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I think I know what you mean moonkytc. A year or so ago, I was troubleshooting Far Cry and Dungeon Siege on my Cinema Display. In order to get a better handle on the problem I switched my display to a generic brand 15" CRT monitor, and was blown away by the richness of the colors and the overall smoothness of the display.

If you've been using CRT's exclusively for many years now, it may take some time for your eyes to adjust to a large LCD, particularly one of the widescreen variety. I would give it some time, try some of the tips mentioned by other users, and if you are still not satisfied, then return the monitor.

You may even want to keep looking around at other LCD options to see if you can find one that you like. Being an extremely picky gamer myself, I definitely know what you are talking about when that part of your setup doesn't quite feel right. Give the Dell monitor a fair shot, and pat yourself on the back for your willingness to give it a try. :) If it doesn't work out, there are lots of other options out there.

I run Nascar 2003 at 1360x768 with d3d.try forcing AA and AF threw the nvidia driver console.My settings are 4x AA and 8x AF.I am running the Forceware Beta drivers from nvidia sight version 81.87.They run great with all my games.Also if you go into your player profile.In there there is a player ini.You can scroll down and find Car MegaShader_0.change the 0 to 1.Its good for 4 to 5 FPS.

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I know this is an old topic but I orderd a 24 inch dell and I am trying to prepare.I also play Nascar 2003.When you guys say dual DVI cable is this 2 of them or one into your computer and they split and 2 conectors into your moniter

It just seems a bit choppy to me. Can't really describe it properly. Does run better in d3d (on the dell) than opengl although with a nvidia card I prefer open gl. Much prettier.

DC

Let me start off by saying how extremley vague you are being with "seems a bit choppy". The only think I can think of that is usally described as "choppy" is having a low framerate. As others have said, running your game at a lower resolution will make it feel less choppy (IF you are getting a low framerate). Go download a program like Fraps to install a little frame per second counter in the corner of your screen. I'd say if your FPS reaches 35 or below that would seem a bit choppy... but the 7800GTX shouldn't have alot of problems with low framerates.

Also, this choppyness could be input lag, or tearing. When your turn fast in games, do you see "tears" in the screen, like they are sliced? Does your mouse seem laggier that when you used your older monitor?

I'm kind of throwing all the possible things out there, i'm sorry if you already know what i'm talking about and that's not the problem. Do remember, though, that a 24" wide LCD is so much larger you will really need to let your eyes adjust.

P.S. What resolution did you typically run your games in with your CRT?

jeremy78951

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