Hi, I've been wondering for a while, what size monitors are best for different resolutions, do people use some kind of text resize apps for higher resolutions, TN/IPS/VA for some setups and so on.
Me for example, have been using my laptop's screen for 4 years until the screen died (15.6" 768p) and I bought a 24" 1080p. What a shocker
letters were so small, had to change res to 768p (I know -.-) for them to be similar sized to the text on the original. I tried playing games on 1080p (unplayable, not enough grunt), but the movies look so awesome, and this is a TN panel, BenQ GL2460, makes me wonder how much of an improvement IPS or VA would make (I hear VA is kind of mix between TN-IPS). About games, I know I can change game res to 768p fullscreen while keeping 1080p desktop, but something just irks me about having different resolutions 
Maybe I could live with, probably. Is there any damage to anything while constantly changing output res?
Other thing, together with a new build which I've had to postpone till new nodes are out at least, I'm planning and 'oldie' build, aka Q6600-ish and best gpu I can put that will run games as old as DirectX7, probably something along the lines of GTX 580/HD6770 or smth with WinXP on it. What would you say would be best size for 1280x1024? 17"? 19"? For proper build I'd love a monitor I could keep for a decade, like a 1440p, but am afraid text will be even smaller even on a 27"
Other resolutions too, what do you consider proper size for a certain res?
I'd say 1080p 24" is smallest I could tolerate, seen 1080p with 21", can't imagine the text on that. 1440p maybe 27"-30", 24" like I have now, I try to envision having 1440p in there my head starts hurting Okay I'm just rambling now, I'll quit before it's too late
Share your stories about changing monitors, impressions of changes and stuff like that.
Me for example, have been using my laptop's screen for 4 years until the screen died (15.6" 768p) and I bought a 24" 1080p. What a shocker
letters were so small, had to change res to 768p (I know -.-) for them to be similar sized to the text on the original. I tried playing games on 1080p (unplayable, not enough grunt), but the movies look so awesome, and this is a TN panel, BenQ GL2460, makes me wonder how much of an improvement IPS or VA would make (I hear VA is kind of mix between TN-IPS). About games, I know I can change game res to 768p fullscreen while keeping 1080p desktop, but something just irks me about having different resolutions Maybe I could live with, probably. Is there any damage to anything while constantly changing output res?Other thing, together with a new build which I've had to postpone till new nodes are out at least, I'm planning and 'oldie' build, aka Q6600-ish and best gpu I can put that will run games as old as DirectX7, probably something along the lines of GTX 580/HD6770 or smth with WinXP on it. What would you say would be best size for 1280x1024? 17"? 19"? For proper build I'd love a monitor I could keep for a decade, like a 1440p, but am afraid text will be even smaller even on a 27"
Other resolutions too, what do you consider proper size for a certain res?
I'd say 1080p 24" is smallest I could tolerate, seen 1080p with 21", can't imagine the text on that. 1440p maybe 27"-30", 24" like I have now, I try to envision having 1440p in there my head starts hurting
Okay I'm just rambling now, I'll quit before it's too late Share your stories about changing monitors, impressions of changes and stuff like that.
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Currently have a 34" 21:9 (same height as a 27") @ 3440x1440 and it's spot on 