LCD Wide Screen Monitor

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:12 pm

I still have my old 19" LCD LG that I bought 4 years ago. I'm now looking at a 27 inch wide screen monitor:
http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/moni ... 7EFHKUV/ZA

Since I'm a gamer, how does wide screen work with games like Team Fortress which is the primary game that I play on. Would this monitor be good enough for gaming? At Costco across the street from where I work, they have it listed at $279.99.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:06 pm

First off, any modern game (like from the last 6 years) can handle widescreen mode (and yes TF2 does wide screen as do all Valve games).

Before buying something quite that big, make sure it's practical for you. Going from 23 to 27 inches all you're doing is looking at bigger pixels. The resolution is the same. However it sure makes those desktop fonts more readable.

Since you're a gamer, you also need to know if your vid card can even handle 1920 x 1080 Resolution (native res on this monitor). What res are you running now? What model vid card? Sure you can lower the res, but it won't look as sharp. You always want to try running a game in native res when possible.

That's a ridiculously good price for a monitor that size, but I'd read some reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-P2770H-27 ... B0030CE7EK

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:32 pm

I currently have a NVIDA 8800GT.

Thanks for the links on the reviews. Most were very good.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:53 pm

You should be good to go with that card. Not sure it'd be happy playing Crysis at that resolution, but otherwise, you're fine.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:53 pm

Maybe I should go for a 23 inch instead. Some of the reviews stated that the text viewing was marginal at best with DVI which is what I'll be using.

At Costco, those are even cheaper around the $220 range. Never thought that these monitors would be this cheap.

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:57 pm

I have a 8800GT cranked all the way up for TF2 on my dell 24" Its running 19x10 and does a great job at it. Any more that's all i play.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:12 am

I think I might be interested in this 23 inch:

http://www.staples.com/product-nr_92952 ... 3A10422268

for the price: $149. Its even cheaper than Costco.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:30 pm

Went back to Costco and decided to by the 23" instead. I had the guy hook up the 27 inch to a PC he had running. Like FP said, the pixels are much larger on the 27 and the fonts don't look as crisp as the 23. The 23 from Samsung, model B2330, was $179.99 which was not a bad price.

The reviews at Amazon are mixed on this monitor and did not have a lot of feedback, but if I don't like it I can always return it with no questions asked.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-B2330-23- ... B003CYKC7W

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:45 pm

Here is a decent deal on a 22" Dell. Only drawback is that it does not have VESA mount holes on the back for wall mounting.

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/49321/dell-home-office-dell-st2210b-22-full-hd-widescreen-monitor

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:57 pm

Yeah, saw that today. VERY tempting.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:08 pm

No more temptation. Coupon expired/maxed out.