so, I can just set 1920x1200 as 1920x1080, sort of long.

I did a bunch of researching monitors having known nothing.

I'll either get something from this 1080p category:

[[[ 24"ish LED, 1080p 16:9, 1-5ms, 60hz , refurb, 90day-1year warranty, for about $140 shipped ]]]
Here's 2 randoms of about 11 I'll narrow down if I don't get a 1200 resolution instead:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-23-6-Full-HD-1080p-Widescreen-LED-Backlit-LCD-Monitor-VN247H-B-/400749592144?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item5d4e897e50

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-24-T24C550ND-LED-HD-TV-Monitor-Full-1080p-HDMI-60Hz-2MS-Response-/141376753643?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item20eab60feb

Or this 1200 resolution category:
[[[ 1920x1200 16:10, 24"ish LED, 60hz, 5ms, for about $140 shipped also ]]]
Most likely this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-SyncMaster-SA450-S24A450BW-24-LED-LCD-Monitor-refurbished-/181500118234?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item2a424004da

I read the 1920x1200 vs 1920x1080 debates and basically what I take is that 1200 is more vertical pixels shown and thus better for Windows Explorer, Internet, basically everything besides gaming possibly. Even video in 1200 will be as good if not better than 1080p but with black border bars which I'm fine with. I might see a slight fps drop in gaming with one or the other, not even sure which one, but I don't think it was much to worry about.
What I worry about is people say games designed for 16:9 might show more on the screen sides than using 16:10. I don't own any games but I used to play counter strike and will probably buy the newer CS global, and from the screen shots I saw comparing what 1200 might leave out of some games, it's enough to make me make sure I don't exclude that game view even though I will be using the computer %99 of the time for non gaming which I'd rather have 16:10 for anyway. I did read one person said CS global will indeed exclude game view if not using 16:9 but I'm not sure if they knew what they were talking about.

So then I learned I can probably just set a 1920x1200 monitor as 1920x1080 for gaming time in case screen side view actually is lost @ 1200. Only if the monitor supports 1:1 mapping aka 1:1 pixel scaling. Hopefully this is easy or automated. I read a few threads about changing 1200 to 1080 and they were having problems having to change driver settings etc which is the last thing I need is problems with my new rig and might be enough for me to just get a 1080p and not customize.


so does anyone know if the 1200 res one I linked, the Samsung S24A450BW
supports 1:1 mapping aka pixel scaling? I did read this, just making sure:
"The monitor features auto-scaling so your HD content will always be displayed with the proper proportions, even if its 16:9"

This:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-SyncMaster-SA450-S24A450BW-24-LED-LCD-Monitor-refurbished-/181500118234?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item2a424004da

just making sure and looking for any input like 'just right click desktop and change resolution to 1080p and same for the game settings and then do screenshot tests to see if anything is even missing." I of course don't want it to change to 1080p and stretch it vertically to fit in the 1200 screen but don't know what will happen.

thank you