To Wide or not to Wide?

starmanwarz

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So I got my new rig last week(including a 8800GTX)and I now consider getting a 22" Widescreen(I like Samsung's latest monitor,pebble or something) to replace my LG 19" and move over to higher resolutions so I can enjoy my GTX :D.My main concern is if the new games are going to support WS resolutions(not just some games,all of them).Should I go wide,or its better to keep my (just)1 year old LG?
 

"andy"

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most games actually display the image in widescreen res , so you will see extra pixels at the sides of your screen etc , no stretching going on
 

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C64 said:
Just to clarify it is not widescreen is it ? it's just a 4:3 image stretched right?.
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No, any game with proper widescreen support not only supports widescreen resolutions, it also has a different horizontal FOV when using those resolutions. Nothing is stretched and you see more.
norm said:
Yeah but for any extra pixels you gain at the side you lose at the top and bottom. : )
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If you're just talking about the resolution of the screen, then yes a 20" widescreen has less vertical resolution than a 20" non-widescreen (1050 vs 1200). If you're talking about what you see in games, then 95% of the time when widescreen is supported then you see the same vertically and more horizontally versus non-widescreen. There are exceptions though, like Stalker and Bioshock (although both are fixable).
 
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