Should I swap in the monitor?

jamieboo · 23 Nov 2009 at 12:58

Most of the bits and pieces for my new build will arrive in a couple of days, but my monitor just arrived now.
It's a 24" 1920x1200 screen and I'm just wondering if I should give it a go on my current machine?
Its a Amd x2 4400 with a 8800GT 512mb card. Obviously that should be enough just to basically try the monitor out but, if I wanted to have a little play of Oblivion for example, would the 8800GT be able to handle it at 1920x1200?
Thanks

jamieboo · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:20

Any ideas folks?

ejr22 · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:24

Sure, try it, why not?

You certainly won't break the monitor or GFX card trying. You may get awful FPS but at least you'll know the monitor works. And you can always set the resolution to a lower level.

RameY · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:31

Sure, why not! Get used to the new screen real estate

Geek. · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:32

yes try it out you have nothing to lose!

jamieboo · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:42

Ok.. i'll give it a go when I get back.
I suppose I could try lowering the res ejr22, but one fairly basic question, as I've always used CRTs up to now, but I thought you had to keep TFTs at their native resolution, otherwise it all starts to look a bit crap?

naknakkus · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:45

Oblivion should work. Try turning off AA if it's jerky.

osc89er · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:45

The 8800 GT isn't a bad card - you may need to turn off some features but some stuff like AA may be a bit less noticeable at that resolution anyway.

ETNiES · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:48

jamieboo said:
Ok.. i'll give it a go when I get back.
I suppose I could try lowering the res ejr22, but one fairly basic question, as I've always used CRTs up to now, but I thought you had to keep TFTs at their native resolution, otherwise it all starts to look a bit crap?

No it won't look crap, it's gonna look weird to you anyway if your changing from a CRT to an LCD it will take a bit of getting used to.

CBJ · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:53

jamieboo said:
I thought you had to keep TFTs at their native resolution, otherwise it all starts to look a bit crap?

For your desktop I'd certainly suggest using the monitor's native resolution but for gaming it's a lot less important. Do make sure you pick a resolution that matches the aspect ratio of the monitor, though, otherwise things will look stretched or squashed.