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Im getting a q6600 4 giggies of ram and well i want a new monitor as well im looking into a wide screen, But the resolutions are huge what kind of GPU will i need and will my frame rate suck with everything turn on high?

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DXsocko007 wrote :

Im getting a q6600 4 giggies of ram and well i want a new monitor as well im looking into a wide screen, But the resolutions are huge what kind of GPU will i need and will my frame rate suck with everything turn on high?

Any LCD bigger than 19" inches I would go with the 8800 GTS 640MB or even better the 8800 GTX. If you want something like a 22-24 inch LCD then by all means get the 8800 GTX. 22 inch screen has a native res of 1680x1050 and a 24 inch 1920x1200. 4 GB of ram is a waise unless your getting Vista, XP can handle about 3GB.

19" 1280x1024
20" 1600x1200
20" wide 1680x1050
22" wide 1680x1050
24" wide 1920x1200

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Reply to systemlord

What do you define as 'huge resolutions'?

When I tried to shop for a monitor for a friend, I looked at my laptop screen(19" with a resolution of 1920x1200) and the 19" monitors you buy at the store don't do that resolution. I think the best I saw was something like 1680x1050. I can't imagine getting a 22" monitor at that resolution. Wouldn't the pixels be so big the screen would look blocky? Quite frankly, I was very disappointed to see that my 19" 1280x1024 monitor from 2003 isn't that 'old' when you look at the new ones. Can anyone shed any light on this lack of upping the pixels with screensize?

Why does my laptop give me a pretty high resolution, but the second I want a desktop monitor I gotta get a 24" to get the same resolution? Is this some kind of conspiracy to force us to buy the most expensive monitors on the planet to play games at 'max resolution'?

To answer your question, I run WOW at max resolution on my laptop with the Go7800, and it plays great. I would imagine any 8xxx series Nvidia card would be able to handle 1680x1050 with relative ease if my laptop card can play at a higher resolution.

Reply to cyberjock

if you're running 1680x1050 or less, a 8800GTS will do you fine

Reply to shadowmaster625

1680x1050 at 22" is not blocky at all. On the contrary, it makes things easier to see.

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williamfontaine wrote :

1680x1050 at 22" is not blocky at all. On the contrary, it makes things easier to see.

The only thing that changes is the dot pitch which doesn't make it blocky at all. williamfontaine is right, it just makes it easy to see.

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systemlord wrote :

Any LCD bigger than 19" inches I would go with the 8800 GTS 640MB or even better the 8800 GTX. If you want something like a 22-24 inch LCD then by all means get the 8800 GTX. 22 inch screen has a native res of 1680x1050 and a 24 inch 1920x1200. 4 GB of ram is a waise unless your getting Vista, XP can handle about 3GB.

19" 1280x1024
20" 1600x1200
20" wide 1680x1050
22" wide 1680x1050
24" wide 1920x1200

For me, the 8800 GTS 640 has done an excellent job on my 22" monitor (and no, it isn't blocky at all...it's nice and clear). It's maximum resolution is exactly what the card will support.

It's not XP vs Vista that wastes RAM as I understood, but the fact that the OS is 32 bit. From what I understand, 64 bit OS can support much more (at least 16GB, I believe) than than what current motherboards can handle (approximately 8GB, I think).

Reply to huron

So should i get the 8800 GTS 640 or the 8800 GTS 320??

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DXsocko007 wrote :

So should i get the 8800 GTS 640 or the 8800 GTS 320??

Ok, I'm terribly sorry, but, wtf resolution are you going to be running on your monitor? thanks

(^.^)V - by the way there is little to no difference between the 640mb and 320mb, it really just boils down to the games you play, what are you planning on playing?

Reply to kainokai

I own both a 20" LCD and a 22" LCD, both with resolutions of 1680x1050, and the 22" is in no way " blocky"

Reply to Heyyou27

it would be 1680 x 1050

Reply to DXsocko007

Went from a 19" CRT to a 22" samsung at 1680 x 1050. It was like someone gave me a new pair of glasses, there is no blockiness to be seen. The only thing to get used to is the intense brightness compared to CRT's even with the controls turned down, far brighter than laptops. Since all the 22" seem to have this as their native resolution why don't you just go to a store and look at the display models.

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this is what i want SAMSUNG 206BW but im concerned for gaming. Im on a 19inch Samsung 930b and its pretty swell i love it but i have been dual monitoring with my friends mon for so long i just want to get a wide screen useing 1 monitor. and im really drawn to teh SAMSUNG 206BW.

So i play Source games alot and wating to play newer games i just want to know 320 or 640 for that mon

Reply to DXsocko007

I plan on getting a 320 mb GTS. I dont see the point in paying the extra money. But thats me.

Reply to Snail

Its about the resolutions.... man everyone keeps asking what resolution i will be playing at did anyone read the topic of this post? I want to know if its a good thing to get a 640 or te 320 i got the money to spend so i dont care what should i get what would be better for that monitor

Reply to DXsocko007

i would still say the 320 unless you are pumping up the AA on the games which the 640 should handle better.

I would think you would be better off the a 22" than a 20" if you are comming off a 19" not much size increase there. SAMSUNG 226BW

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Reply to chookman

i dont care about size its about quality. im not spending the extra money for an inch

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DXsocko007 wrote :

i dont care about size its about quality. im not spending the extra money for an inch

If you truely want quality then go 20" because your dot pitch will be smaller and more fine. Think of dot pitch as a very fine grain of sand, the smaller the better.

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But with a q6600 and a 320mb 8800 will the frame rate be that good? can i get it up over 60 in all games -oblivion. i dont care abotu crysis, im a left 4 dead guy.

So does anyone know the frame rate differences would be on a 16 x 10 mon runnning the 320 and the 640 would there be a big performance hit?

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DXsocko007 wrote :

But with a q6600 and a 320mb 8800 will the frame rate be that good? can i get it up over 60 in all games -oblivion. i dont care abotu crysis, im a left 4 dead guy.

So does anyone know the frame rate differences would be on a 16 x 10 mon runnning the 320 and the 640 would there be a big performance hit?

Well Oblivion runs best with at least 400MB Vram, once you start activating graphics option like AA, AF your frames rates will drop. I don't see how the 320MB version will cope with all the high res textures, there are some games out now that if you don't have more than 512MB Vram your options for high quality textures disapear to meduim textures like in GRAW 1 & 2. I think the 640mb version is better for the long run.

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