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

matth87

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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.
 

jhyukkang

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if you are in the budget, you might want to go with 19". i bought 22"since i watch movies sometimes. but i dont think it worth morethan 100$. is the average diffence 100$??
but with 22" you are in the game!!
yeah now you got to decide.
 

klownbaby

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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.
 

cpburns

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do dell screens actually have good refresh rates now? i was under the impression that yeah, they're beautiful image quality, but they're slow, like up in the 12ms+ range at least.
 
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.
 

mGuyA

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If you're looking at a 22" widescreen vrs 19, you may want to look at a 20" wide screen. They have the same resolution as the 22" - 1680x1050 - and run about $30 cheaper. Acer 20" and 22" at newegg
I got a 22", some sloppy math I did said the 22" at 1680x1050 was equivalent to 1280x960 on my old 20" CRT. If your used to 1280x960 on a 19" CRT it is probably close to the size of 1680x1050 on 20" wide.

 

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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.
 

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

Thanks!
 

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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!!!!!! :D
 

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22in for sure.
check these out.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010190020+50001077+1309822582&name=22%22
 


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/2007/10/29/geforce_8800_gt/
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...8800gt-512mb-superclocked-edition-review.html
http://vr-zone.com/articles/Nvidia_Geforce_8800GT_Review/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 :fou: :cry:
The last one does have some benchmarks for 1680x1050.
 

M3d

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Thanks! LOL I just did the math yesterday and found the 8% difference. Did not know that.

Kind of surprised with so many 22" owners out there the 1680x1050 benchmarks are left out.

Thanks again.
 

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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.
 

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Go with wide screen. Normal 4:3 still exist, but I think the future is really 16:9 or 1080p.
You can also get higher-res, such as 1440x900 or 1680x1050.
. The higher res is better for doing real work as well as seeing full-size movies.
get 1900x1200 or 2560x1600 if you have money to burn.
 

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22" all the way. just bought a viewsonic 22" for ~$250 and it worth every damn pennies. bigger widescreen takes gaming and browsing to the next level.