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    Posted: 31 Aug 2010 at 12:40pm
I recently bought a computer from DS (Stage 5 for them, Stage 8 for me). I also need to get a new monitor though and so i've narrowed my choices down to a couple.

The Dell SP2309w

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Viewsonic LED

The reason I'm leaning towards the Dell is because it has a 2 ms response time and has a hdmi port. The viewsonic on the other hand is a LED monitor, but lacks a HDMI port and has a 5 ms response time. If you guys have any suggestions I would really appreciate it. I am looking for a 200 (+/- a bit)dollar monitor.

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i suggest you get a 120hz capable monitor in case you ever want to play 3d
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well dont get too caught up in the response time as many mfgs tend to be very generous with these numbers since they are reviewing their own product
 
those are some wierd choices, especially since that dell is 2048x1152, hdmi port doesnt matter, theres no difference between that and hdmi, except that hdmi carries audio, and neither of them have speakers
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I figured since the aspect ratio was still 16:9 the 2048x1152 won't matter, but i could be wrong since I'm not too familiar with what aspect ratio really means, and your right about the HDMI port in hindsight.
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Originally posted by al3xLJ

i suggest you get a 120hz capable monitor in case you ever want to play 3d
 
absolutely not, not to mention this is way out of $200 range, but the tech is brand new, buying now is a great way to end up looking stupid if you ask me. toshiba is already claiming to have tvs that 3d will work with without glasses, if 3d catches on as much as the people marketing it want it too, the price will plummet and you wont need glasses, but that wont be for a while still
as far as the resolution i guess it should be fine assuming you are getting a 480
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I've bought two of the 23 inch Dells for my coming rig. I've used them for PS3 and blurays in the meantime and they are beautiful displays. I highly recommend them.
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Originally posted by !ender_

Originally posted by al3xLJ

i suggest you get a 120hz capable monitor in case you ever want to play 3d

 

absolutely not, not to mention this is way out of $200 range, but the tech is brand new, buying now is a great way to end up looking stupid if you ask me. toshiba is already claiming to have tvs that 3d will work with without glasses, if 3d catches on as much as the people marketing it want it too, the price will plummet and you wont need glasses, but that wont be for a while still

as far as the resolution i guess it should be fine assuming you are getting a 480



I'm getting a GTX 470. But im probably not going to have dual monitors just yet. I am mostly going to be using it for music mixing, light gaming and movie watching though so i don't think the graphics card is going to be too taxed.
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alright, well as long as you are ok playing games below the native resolution, probabaly 1600x900, then it should be fine, it can definitely support desktop applications at that dell's res
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Only game i really care about playing is SC2 :). I think it was you who pointed out just about any current generation card can run SC2 at the highest possible settings.
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ender, u played left 4 dead in 3d? thats why i suggest a 120hz monitor. but ofc thats me, and im...special
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Only game i really care about playing is SC2 :). I think it was you who pointed out just about any current generation card can run SC2 at the highest possible settings.

SC2 is more taxing than you might think (especially on macs for some reason), so I don't know if you'll be able to run on max settings with the 470, but you'll definitely be able to run it pretty darn high
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It looks terrible on my macbook pro so as long as it looks better than that I won't really mind

Edited by kcudeht - 31 Aug 2010 at 2:54pm
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no you can definitely run sc2 at max settings you can see my build in my signature, i7 860 and gtx 470(not overclocked) and i play sc2 on max everything with no problems
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It looks terrible on my macbook pro [/IMG]

same lol
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no you can definitely run sc2 at max settings you can see my build in my signature, i7 860 and gtx 470(not overclocked) and i play sc2 on max everything with no problems

must be very different to macs :) (still haven't oredered my DS pc)
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for the safety and health of everyone here ill pretend that no one mentioned gaming on a freaking mac vs gaming on a pc

and btw that is max settings at 1920x1080
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<FONT style=": #000000">for the safety and health of everyone here ill pretend that no one mentioned gaming on a freaking mac vs gaming on a pc



and btw that is max settings at 1920x1080

yeah, unfortunately im stuck with a macboook pro until the end of the month at least, then ill get a moster DS rig :D
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Been in stage 5 since yesterday so hopefully I'll get mine soon (and not Blizzard "soon")
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(and not Blizzard "soon")
 
 
hahaha nice
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