Should I get 1080p or regular monitor?

[xydin]

Hi

I was looking at monitors on Newegg and noticed some of them were 1080p and some weren't, is there much of a difference between the two?

Two monitors I was looking at are:

(1080p) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009163

(Normal) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009145


Will I see much of a difference in my games by going with the 1080p one, or should I just get the regular one?

 

[jaguarskx]

The difference is resolution; 1920 x 1080 vs. 1680 x 1050.

Gaming on the 1080p LCD monitor will be more demanding because there are more pixels.

 

[xydin]

Ok, thank you, with my computer set up right now should I just go with the regular one then?

 

[jaguarskx]

What are your systems specs and is medium quality graphics acceptable, or does everything have to be set to "high" or above and still get good frame rates?

 

[xydin]

umm, at 1680 x 1050 crysis with max settings and 4x AA runs ~20 - 40 fps, maybe more.


EDIT:

System Specs:
Phenom II 940
OCZ Reaper 4gb 1066MHz
GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H (790GX chipset)
WD Caviar Black 1TB
Samsung x22 DVD Burner w/ Lightscribe
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1GB
OCZ 550w Fatal1ty PSU



Sorry, I thought I put them in my first post, I must have forgot about it and submitted ;x

 

[jaguarskx]

Well, Crysis is pretty demanding which could be due to inefficient coding. Crysis: Warhead runs a little better, but I haven't played it because of DRM (copy protection) only allows around 5 installs before it's necessary to call EA.

I think with your HD 4870 you will probably get mid 20's to high 20's on a 22" monitor. With a 1080p monitor you can probably get low 20's.

If you were to play Fallout 3 (the game I'm currently playing), then you can expect frame rates to top at about 70FPS @ 1680 x 1050 and about 60FPS @ 1920 x 1200 (close to 1080p) with everything set on high, based on benchmarks I've seen.

 

[jaguarskx]

Hmm...

Actually, I've just seen benchmarks for Crysis: Warhead, apparently the HD 4870 1GB only got 20.1FPS with everything set on high @ 1680 x 1050.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd4890_8.html#sect2

 

[Hyno]

1080p is Full HD 16:9 which is cool for gaming and blu-ray

 

[xydin]

Thank you, I think I may just go with the 1080p one, crysis is definitely the only game I'm going to be playing, I play a lot of free MMO's and stuff. Oh and I can hook my 360 up to it too ^^.