Hi,
I'm hoping that with all of the different specs that everyone has that somebody might be able to offer some suggestions...
After all of my previous upgrades and trying to convince my wife that it's money well spent
, she asked what I wanted for Christmas. I joked and said a 27" 3D monitor at £600 and although she gave me funny look initially, she seems to be ok with it now, (I know, I know - I wondered what's going on too - maybe she's feeling guilty about something 
).
Anyway, she says I've got less than 3 weeks to decide now and I'm not sure what to go for. I'd like a 3D monitor and I was originally looking at the Samsung S27A950D or possibly the new Asus VG278H because of the 2nd generation 3D Vision, (although I haven't got a Nvidia card...yet).
The problem is that most reviews still talk about loads of crosstalk or bad backlight bleed on the LED monitors and although I like the idea of passive 3D, there seems to be viewing angle issues and there isn't a 120Hz passive panel available, (something which everybody comments on in a positive way when running 3D monitors in 2D). Also, I'm not sure whether I'll regret replacing my current monitor - a Dell U2410, even though it's smaller, it's always been great in games. I don't use it for anything professional like graphics design, I generally just use the PC for browsing and playing games like Skyrim, BF3, MW3 etc, so I could always sell it...
The other option is to choose an upgrade for the PC because I've been wanting a GTX 580 for a while, especially now there's a 3GB one, but with a single monitor, I probably wouldn't benefit that much. I've been putting off upgrading to Sandy Bridge and a new graphics card because Ivy Bridge and Kepler aren't that many months away and my system runs fairly well at the moment, (you can see the spec in my sig).
Alternatively, I could've gone for 3 x 24" monitors for surround gaming, but then I'd definitely need to upgrade my graphics card and as I'd like 3D ones, the only screens available at the moment of that size are the 3D Vision 1.0 monitors without lightboost.
I don't want to miss out on the chance of an upgrade when my wife is buying,
so I'd really appreciate any suggestions on what other people would go for based on the fact that everything I'm looking at is going to be replaced by newer versions within the next few months and 3D technology still seems to be changing and there's no standard between monitors, maybe you're using one of the available models and are really happy with it / them?
Thanks very much!
I'm hoping that with all of the different specs that everyone has that somebody might be able to offer some suggestions...
After all of my previous upgrades and trying to convince my wife that it's money well spent
, she asked what I wanted for Christmas. I joked and said a 27" 3D monitor at £600 and although she gave me funny look initially, she seems to be ok with it now, (I know, I know - I wondered what's going on too - maybe she's feeling guilty about something ).Anyway, she says I've got less than 3 weeks to decide now and I'm not sure what to go for. I'd like a 3D monitor and I was originally looking at the Samsung S27A950D or possibly the new Asus VG278H because of the 2nd generation 3D Vision, (although I haven't got a Nvidia card...yet).
The problem is that most reviews still talk about loads of crosstalk or bad backlight bleed on the LED monitors and although I like the idea of passive 3D, there seems to be viewing angle issues and there isn't a 120Hz passive panel available, (something which everybody comments on in a positive way when running 3D monitors in 2D). Also, I'm not sure whether I'll regret replacing my current monitor - a Dell U2410, even though it's smaller, it's always been great in games. I don't use it for anything professional like graphics design, I generally just use the PC for browsing and playing games like Skyrim, BF3, MW3 etc, so I could always sell it...
The other option is to choose an upgrade for the PC because I've been wanting a GTX 580 for a while, especially now there's a 3GB one, but with a single monitor, I probably wouldn't benefit that much. I've been putting off upgrading to Sandy Bridge and a new graphics card because Ivy Bridge and Kepler aren't that many months away and my system runs fairly well at the moment, (you can see the spec in my sig).
Alternatively, I could've gone for 3 x 24" monitors for surround gaming, but then I'd definitely need to upgrade my graphics card and as I'd like 3D ones, the only screens available at the moment of that size are the 3D Vision 1.0 monitors without lightboost.
I don't want to miss out on the chance of an upgrade when my wife is buying,
so I'd really appreciate any suggestions on what other people would go for based on the fact that everything I'm looking at is going to be replaced by newer versions within the next few months and 3D technology still seems to be changing and there's no standard between monitors, maybe you're using one of the available models and are really happy with it / them?Thanks very much!
if I had your rig id get watercooling firstly its night n day from air cooled system even your fenrir is no match for a custom loop your rig deserves it. Then extra ram 3x 4 gb sticks these will both be transferable to a future ivybridge and keplar/ 79xx series set up which will be the only real upgrade to your rig for some time to come that will give any disernable perfomance gains real world. You have a very strong rig otherwise ssd and good raid solid monitor decent case and monster psu etc. upgrade to water your rig is begging for a custom loop you know it. once you have a ivy n next gen gfx card then look at more mature monitors with better LED bleed n view angles 3rd will have had more time to mature by then. A 24 inch dell is still a good Display. 
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