samsung 206bw or 19"

bcham

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im thinking of going for the samsung 206bw 1680x1050 res,or its smaller brother 19"widescreen with 1440x900 res,whitch one would suit me best,as my gfx card is a 8800gts 320mb,i was thinking the 19" but id prefer the 20" with higher res but am thinking when games like graw 2 and bioshock come out, my card might struggle at the 1680x1050 res what do you think
 

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I'm gonna bump this because I have the exact same question. I haven't researched much but the samsung's look to be pretty good monitors. I've come down to the 206BW (20") and the 906BW (19").

They seem to be basically the same monitor specs with the desired low response time I'm looking for. The 206 however has a native res of 1680x1050. Currently I play CoD4 and Oblivion (I built a new pc so I'm revisiting games too). I have an e6750 and the new g92 GTS so I'm sure I can handle the new resolution comfortably (currently 1280x1024).

I've never bought a widescreen before so if anyone can put forth some tie-breaker info it would be very appreciated. So far it looks like the 20" is the obvious choice; but maybe I'm missing something.

And here's the monitors:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001094

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001095