Bjorn3D WideScreen Club

[Yummy]

Dell 2405 FPW here. Unfortunately have to offload it in London as I'm shipping over to NYC in April! So - looking for a new monitor, preferably max $300 but may possibly be able to twist my wife's arm for $400.

I have an XFX 8800GTX that I would prefer to keep, so at a crossroads. I was thinking of a 1680x1050 22" so I can bleed a year more out of the card before upgrading, but be stuck with a lower resolution; alternatively I could just shell out for a 24" 1920x1200 monitor again and be real to the fact that to keep up with graphics heavy gaming you need to shell out the cash for constant upgrades.

I will be checking out Xmortis' newest purchase as it came highly recommended, but if anyone else has strong suggestions or knows of some upcoming new monitors, I'm all ears!

Cheers,
Nick

[swmeek]

I may be wrong but will your card ( considering you're coming from the U.K. ) be compatible with our power set-up?
Or is it all the same voltages and stuff?
And if you decide on a different monitor then just think Samsung as it's basically the same thing as your Dell. I've heard they make the screens for Dell too but I'm not 100% on that.
If it is true I probably could have gotten a 24" Samsung a lot cheaper than my 24" Dell.

[Andrew1990]

[swmeek]

Looks like the cat is ready to attack the mouse!
Nice set up you have there Admiral!

[Yummy]

I may be wrong but will your card ( considering you're coming from the U.K. ) be compatible with our power set-up?
Or is it all the same voltages and stuff?
And if you decide on a different monitor then just think Samsung as it's basically the same thing as your Dell. I've heard they make the screens for Dell too but I'm not 100% on that.
If it is true I probably could have gotten a 24" Samsung a lot cheaper than my 24" Dell.

Funnily enough, I actually bought the card in the US, when the UK Pound was still strong against the USD, so works all fine and dandy.

I was looking at the Samsungs, especially this one at $269: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...589&CatId=3774. But saying that, there was a HP that was 'hugely' discounted, that was $100 more expensive - but going to have to see if it will be worth that much more, here: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...519&CatId=3774.

All in all though, I don't think I could really go wrong with either model, and I guess if the quality of picture is that much better then since I spend a large amount of time in front of the monitor I could justify it :P

[JJVal]

I run a Viewsonic 28" Widescreen , 3 mil response, super bright and great colors..

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[swmeek]

I would go with the Samsung myself as I don't like HP .
JJVAL that's a cool setup you have there!

[JJVal]

Thank you very much swmeek !!! means alot to get a compliment TY !!!

[Miker]

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...3/IMG_0465.jpg

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asus vh222h 1920x1080 hdmi 5ms (maybe a bit of a high resolution for a 22" running off a 7600gt, but WHATEVER, lol)

[Miker]

asus vh222h 1920x1080 hdmi 5ms (maybe a bit of a high resolution for a 22" running off a 7600gt, but WHATEVER, lol)

Strain on the card + font 1mm tall.

[RutRowRaggie]

Hanns-G 28" 1920x1200

[Bio-Hazard]

Been thinking about getting one of those, they seem to be getting fairly good user reviews.

[RutRowRaggie]

It may not be top of class in contrast and black levels. But, it only cost me $350. And, I'm not that picky. Games look and play just fine on it. It's so bright, on white pages, that I think I'm going to get sunburn, sometimes. I could almost hear the angel choir sing, when I first saw how big it was. Poor UPS guy.

[KenithKarson]

I feel poor I'm still rolling with my cathodes.. I may upgrade, but then what will I do with all the free space on my desktop ?? My actual desk top.. not the Pc's