What monitor do you play on?

[Flintsen]

And what size do you use?

Just curious debating between a 24 Dell or 23 Samsung.

[Hendrik]

23" LG.

LCD, HD.

Got mine for $140, MSRP of $200.

:cool:

[Temet]

26 inch Viewsonic.

[MeNorel]

Not wanting to derail, but what resolutions are you running at, with the widescreens as well also debating on updating my old 17 incher to a wide screen. :D

[Halo_572]

Can't recommend a Samsung 22 inch widescreen enough. It has a 2ms response time. I have had it a couple of years and have no reason to even consider upgrading it, although there is a 24 inch model now but it has a 5 ms response.

I doubt most people would notice the slight smearing/shadowing that LCDs suffer from, but there is something about my eyes that can pick it up and it annoys me a lot so clean, crisp images are a must.

Can't wear contact lenses either as I get visual abberations that I shouldn't really be able to see.

[Visty]

LG flatron ldc monitor

22" (or was ir 23? cant remember) wide screen

[Horrorscope]

1680x1050 Still feel this is the best overall, because with LCD you really want to stay with native rez's for clear scaling. Higher then that doesn't pay off that much but adds additional strain to your proc/gpu.

[rimble]

Sony GDM-FW900 24" Trinitron CRT, running at 1920 x 1200.

Best monitor out there. $100.

[PedigreeDN]

11.6" netbook monitor.

It actually looks really good, stop laughing! :) I'm pretty happy that I can play this game reasonably well on my netbook...

[Dcloak]

24" LG Flatron Wide running @ 1920x1200 resolution

[MrPlucky]

22" LG 1680x1050

Love this Monitor!

Have a 19" Gateway I picked up from a friend as a second for stuff like Interactive game guide, character planner, and DDOwiki. Only 1280x720 though :(

[Strakeln]

Hehehehehehe

Time to make some folks drool...

30", 2560x1600 :eek:

Burned out my 2x8800GTs, but the GTX285 w/2GB of on-board memory handles it just fine at max settings.

[Jastron]

21", Sony G520 CRT. One of the better CRT's, way back when. I run it at 1600x1200 @ 85 Hz. Some year I'll get with the program and get a monitor that weighs less than 80 pounds. LOL

[MeNorel]

Hehehehehehe

Time to make some folks drool...

30", 2560x1600 :eek:

Burned out my 2x8800GTs, but the GTX285 w/2GB of on-board memory handles it just fine at max settings.

I have this card as well and overclocked black edition from XFX, so I was just wondering if it was worth the extra $'s to go to a monitor that has a higher native resolution.

[Rockcrusher]

a 13" ega CRT with 256 color max?

As a bonus, the reaver doesn't look quite so fearsome!

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Actually, a 26" Samsung widesreen ad 1920x1200.

Anything 21"+ with a good videocard and high res settings will look sweet.

[binnsr]

I have a 24" HP @1920x1200 and a 21" Samsung @1600x1200 driven by a single 8800GT. It's an older rig, but gets the job done.

Run the game in Windowed mode at just a hair under 1600x1200 so that I have room under it for the task bar on the larger monitor and can still slide the window over to the smaller one for when I'm running both accounts.

[phymonkey]

HD 17" LED on my HP Laptop

[binnsr]

a 13" ega CRT with 256 color max?

As a bonus, the reaver doesn't look quite so fearsome!


Got you beat! This is my old rig:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h311/eldamir/DDO/my-wyse-terminal.jpg

[Memnir]

It's not real fancy, but it was cheap. The only real problem with it is the frame-rate is kinda on the slow side...




http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx86/EnPsyane01/etchadragon-1.jpg
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This is a kobold... maybe. Could be a worg.... or a halfling...


(when not playing on this one, I use an Acer 22" widescreen)

[Kaervas]

Samsung SyncMaster 2243BWX, 21"
Desktop Resolution 1680x1050
Game resolution 1600x900 (windowed) since I always have browser, music, etc in the background and switch to them a lot.

[rimble]

This is a kobold... maybe. Could be a worg.... or a halfling...

Trogdooooooooooooooooooooooooorrrr!

[binnsr]

It's not real fancy, but it was cheap. The only real problem with it is the frame-rate is kinda on the slow side...


You'd get better frame rates if you invested in the non-travel version.. :D

[Memnir]

But then how would I play DDO on the go? :confused:

[die]

52 sony bravia and 24 dell 1920x1080 thinking getting a diff 24 and giving this one too my son

[rest]

Game monitor is a 24" widescreen Samsung. Can't recall the model off the top of my head. I love it. Playing @ 1920x1200 in NON windowed mode. Alt-tab ftw.

Non game-monitor is a 20" widescreen Dell that came with my computer. Use it for forum browsing, bringing up quest maps and playing music videos etc while I'm in game.

[Arculea]

23" LG Widescreen-TFT as Main Monitor,
17" Samsung Syncmaster as Secondary (unfortunately has no use for playing DDO)

[unionyes]

Hehehehehehe

Time to make some folks drool...

30", 2560x1600 :eek:

Burned out my 2x8800GTs, but the GTX285 w/2GB of on-board memory handles it just fine at max settings.

Time to make Strakeln drool....

56' Sony Bravia HD Flatscreen. I sit about two feet away from it, in a recliner, with a wireless keyboard on my lap, a wireless mouse on the right arm of the recliner, and a cold beverage on the end table to my immediate left.

Of course, sometimes I have to use the alternate computer, which is hooked up to a 48' Toshiba HD Flatscreen :)

[Strakeln]

I have this card as well and overclocked black edition from XFX, so I was just wondering if it was worth the extra $'s to go to a monitor that has a higher native resolution.
I'll never go back to anything under a 30.

At work, I have three 21" flatpanels strung together... and feel crowded. That 1600 pixel height makes an incredible difference.

So in short, yes, I'd say it's definitely worth it. The 30" monitors are still pretty expensive, definitely not the best bang for the buck, but they are awfully nice. Of note, the amount of VRAM becomes rather important at resolutions that large... I don't know what the "minimum" is for a 30", but the 2GB I have on mine handles it well. (Note: not all GTX285s came with 2GB of memory, most were 1GB, I think).

[Almerel]

19" Samsung SyncMaster BW906 2ms

1440x900

Until I upgrade my rig I doubt I'd be able to run a 24" screen. Even though I do have GeForce BG 9800gt (which is bent just a bit to fit in my 2004 HP rig).

[dkrypt]

28" (actually 27.5" measured) I-Inc monitor. It's basically the same as the 28" Hannsg monitor. $225 on sale. I have two of these on my LAN along with a 22" Dell I took when I got a 28" for my father's computer.

It is mind-blowingly good for gaming. 1920x1200.

[Strakeln]

Time to make Strakeln drool....

56' Sony Bravia HD Flatscreen. I sit about two feet away from it, in a recliner, with a wireless keyboard on my lap, a wireless mouse on the right arm of the recliner, and a cold beverage on the end table to my immediate left.
Why would I drool over something that would look blurry compared to my monitor?

You have about 600 fewer pixels in both directions, spread out over 26 additional (diagonal) inches.

Think about that... that works out to something like me having 4 pixels in the same space that you have 1.

HDTV is not a good substitute for a computer monitor...

[DerAlte]

Samsung - 19" - 1024/768.

DerAlte

[binnsr]

19" Samsung SyncMaster BW906 2ms

1440x900

Until I upgrade my rig I doubt I'd be able to run a 24" screen. Even though I do have GeForce BG 9800gt (which is bent just a bit to fit in my 2004 HP rig).

I drive a 24" and 21" on my 8800GT, so your 9800gt should be just fine for at least one larger monitor.

[Hoosierdaddy76]

Bought a 24" Gateway LCD (1920x1200) back when they were outrageously expensive (~$600).

My wife was still using a CRT at the time and got jealous, so I had to buy her a 22", which cost several hundred dollars less than mine.

The 24" has excellent resolution (and rotates 90 degrees), but, when looking at how much prices have come down on displays, I regret having paid so much more for the extra 2".

My wife insists that wanting the extra 2 inches was a guy thing and, looking back, it probably was.

[Zaodan]

Time to make Strakeln drool....

56' Sony Bravia HD Flatscreen. I sit about two feet away from it, in a recliner, with a wireless keyboard on my lap, a wireless mouse on the right arm of the recliner, and a cold beverage on the end table to my immediate left.

Of course, sometimes I have to use the alternate computer, which is hooked up to a 48' Toshiba HD Flatscreen :)

How do you fit a 56-foot-wide monitor in your house?

[unionyes]

Why would I drool over something that would look blurry compared to my monitor?

You have about 600 fewer pixels in both directions, spread out over 26 additional (diagonal) inches.

Think about that... that works out to something like me having 4 pixels in the same space that you have 1.

HDTV is not a good substitute for a computer monitor...

Maybe I just didn't notice the difference, since I got new glasses at the same time as I upgraded. But honestly I don't notice any blurry at all. Its all nice and crisp and clear, and big.

[Halbarad]

I run it on a 24" iMac running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. Only have 4GB of RAM, but I run it at the highest video settings with absolutely no lag. I also have a Dell Precision 490 with 8GB of RAM and a ATI FireGL V7200 with 512MB of RAM running a Dell 20" UltraSharp and it is not even close in performance.

[Strakeln]

Maybe I just didn't notice the difference, since I got new glasses at the same time as I upgraded. But honestly I don't notice any blurry at all. Its all nice and crisp and clear, and big.

That's the funny thing about HDTV... we've had "better than HD" on computers for well over a decade now... that's why computer monitors have always been (and continue to be) more expensive than similarly-sized TVs and HDTVs.

It probably doesn't appear blurry to you at all... but set it next to a 24" monitor at 1920x1080 (same as your max resolution) and you'll be able to see what I'm talking about.

[Drum69]

Samsung SyncMaster 2433 24" @ 1920 X 1200

As for the graphics card, it's a ATI 3850 AGP on a 3Ghz Pent 4. DDO runs fine with everything maxed out.

Mind you, there are a few games coming out that want dual core. I think Mass Effect 2 and Bioshock 2 need them. So I guess it's upgrade time soon.

[binnsr]

Mind you, there are a few games coming out that want dual core. I think Mass Effect 2 and Bioshock 2 need them. So I guess it's upgrade time soon.

Dragon Age: Origins uses about 50% pretty evenly distributed across all 4 of my cores, so you can add that to the list too :)

[Blagrak]

That's the funny thing about HDTV... we've had "better than HD" on computers for well over a decade now... that's why computer monitors have always been (and continue to be) more expensive than similarly-sized TVs and HDTVs.

It probably doesn't appear blurry to you at all... but set it next to a 24" monitor at 1920x1080 (same as your max resolution) and you'll be able to see what I'm talking about.

On a 46" Samsung LCD 10' away from the couch I can't see the difference at all between it and my 24" LCD, both at 1920x1200. Better or not, there's a point where it becomes undetectable - and at that point I choose the 46".

[inyoureye]

40" Samsumg HD LCD. 1920x1080.

[Almerel]

I drive a 24" and 21" on my 8800GT, so your 9800gt should be just fine for at least one larger monitor.

Right on, I was hoping I would get a response. This news is better than I was expecting though :)

[unionyes]

On a 46" Samsung LCD 10' away from the couch I can't see the difference at all between it and my 24" LCD, both at 1920x1200. Better or not, there's a point where it becomes undetectable - and at that point I choose the 46".

Amen brother.

Besides, you know it's big enough and clear enough when your five year old drops his plastic sword and hides behind the chair when Vela starts breathing fire :)

[Sloyo]

the Etch a Sketh


Made me laugh so hard...almost fell out of my chair! hahaha. Anyway, running on a 24inch IMAC.

had the wrong quote up before lol

[Mindspat]

22" Samsung
1680x1050

This was an upgrade from a 15" CRT. I loaded up EVE Online and the first time I undocked from a space station I experianced a slight case of vertigo and almost fell out of my chair. :D

[TommyBoy]

9" eee and a 19" lcd

[Strakeln]

On a 46" Samsung LCD 10' away from the couch I can't see the difference at all between it and my 24" LCD, both at 1920x1200. Better or not, there's a point where it becomes undetectable - and at that point I choose the 46".
Yep, 10' away will do that. (You should see some difference though, as you're not running the Samsung at 1920x1200... you're running it at the max resolution 1920x1080). And believe me, you'd notice 300 additional pixels on all sides.

Of course, the person I'm conversing with stated he sits 2 feet away from his TV...

[Strakeln]

Besides, you know it's big enough and clear enough when your five year old drops his plastic sword and hides behind the chair when Vela starts breathing fire :)
HAH!

BTW, not trying to e-peen here. A big HDTV is a lot of fun for playing games on, especially if it scares the bejesus out of your 5-year old. I'm just trying to clear up some rather common misconceptions about comparing HDTVs to computer monitors. Specifically, Monitor::HDTV as HDTV::TV (though not to the same degree).

[cnynridr2]

I use a 55" Vizio LCD at 1920x1600 res. It rocks.

[JakLee7]

I usually game on my 19in Acer Widescreen at 1440x900
but occationally I take the 32in tv at 1920x1600 - I can sit across the room and play, but then the wife wants to watch CSI or something & I get booted in the middle of a raid, so its rare

[Bolo_Grubb]

Well I play on several different ones depending on where I am at.

I have a 14" laptop with 1400 by 1050 res, I use that when traveling and I travel a lot.

At home on my desk I use a 22" samsung (my favorite)

If I want to lounge in a comfy chair I will play on my media pc and a 32" sony bravia tv, but the res is not as good, only 1380 by 760 or something like that.

At work I have a HP L1908w 19" that does 1440 by 900 (yes some times I do play at work)

[Grimborn]

23" Professional Series PT813 ViewSonic 90lb monster. 1024X768 Resolution. By the way paid $50.00 dollars for it.

[Captain_Wizbang]

22 acer 5ms

[Oeuf]

It's not real fancy, but it was cheap. The only real problem with it is the frame-rate is kinda on the slow side...




http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx86/EnPsyane01/etchadragon-1.jpg
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This is a kobold... maybe. Could be a worg.... or a halfling...


(when not playing on this one, I use an Acer 22" widescreen)


Mem, you always make "Lurking" on the forums worthwhile.

I also use an Acer 22" wide screen at 1680 X 1050

:cool:

[Mockduck]

24" Soyo, cheap and nice. 1920x1200.

[oberon131313]

30" Apple Cinema Display

[Osharan_Tregarth]

And what size do you use?

Just curious debating between a 24 Dell or 23 Samsung.

I currently use the Dell 24 inch. Works good for all of my current needs.

I don't think you'll see a large difference between a 24 and a 23 inch monitor, so I guess it depends on those specific monitor's spec's and pricing.

[t0r012]

24" acer 2ms response @ native 1920x1080 my x-mas gift from the wife . $169
sweet

pushing from a pair of 4850 512mb in crossfire backed by a phenom 9850 w 2gb ddr2 800.

DDO looks perrrrrrty

[MsEricka]

It's not real fancy, but it was cheap. The only real problem with it is the frame-rate is kinda on the slow side...

+1 rep for you, that was seriously funny

[QuantumFX]

This (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236059)

[Zippo]

Hehehehehehe

Time to make some folks drool...

30", 2560x1600 :eek:

Burned out my 2x8800GTs, but the GTX285 w/2GB of on-board memory handles it just fine at max settings.

Hah I have you beat by 2". Sharp 32"HDTV which is paralleled by my 22"HDTV

[Zippo]

How do you fit a 56-foot-wide monitor in your house?

projector screen???

[savatage]

27" LG LCD. This is one huge monitor.... Can't beat it.

[Strakeln]

Hah I have you beat by 2". Sharp 32"HDTV which is paralleled by my 22"HDTV

Ahhh.... but your resolution? ;)

[Zippo]

Ahhh.... but your resolution? ;)

1920x1080 on the 32" and crystal clear and on the 22" I'm running 1440x900

[ThrasherGT]

I'm Old school.........Still using My Viewsonic G90fb 19" @ 1600x1200. Back in the day (5 years ago) This was one of the best CRT's out there, and cost Me about $350.........

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu218/ThrasherGT/MonitorPic.jpg

Now, if it only didn't weigh 45 pounds and take up 25% of My desk........:D

[Tin_Dragon]

17" Samsung LCD.

Next time the wife goes out of town, I am hooking up the 46"Sony Bravia HD LCD in the living room!

[Strakeln]

1920x1080 on the 32" and crystal clear and on the 22" I'm running 1440x900
It's sorta like how your TV used to be crystal clear, until you put an HDTV next to it. Only in this case, you HDTV seems clear, until you put it next to a comparably sized computer monitor.

[Zippo]

It's sorta like how your TV used to be crystal clear, until you put an HDTV next to it. Only in this case, you HDTV seems clear, until you put it next to a comparably sized computer monitor.

Ill do that if you can find me a decently priced 32" monitor cause there is no way I'm going back these much smaller 20" etc sizes :D