Widescreen Gaming Forum

Well, I just ordered a 2709WFP through a friend's office at an incredible price. Should have it in a week or so. Will post some comments afterward.

*cough* :)

Thanks for that. Yeah, from what I've read, I'd buy a Doublesight 24" or 26" with confidence. If they were availalble here in NZ. :roll:

Sorry, I'm a bit confused about your reply - you say your card had no problems driving the resolution, but the game raped your video card to pieces. :?

OK, I probably wasn't clear enough - what I should have said was:

"but my vidcard (7900 GTO 512) won't run a 24 at native res (of 1900 x ...

TVM to all for the encouraging and informative replies. I really needed that :) . After reading so much negativity it seemed to me that each panel type had showstopping drawbacks, and you've done much to allay my uncertainty.

Bottom line: I need a new monitor + I want widescreen = I hafta get ...

I do advise that if you have any questions about a particular model/panel, you come on back here and ask us, cause we've got lots of experience and first hand ownership under our belts we're more than happy to share.

OK :) .

I'm thinking 22" - AFAIK 22s are mostly (if not all) TN ...

Exactly! That's the logic behind getting a cheap TN panel for now.

It'll do the job for now, and be OK to remain with my old rig as a music production system. Then next year - new gaming rig, new monitor.

My aging P275 is simply past it. I'm really looking forward to Widescreen gaming, but after waiting so long to go LCD, I'm kinda terrified by the apparent compromises associated with LCD Panel technology.

TN: Substandard colour accuracy. Poor viewing angle.
PVA: Scary input lag/response times ...