The 2405 has to go, help me with a (some) replacement(s)!

matt100

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Right.. the expense of getting a sensible framerate when gaming on a 2405 is ridiculous considering the amount I use it for gaming.

I do however love the size of the thing when browsing etc and I am a multi window junkie soo.. I figured out with the daftly expensive 24" and in with the dual monitor setup. 2 for browsing, 1 for gaming. Easy.. well, no because I know jack about monitors.

Can you suggest decent setups for me? I want dual 17s or 19s (opinions please) decent for gaming but not so that it bumps the price up (I was happy with a 25ms 19" 2 years ago). Height adjustable would be nice, DVI is a must (I think? unless something non DVI really shines) and the more inputs the better and I suppose a card reader would be pleasant having gotten used to the neatness of the 2405s reader but not essential.
 
no no no, you're not listening..

2 7800GTXs give a perfectly acceptable framerate for this monitor, however £700 worth of gfx cards and presumably a similar sort of cost when I want to upgrade again for my hour here and there of gaming is ridiculous. As is such an expensive monitor for nice browsing. This is part of a lifestyle change for me, I have pc games I've never played, I have an xbox 360 I barely touch.. its all going :p

Hence I'm thinking.. sell the 2405, get 2 19s=even more browsing space with change left over from sale of 2405, sell 1 gtx or maybe even both and buy a 7900/x1900 series and use that on 1 monitor for gaming.

I won't even have to go top of the range, I have no doubt a 7900GT will be absolutely fine for 1280x1024.

I wind up with about £300 in my pocket, 2 shiny new monitors and 1 shiny new gfx card.

Oh yeah and I'm not stuck with sli motherboards, sli watercooling and if everything gets too much I can just jam it all in a shuttle and forget all about building for a while (very unlikely but possible).

Just to confirm.. 2 x 7800GTX more than ample, well.. just about ample for FEAR tbh which is a nonsense..
 
I like those Acers, I always loved Acer kit when I sold corporate IT (great laptops, wicked warranty support) my concern is no DVI.

Do you consider that to be a problem? Anyone?

Is there an image quality difference?
 
2x20s is bonkers and anyway I'm right back at resolution issues for gaming and I'd end up spending money on top of what I can shift the 2405 for which is completely the opposite of what I'm trying to achieve here.

I've seen some Sonys at a competitor for £220 each, they're 16ms but I don't think that really bothers me that much and I am a major Sony beatch, They have DVI too.. ooh decisions decisions.
 
Cashman said:
this is not the right forum for this but id love a little 24" action... and could happily lay my Viewsonic 19 incer (VX912B) 12ms on the table plus a wedge of her majesties finest?

email me if you wanna talk :)
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