Widescreen resolutions equivalent to.....

[Phil2008]

1024x768

Cos Im thinking about upgrading my viewsonic 19" to a sammy 22" monitor. I play some games in 1024x768, so tht res on a widescreen will look strange with the sides cut off left and right. So whats the equivalent to 1024x768 in widescreen resolution??

 

[simonnance]

1024x768 @ 4:3 => 1024x640 @ WS

 

[Phil2008]

1024x768 @ 4:3 => 1024x640 @ WS

How do games look in that res??

 

[Zefan]

I imagine they look pretty bloody awful, as they'll either be scaled up (and will look really bad) or it'll just be a small box.

 

[fish99]

1024x768 @ 4:3 => 1024x640 @ WS

Is that a real res? I suppose 1280*800 is pretty close although it's 30% more pixels. Should look decent on a 22" when gaming. I've played plenty of games at 1280*800 on my Dell 2007WFP (1680*1050) and while it's a little softer than native res and the pixels are bigger, it still looks ok. Scaling has improved quite a bit over the years.

 

[Phil2008]

I imagine they look pretty bloody awful, as they'll either be scaled up (and will look really bad) or it'll just be a small box.

You have to look really closely to see the quality loss when playing games in 1024x768 on my viewsonic 19" and its comming up to 3yrs old now.

 

[simonnance]

Is that a real res? I suppose 1280*800 is pretty close although it's 30% more pixels. Should look decent on a 22" when gaming. I've played plenty of games at 1280*800 on my Dell 2007WFP (1680*1050) and while it's a little softer than native res and the pixels are bigger, it still looks ok. Scaling has improved quite a bit over the years.

my monitor and gfx card seem to think so

looks like a POS on a 20" though, so it'll look god awful on a 22". I think using my scrren like that for extended periods would actualy make me as blind as a bat.... i've set that res temporarily, and my eyes are watering just looking at the screen for a few minutes!

 

[Zefan]

You have to look really closely to see the quality loss when playing games in 1024x768 on my viewsonic 19" and its comming up to 3yrs old now.

I mean scaling a res that small up to 22" res will look really a lot worse.

 

[fish99]

my monitor and gfx card seem to think so

Okeydokey, it does exist

1280*800 doesn't look too bad on my 20" though, especially for gaming, so I reckon the OP gives that a spin when he gets his 22".

 

[Hessian]

1440 x 900 I use for playing CS.