Samsung 226bw 22", which gfx card?

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hi all!
just joined :)

well, i am interested in purchasing a samsung 226bw monitor, and i was amazed at all the reviews! i was thinking about buying the 2407wfp dell, but then the price tag, that kinda took me off it, but i'm still interested.

i am currently using a 19" samsung syncmaster 193v, and i have a pny 7600gt, asus p5w, 2gb pc6400 geil ram, core2duo e6600 2.4ghz, and a hiper 580w psu.

the thing is, i was wondering whether i could play games on the full resolution/quality settings on my 7600gt on the 22" samsung 226bw, most of the people i know say you can play it on mid level, but they said if you go over 22" get an 8800 or x19xx :) and also, even if got a 24" dell, what graphics card would you still recommend?

well, i've come here to ask for all of your advice! my budget isn't really that low, maybe about 500 quid.
if anyone has screenshots etc., that'd be great.

thanks, tem07 :)
 
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lol... hitting the 500 quid that is.
well, do you think the 8800gtx will last long? my mobo is crossfire i975x, and if ati have the r600's, whatever, will they support crossfire for the i975x?

also do you think it is worth getting the 24" monitor? the samsung is about 260 quid, and the dell is like 500 quid, and there is a 2 inch difference, and a resolution difference, but the samsung has more contrast ratio... so meh...

will an 8800gts do the job? apparantly, it can :)
 
Hey welcome to the forums,

For the Dell if you want to game, 8800GTS/GTX with 640MB of VRAM would be the way to go if you want to run games at 1920 x 1200 res.

The Samsung should be alrite on a 7600GT.

Btw your sig is 30KB's too big.
 
I'm going to be getting the same monitor in the next few weeks (provided I can sell my current one (Viewsonic 19"WS) for a decent price) and I'm going to be running it off an X1800XT. I will probably play in the same res I do now (1440x900) and only go up to native if it can support it.

I'm skipping the whole 8800 revolution and going straight for the R600 when it's released. If you want a solution now, then yes, the 8800GTS would be fine, but for piece of mind (and Crysis ;)) I'd get the GTX.
 
thanks for the quick reply about the sig and the topic.
well, if i purchased the 8800gts 640 / 320 mb, will it last me a year or so with the 24" monitor.

and if i kept my 7600gt and bought a 22" 226bw, i will be fine right? but will i have to keep my res down, AA settings lowered?

and also, if i got any 8800 series cards, will they be able to fit in the antec 900 with a asus p5w motherboard? anyone had any experience?

thanks, tem07.

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well, yeah, my mobo supports crossfire, and when the r600 or whenever the new ati cards come out, will they be able to run crossfire on my motherboard? because the r600 will be newer and more able to kick ass :) and also they're coming out near my birthday, so eh, it's a tad more fun.
 
If you buy the sammy 22" your ideally going to want to run it at its native resolution rather than downscaling. I have a 320mb 8800gts and i know it struggles on several games @ 1900 x 1200 yet its unbelievably smooth up to 1600 x 1200. I think if you want 1900 x 1200 you definately want the 640mb version, the extra ram really helps with this res. Hope this helps
 
bobert50 said:
If you buy the sammy 22" your ideally going to want to run it at its native resolution rather than downscaling. I have a 320mb 8800gts and i know it struggles on several games @ 1900 x 1200 yet its unbelievably smooth up to 1600 x 1200. I think if you want 1900 x 1200 you definately want the 640mb version, the extra ram really helps with this res. Hope this helps
This is pretty much spot on, though for the 24in Dell I would seriously look at the jump to a 8800GTX.
 
Hi All,

first post for me here too.

I've just bought the new samsung too, this thing is awesome! The price is great too, thankyou overclockers.

However, it is showing up how stone age my present system is. Which is:

Asus P4C800-E deluxe with thermalright NB-1C, Prescott 2.8(@3.4Ghz) with coolermaster Hyper 6, 4x256mb Geil PC4400, Hercules 9800 pro, 74gb Raptor, X-Pro 400w psu.

Should i stick to AGP and get say an X1950 pro, or is it worth going PCI-E?
 
worth getting pci-express man, you'll notice a huge difference for a fraciton of the agp price!
i've used the 7800gs+ for 200 GBP, and man, it's lame! pci-express is soo much faster! 2x faster man! but if you were to get pci-ex, you need a new mobo to support it any maybe a new psu....


moving on. purchased

welll i purchased the asus 8800gts 320mb! well it's a tich late isn't it to get a 768mb! but who cares, idon't game a lot! and i also purchased the 226bw! arriving tommorow!
can't wait! so excited!

THANKS a lot TO ALL THAT ASSISTED ME!!!
 
It depends on what games you'd want to play really. Seems these days AGP cards are overpriced compared to their PCI-counterparts.

I recently did a whole pc change..E6600 / mobbo / ram (need ddr2 ram now!) and 8800gts 320mb. Sold old bits for approx £200 , new bits cost £600.. so..£400 for a reasonably top of the range pc (if only for 2 minutes! :D ) isn't too bad!
 
not happy....

well, just received my monitor, and now it has a huge freakin scratch in the middle of the screen :'(

i sent an emaiul to the ocuk ppls.
 
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