Widescreen Gaming Forum

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2) I have an x800 pro flashed to 16 pipes, 2 gigs of ram and a 2.8c ghz p4. Is playing at the higher resolution (currently play stuff at 1280x1024) going to severely drop my framerates, or should I be fine for a while longer?

3) One issue I have with my current monitor is that things not playing in the native resolution look bad! If I get the 2405fpw and it turns out that some games don't play in widescreen, will using the black bars on the left and right to show 4:3 pictures make the games still look good?

2) Newer games won't amazingly well at 1920x1200 on your system, I think. I'm talking about stuff like the Doom 3 and NFS: Most Wanted engine and upcoming uber graphics engines like the Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion and the Unreal 3 engines.

3) Non-naitive resolutions will look a bit crap, aye. :(

I think it's better to get a 1680*1050 monitor. If you get a 1920*1200 one, you'll need to spend loads more on your system.

Non native resolutions on the 2405 do not look crap.

Hi , nice website ya have here well im a real noob , and after reading some reveiws and other info i lashed out and bought the benq fp202w 20 inch WS , my GF picked it up for me as I had to work, when I got home i was horrified to discover it is smaller than my standard 19inch lcd screen. So ive chucked it back in the box and will be exhanging it for a veiwsonic 2ms 19 inch screen. So what a goose I was thinking it would be a inch bigger than my 19 inch screen and wider, lol

If you guys can convince me to keep it other wise its back to the shop, i cant unwrap everthing or play with it , other wise Ill end up paying a restocking fee ETC., Oh and I am a hardcore FPS gamer.

It may be shorter in height, but the 20" is much wider than the 19". The 20" also uses a higher resolution.

Non native resolutions on the 2405 do not look crap.

Seconded.

They don't look crap on the 2005 either.

They're both excellent in games, on the windows desktop it's more noticeable - of course, you'll be running @ native there, eh? ;)