need better monitor 20' for games:widescreen or normal??

[kdinx]

hi there
i want to upgrade a monitor form current samsung 17' 740N

i went to survey the local store here in moscow and i can only afford 20' monitor

the model that i'm interested is samsung 203B(normal) and 205BW(widescreen-HDCP support), the price is quite the same for both

my question is: which type of 20' monitor are better for games: normal or widescreen??what's u'all opinion?

i play mostly 70% strategy(COH,warhammer,titan quest) 20%FPS,10% racing eg NFS

 

[kdinx]

forgot to tell...usually i watch anime in 4:3 format n seldom i watch DVD or widescreen drama

 

[kdinx]

argh..nobody can give opinion?:-(

 

[Traveller]

...usually I watch anime in 4:3 format

Well, there you go - a 20" wide screen = 1680x1050 which means your anime will fit in a 1397x1050 1:1 "window".

I, on the other hand, am coming from the other point of view, using my PC to watch 16:9 DVDs (as I don't own a TV set). I've been watching 16:9 on a 19" CRT for the past five years and I've had enough of squinting from 2.5m away... 😛

Back to you... games that support wide screen are way cool on wide screen panels, but they are still far & few between, so I think you can survive with 4:3. Not to mention, 1600x1200 makes for quite an impressive arena...!

Btw, just bought my first Russian-made game (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.)! it's gotten great reviews so maybe you want to spend a little of that 20% and pay your patriotic respects

 

[kdinx]

Btw, just bought my first Russian-made game (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.)! it's gotten great reviews so maybe you want to spend a little of that 20% and pay your patriotic respects

erk..actually i'm not a Russian. I'm Malaysian student studying in Moscow. well, being a foreigner here is very hard

lately (1 year) i cannot play FPS more than before(last time FPS is my fav genre, almost 90% i play FPS).now 10min i play and i got headache

well, using my 8800gts i put all the setting high ...and the sharpness of the picture made me got headache. dunno why.....and i feel sad bout it. i cannot play oblivion, FEAR etc.

i already try playing STALKER..yah, as usuall..10min play and got headache

 

[kdinx]

Could it be the motion blur as the cause?
LCDs show blurring on motion (such as in FPS and RTS games) meaning you will be unable to focus on small details of fast moving objects. So, instead of seeing a sharp image you fan focus on, you get a blur. Perhaps this could cause you to fell uneasy?

erm? maybe u have point there...yeah actually after i migrate from CRT to LCD..i cannot plat FPS for a long time than before....

so how to impove this situation..any suggestion?