What resoloution is under 1680x1050?

[m6tzg6r]

I want to buy a 1680x1050 lcd, which is fine to play older games on at its native resoloution because they dont need much power to play smoothly.

But for the most recent games i think having them on 1680 will decrease performance compared to 1440x900 resoloution.

My system is 3ghz core 2 1066fsb 3mb cache, 2gb 1066 ddr3, and a 1gb gts250. On my current 1280x1024 the next resolution below 1280 that i can play on is 1024x768, which looks fine but not as sharp as 1280.

If i get a 1680 lcd what is the previous resolution under 1680, is it 1440, and if so will it look like 1440 on a native 1440 or not as good because its not native but second to 1680?

Hope im not too confusing..

 

[horsefluga]

Here is a list:
Width Height

640 480
800 600
1024 768
1152 864
1280 768
1280 800
1280 960
1280 1024
1366 768
1440 900
1600 900
1600 1200
1680 1050
1920 1080
1920 1200

 

[m6tzg6r]

1440 900 > 1600 900 > 1680 1050.

So on a 21.6" Viewsonic LCD thats 1680x1050, i should be able to use 1600x900 and 1440x900 as other in game resolutions for performance gains.

 

[sabot00]

Where does 1600x900 come into this? It's a completely different aspect ratio.
And the list horse gave is horrible since I presume the OP wants the same aspect ratio.
If you set the monitor to stretching then a same aspect ratio resolution would look best.
So set it to 1440x900.

You can overclock your GPU for a few FPS gain too.