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I think i'm pretty much sold on that 24" Acer, i need this one to last, and according to darkstar it will. I was trying to find something similar, something that would support that resolution and would be inexpensive enough, but i couldnt.

If anyone wants to recomend something else or something similar to what i'm thinking of getting let me know.
 
Yeah thats a nice display. It's twice as expensive as one of the 22", but if you can afford it that one is definitely top of the line. 8)

There is nothing wrong with that, your display is the part of your rig you'll stare at the most, so it's not something you want to cut costs on. I saved for a while to upgrade my old 20.1" 1600x1200 LCD to my 42" 1920x1080 LCD tv. 😛
 
Yeah thats a nice display. It's twice as expensive as one of the 22", but if you can afford it that one is definitely top of the line. 8)

There is nothing wrong with that, your display is the part of your rig you'll stare at the most, so it's not something you want to cut costs on. I saved for a while to upgrade my old 20.1" 1600x1200 LCD to my 42" 1920x1080 LCD tv. 😛
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Yes, it is pricey, and i agree with you that this not something you want to save on. Also, the 600 price tag is not that ridiculous for a monitor of this size and quality, i'd say its a pretty good deal, considering the fact that similar monitors are sold for over $700. Though i'm still not 100% sure i want to get it. I still want to do some more looking around, but it is my first choice so far.
 
the SAMSUNG VE 700 is a very good LCD, as well as any other Samsung, and stay away from MItsubishi's cause u have to redo the settings on some if u shut them off.
 
You just dont know when to stop do you? You were clearly trying to pick a fight earlier, but now i can see that you are bully and you are out for blood. Because no matter what i say you wont leave me alone. You were already told to stop by several people here and yet you carry on like maniac. People dont come here to listen to you harass and insult me. The purpose of these forums is to teach and learn and to help people and debate ideas and products, not to do what you are doing. Your behavior is comletely unacceptable and violates the spirit of this forum, if i were moderator here i would have definately given you a warning or possibly even suspened you temporarily, but fortunately for you i'm not. I dont want your help and your suggestions when are you going to get it?
 
Yeah thats a nice display. It's twice as expensive as one of the 22", but if you can afford it that one is definitely top of the line. 8)

There is nothing wrong with that, your display is the part of your rig you'll stare at the most, so it's not something you want to cut costs on. I saved for a while to upgrade my old 20.1" 1600x1200 LCD to my 42" 1920x1080 LCD tv. 😛
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Yes, it is pricey, and i agree with you that this not something you want to save on. Also, the 600 price tag is not that ridiculous for a monitor of this size and quality, i'd say its a pretty good deal, considering the fact that similar monitors are sold for over $700. Though i'm still not 100% sure i want to get it. I still want to do some more looking around, but it is my first choice so far.

So let me get this straight, your going to get a 24"LCD and pair it up with an X1950XTX when you could spend even less on a GPU that would do far far better at the native resolution that the 24" monitor will display but you cant get over your Fanboism long enough to see just how idiotic of a mistake your about to make :roll:



Look at these benchmarks between the 8800GTS and the X1950XTX and then consider that this is the resolution your monitor will display and tell me honestly that you dont think your being a Hard headed Fanboi :roll:

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That poor horse is dead and buried yet you still keep beating it. Do you get commission on Nvidia sales or something? lol
 
I'd suggest getting a nice, 20+ inch widescreen as well. That 24" Acer seems like a decent fit for you, and I know a few people who have used Acer monitors and loved them. It should suit you well.

Now, on this other matter that everyone seems to be making a big deal about...the video card. I know you want to throw down for an x1950xtx instead of an 8800, and everyone else is flaming you for that choice. I know you're sick of this discussion, so I'm going to offer a different alternative. If you're thinking about getting R600 when it (eventually) hits the market, why not get a decent mid-range card until then and save yourself some money? I mean sure, you may not be able to max out settings on every single thing you play, but if it saves you a few hundred dollars that you can allocate to paying for r600 later, I don't see the big problem. I have a friend who just bought an x1950GT to hold him over until R600 comes out, and for an $150 card, it's very comparable to my 7900GT. Seriously, save the money now so you can put it to good use later.

Just my 2 cents...
 
If you are planning on upgrading to the r600 very soon, then it makes sense to get a mid-range now, because it would certainly last you until May.


I agree with him. :arrow:
If you're thinking about getting R600 when it (eventually) hits the market, why not get a decent mid-range card until then and save yourself some money?
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If you guys are talking midrange placeholher cards, i was also considering x1950pro as a seond choice, its not that expensive (around $200 or so). It seems that may do the trick for even up to a year or so and its pretty much on par with 7900GT. I dont remember how the 2 compare but i happen to know someone who has it it and it works well for that person. So it is a viable alternative and what you guys are saying makes sense.

However, i may have a bigger problem on my hands. I heard that R600 may not work in crossfire on a 975x mobo. I havent seen any confirmation of that but i dont want to take a chance. I do need a new computer asap though, but i may have to wait and see. Does anyone know anything about this?
 
I really wouldn't be too concerned about that at this point. I mean, R600 isn't even out yet, so no one will really know until then. Plus, Intel will probably have a fix for that problem, whether it be BIOS or whatnot. And, if R600 is anything like the 8800 series, one will be more than enough.
 
I just upgraded my monitor from a 19" Viewsonic 1280x1024 LCD to this Acer AL2216W $309. I'm extremely impressed with it, it's very nice looking, good colors. I don't think you can beat this monitor for the price.
 
If you HAVE to get an ATI card get the X1950XT and save the rest of your cash for your future R600. As to the motherboard, truthfully you may be better to wait as the board you want only supports 8x per slot in Crossfire, and this may become a bottleneck if the R600 is really any faster than the 8800GTX.

As to the monitor, I've got a 20" 1680x1050 LCD with an 8ms response time and it's pretty good for gaming and it produces a vibrant image.
 
My first post, please forgive any mistakes! I had to put my two cents in on this one. I am running an evga 8800gts and recently had the same dilemma of having to pick out a monitor. I had been running a 19" viewsonic crt, but wanted widescreen.

I first bought a 24" gateway widescreen lcd and have to say it sucked for games, motion blur beyond belief unfortunately(although i know there are better lcd's out there i'm sure, benq 24" is rated highly for example, nec mgx2 or whatever is supposed to be awesome). Web browsing and text was great on it, however.

Then i stumbled upon this thread, http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=952788
and after nearly reading the whole thing, was persuaded to give it a shot.

This sony fw900 widescreen monitor has been awesome so far, a little tweaking at first, but i am whole-heartedly ready to recommend it. Its a 24" widescreen crt, 22.5" viewable screen, so it is really heavy. If you have the desk space, and want a near flawless gaming/movie monitor, look no further. Blacks are black, colors are vibrant. I paid 300 bucks for mine, these things cost over 2 grand originally! Granted, they will mostly all be used (2000-2004 i believe they were made), but so far i have had no problems and have been loving mine!

Good luck on picking out a monitor, and i've also got to say how great i think my 8800gts is, and i guess they are now sub $400 so you cant go wrong there either.
 
Don't get too hung up on response times; a 8ms panel will get you up to 125fps before ghosting, and if you're hitting 125 fps then maybe it's time to turn up some settings.

Samsung and Sony make excellent LCD's, but get a Samsung instead. Sony and Samsung's are made on the same production line and share a lot of components.

A CRT for you to drool over (and all LCD lovers to envy) would probably be the Sony G520. Google it and check it out. If you're lucky you'll find a 2nd hand one on ebay for cheap (if you don't mind 2nd hand).

Just try and get a monitor that will last until 2012, when the R600 finally gets released :wink:
 
I know you are not too keen to discuss Gfx cards...

But if you must go AMD/ATI, can I just say the X1950XT is a MUCH better buy than the X1950XTX.

x1950XT

The only x1950XTX in stock at newegg

The difference between the two cards is just 25MHz on the core, the RAM on the XT might "only" run at 1800MHz, but as it is DDR3 rather than DDR4 the latencies on it are alot tighter, and hence it will perform just as well.

Of course it only has 256MB of RAM, but thats not that big of an issue really, when you dont intend to keep the card long, and its $200 cheaper!

I have to say that the 8800GTS would be an even better choice, but you have been beaten over the head with that enough now imho.
 
I own the 24" Acer you're looking at and I must say I have no complaints about it at all. I play games at its native resolution which I believe is 1920x1200 and they look pretty good on my lowly x1900xt. I purchased it last August (I think) when it was $700. Also there isnt any ghosting - in so far as I can tell in the rpg, fps, rts games I play. Overall a very solid monitor... I highly recommend it.






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Hey guys, thanks for all the input. I just want to share something i found out today about widescreen monitors. I spoke to someone who knows monitots and he told me the following: not all games support widescreen with good clear pictures and that the image will look stretched out or squashed. How true is this?

I see that CalmnChaos owns that ACEr, can you tell if you had this problem?

Also i see that OdinsErben complained aboyt 24" widerscreen, is it the kind of problem you were having? And can you elaborate a little more why it sucked for games?

As far as vid card goes x1950xt is also a good choice i'm considring all of them and have not made any decision yet. I think it will be based on when i actually get my new system, i just think i should wait a little bit longe, that possible problem with 975x does concern me and i would rather not take any chances.
 
Well, I haven't really played any old games since I built my computer last Fall. In my limited knowledge, I'd have to say that's the reason - older games don't offer the wide array of resolutions that games do nowadays. Take Oblivion, for example, which has 4-5 different widescreen resolutions to choose from. AoE III and Half-Life 2 also offer them up too (those are just two that come to mind). Insofar as mmporgs, I'm not sure as I haven't played any on my current build. Anyone have any info to refute/back me up on this? The motion blur he's talking about is also known as ghosting - which I've never experienced on my lcd. Another thing to consider which is a negative for lcd is getting a monitor with dead or stuck pixels. It something which will be out of your control and most warranties only cover replacement/repair only if a certain amount of pixels are affected over the whole lcd (like 7) or a smaller amount of pixels in a small area (like 4 pixels in a 2" box).
 
YEa, i would still like to play my older games at a high resolution, right now i can with my CRT monitor, usually i play at 1600x1200 if i game can support it. Also another question, does that Acer you own have the problem of dead or stuck pixels?
 
I have heard that ATi cards produce a better quality image (cleaner colours, cleaner AA at lower levels, etc) at the same graphics settings than compared to Nvidia cards. Whether this is true or not, I don't know. I would have thought that the image quality is dependant upon the programmers and not the hardware, but I could be wrong.

This may be something you would want to take into account before you purchase your monitor.
 
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