touchscreen could bring to games - just stay the heck away from shooting and driving games!' lol
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Yea, shooting a driving games, are best left as they are, but RTS games like C&C and Supreme commander would be awesome with a touchscreen
VortX, you seem to finish every sentence or statement with lol or lmao, it's not that funny... really...
Touch screens are used in a lot of places, not just your desk. There's not much point manufacturers bringing out touch screen monitors for consumers until Windows supports it so it has to start somewhere. In the mean time touch screen support is used for ATM, point of sale equipment, advertising, information kiosks and a whole bunch of military/industry scenarios where just having a screen without a keyboard and mouse makes sense.
As mentioned Windows has supported touch screen with a pen since Windows XP 8 years ago and although use is not mainstream it's used more often than you might imagine.
Touch screens are used in a lot of places, not just your desk. There's not much point manufacturers bringing out touch screen monitors for consumers until Windows supports it so it has to start somewhere. In the mean time touch screen support is used for ATM, point of sale equipment, advertising, information kiosks and a whole bunch of military/industry scenarios where just having a screen without a keyboard and mouse makes sense.
As mentioned Windows has supported touch screen with a pen since Windows XP 8 years ago and although use is not mainstream it's used more often than you might imagine.
If you can, spend abit more and buy yourself a dell 24". They really are the dogs ********. I've had mine (albeit a slightly older model) for a year from OCUK, and they are fantastic. Black blacks, and almost no ghosting.
I've had mine (albeit a slightly older model) for a year from OCUK, and they are fantastic. Black blacks, and almost no ghosting.S'true dat...If you can, spend abit more and buy yourself a dell 24". They really are the dogs ********.
Sorry, I tend to have a 'laughing' personality
by putting 'lol' i dont literly mean 'lol' but If I was to put *chuckles*, just sounds gay imo I am also well aware that the industry/manufacture and business side have touch screens, however Windows 7 is for the public, and the public cannot afford touch screens. Yes touch screen has been out for a while, but it hasn't been available to the degree of being able to get your hands on a HD, vibrant, crisp picture. The same thing happened with LCD, LCD started on things like control panels for ships etc, and now we are using them for gaming and picture/video creation/editing. However, the point I am trying to make (very slow at making it) Is that although touch screens have been about for a while, 'good' touch screens are only just coming out, and it seems as soon as they are being developed Microsoft incorporate touch screen technology, when no one of the 'public' (maybe a select few) can afford them, or would even want them, as they are inadequate for what users require. I think Microsoft should have waited to the technology in touch screens to advance a bit more before incorporating it, spending money, and concentrating on it, when they could have been concentrating more on things such as security, which people actually care about. I think it is a desperate attempt by Microsoft to rise above the rest and come out with something 'new', and to boast about it, even though no one is going to use it. By the time it becomes usable Windows 8 will be out, and Microsoft knows this.
Yes it does start somewhere, but it never starts with the software first. Multi threaded applications don’t come out before CPU's are made with multiple threads, Graphics cards don’t support resolutions of 5000x5000 pixels, unless there is a screen that supports it, otherwise it’s impossible to make it work. 64 bit operating systems don't come out before 64bit CPU's are available. Touch screen mainstream operating systems for the public shouldn't be a focus, when only the manufacturing and business side of society has a touch screen. Hope I made my point in a way that it didn't sound like complete drivel
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