Is a 22" widescreen worth it? or should i go with the 19"

I put myself on a 700$ computer budget, guess what i was ordering parts and ended up jacking the price up to 1000$ damn electronic funds these days, you never know how much your spending. So im thinking what the hell i only life once, i need yalls opinion, im looking at the 22" in Acer and i like it. Thinking to myself i just got the new 8800GT and a bad ass comp should i go with the 22" or should i save some money and go with the 19" Dell monitor cheaper off ebay?
Fell free to suggest other options as well, thanks community.

I would go with the 22" IMO. I just upgraded from a 19" Dell 4:3 to a V7 22" 16:10 and it's a huge difference. Plus, the V7 was on sale at Staples for $229. I used a $25 off $150 coupon and the total was $206 shipped. I can probably sell my Dell 19" for $130 or so.

I watch a lot of movies, so the size and WS were important factors for me.

The 8800 GT is still just as good an 8800 GTX in most benchamrks at 1680x1050. That is, you'd be fine on the 22" monitor, no performance issues. Go for the 22" if you can.

Not sure if I'd buy Acer. LG and Samsung get better reviews as far as I can tell. Whatever you buy, buy it locally after you check it for dead pixels.

22" get's my vote for sure paired with a 8800GT. My wimpy 320MB GTS does quite well on the 22" and boy is that a nice size for gaming.

The 22" must be better than the 2" casio tv i use!

I went with an LG 22" WS and I will never look back. Gaming is great on it and I think apps are even better with the extra side to side real estate. Now I have the ability to have two applications open (resized to fit) where I can see both at the same time without ALT-TABing back and forth and they are still plenty big enough. So if your budget will allow, I would say go for the 22" and you won't regret it.

I can't seem to find any bench marks at 1680x1050. Mind placing some links?

Thanks!

Here's another vote for a 22"

I just upgraded from a ViewSonic P75F+ (17" ) to the Samsung 226BW 22". Wish I've done it sooner.

Right now I'm using it on my old system, but should have all it running on a new one by the weekend. 8800GT baby!

I was impressed with what I'm running now. Can't wait to actually be able to run the UT demo and World in Conflict demo on more than the lowest possible settings.

DOOOOO IT!!!!!!

Well its not there but id say 20inch, just to get taht higher res.

But 22inch>19inch anyday.

IMO 22inch>24inch.

Too graphics costly.

Yeah, for some reason most reviews use 1600x1200. 1680x1050 has almost the same number of pixels (92%) which means it will typically get a couple of fps more.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/1 [...] e_8800_gt/
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/for [...] eview.html
http://vr-zone.com/articles/Nvidia [...] /5369.html
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3140
http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/8800GTs/index.php

BTW, the second review there says you can't use a HR-03 cooler with the 8800GT, it won't fit
The last one does have some benchmarks for 1680x1050.

I agree, because I did the same thing. I went for a Samsung 19" wide screen since it was a little less $$$ but now I am looking for the higher resolution and wish I threw in the extra $$$ to have it.

I want a 24" myself. If you can afford it, get the 22".

It depends what you are doing, but for gaming purposes, that is true.