1680 x 1050 review or lack ther of

[Revo1280]

i was wondering why there are no reveiws on pretty much any website on any grapics cards at 1680 x 1050(22in. widescreen monitor) resolution or for that matter 1440x900(19in. widescreen monitor). The price difference between a 24in and 22in is still in favor of the 22in and a lot of computer componies (HP, Compaq, Dell etc.) are now selling these size monitors as a package deal. Im all for what a graphics card can do at 2400x1600 and beyond but when i am looking to upgrade my graphics cards i want to know how a particular card will work at a set resolution similar to my own. After all, isnt that what reviews are all about?

 

[night_wolf_in]

im not sure. BUT if u wanna run resolution smaller than what the reviewers have reviewed. ill say ull get better frame raters if ur cpu aint being a bottleneck.

 

[Revo1280]

naw, i was just wondering why there are no reviews on 1680x1050, it seems to always go from 1280x1024 to 2400x1600(or something like that)

 

[Wolfshadw]

They tend to review 1600x1200. Since this is so close to 1680x1050 (within 10%), they don't bother with reviewing them both. At least I think that's what I heard.

-Wolf sends

 

[physx7]

I have a 1680x1050 moniter too. I wondered what was the closest resolution........... So I guess I should look at benchies at 1600x1200 to see good I will do at that res?

 

[cleeve]

Yep.

We've discussed this at Tom's and never worried abiout it much because the effective numbers of pixels are so close.

Having said that, our last system builder marathon included 1650x1050 bernches instead of 1600x1200.

 

[Revo1280]

Wow, cool, thank you all for the overwhelming response in such a short amount of time. especiall you qwertycopter, i will use your equation from now on. Again thank you all for your quick responses. To cleeve, i look forward to reading your system builder marathon benches.

 

[rook]

I was looking for the same thing and found these:
Techspot
Legion Hardware

 

[physx7]

And if you ever get a game that doesn't support your 1680x1050 res check out this site: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php/Master_Games_List_-_A

 

[Revo1280]

thx for the links guys