LCD Monitor 22" to 24" for Gaming

Hi Im looking to get a new monitor between 22" to 24" for my recently purchased xps 710 (8800gtx,Quad Core Extreme @3.0ghz,2gb ram,Vista Premium)

Ive been looking at these

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =MO-054-SA

- Viewable Area: 24” Widescreen (1920x1200 Resolution)
- Interface: Analog / Digital
- Response Time: 5ms
- Contrast Ratio: 3000:1

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=338806

1680 x 1050 / 60 Hz
5 ms
24-bit (16.7 million colours)

But are these monitors scalable?

Like am I stuck at 1920x1200 and 1650x1050 resolutions?

With Cyrsis out this month and future games I dont want to be stuck at such high res and the same time I want something higher than 1280x1080 which I have now...

Forgive me for sounding stupid but can I lower the resolutions on those monitors to 800x600,1024x768,1280x768 and so on while keeping full screen size?

I plan on keeping this pc for a while and dont want to be stuck at 1920x1200,having to get a new €500 cpu and graphics every 9 months to power it

Thought that...

So I can knock the res down to say 1024x768 with Crysis and all other games and everything will scale ok?

I ask because I hooked my pc up to my 1368x768 32" HDTV and the thing wouldnt scale properly,I was playing an old game which I never played before (Resident Evil 3) on it and it only supported 1024x768 meaning only 2/3 of the screen was taken up,leaving annoying black borders at each side...

Which is I want to buy a monitor,but it looks to me that monitors have now turned into tvs,with regard to resolution

LCD monitor run best at their native(max) resolution. A game may support lower resolutions, and other video options. I downloaded the crysis demo, and it looked great on my samsung 305T(2560x1600). As I recall, it was at the default of 1024x768, and it filled the screen nicely. Other games filled the screen as well.

I have been very pleased with my samsungs. One thing to look for is a greater viewing angle. If it is limied, you have to keep your head centered to avoid color drop off. 160/160 is ok, but 178/178 is better. Spend extra on the monitor, because it is the one future-proof PC purchase you can make, and you will be looking at i for a long time.

In a 24" monitor, I can recommend the 244T.

Not much. If you have a 8800GTX, you can drive any monitor you want. The more pixels the better to my mind. You can always lower the resolution, but you can't increase it. A monitor is the LAST place I would try to save money.