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Hi there,
As part of my ongoing upgrade, I am now going to buy a new LCD
monitor. I am aware that the response time is important so I am going
to look for one with 12ms or less.
I use my computer at home and use WinXP Pro, and Word etc.
I also play games (Doom3, Half-Life2, Sims2, Rome Total War etc) but I
am not a games fanatic but I do like to see the games displayed well.
My Video Card at the moment is a Gainward 6600GT and my monitor is a
3yr old 15" HP Pavilion f5ps.
My questions are :-
1. Would the 19" montor be too big for normal home use ?
I usually sit 18" or so away from the monitor.
2. Would I need a better Video card, say the 6800GT or 6800 Ultra ?
Or would say, the 6600GT I have be OK for the 17" and not for the
19" ?
I apologise now for my lack of knowledge and if this is a silly
question !
3. Anything else I need to know or should consider ?
Thanks in advance !
Steve
Hi there,
As part of my ongoing upgrade, I am now going to buy a new LCD
monitor. I am aware that the response time is important so I am going
to look for one with 12ms or less.
I use my computer at home and use WinXP Pro, and Word etc.
I also play games (Doom3, Half-Life2, Sims2, Rome Total War etc) but I
am not a games fanatic but I do like to see the games displayed well.
My Video Card at the moment is a Gainward 6600GT and my monitor is a
3yr old 15" HP Pavilion f5ps.
My questions are :-
1. Would the 19" montor be too big for normal home use ?
I usually sit 18" or so away from the monitor.
2. Would I need a better Video card, say the 6800GT or 6800 Ultra ?
Or would say, the 6600GT I have be OK for the 17" and not for the
19" ?
I apologise now for my lack of knowledge and if this is a silly
question !
3. Anything else I need to know or should consider ?
Thanks in advance !
Steve