Widescreen Gaming Forum

So I'm in the market for a new monitor. What I'm running now is an old Dell 2005fpw. It's been solid, nothing wrong with it, but I go over my dads house and see him using a 15"... I think I could get an upgrade for myself and give him my current one.

For starters, here are the stats on my current:
1680x1050
300 cd/m²
Contrast: 600: 1
12ms

So, I'm looking in the 22"-24" range. Probably want something 5ms or less. The main thing I can't really decide on is whether to go 1900x1200, or get the 1080P. I know almost all of my games support 1680, how is it for 1080p? I've got a pretty new system (core i7, 5870, etc...) so I could probably push 1080p without much of a performance hit.

As for my uses, I primarily play games. I won't be hooking it up to watch TV or Play 360/PS3 (Got a 52" Samsung LCD for that).

Here are the two I've kind of targets. Both are the same price on the egg:

24" Samsung ToC T240
1900x1200
5ms
DC 20000:1(1000:1)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001275

24.6" Samsung P2570
1900x1080
2ms
DC 70000:1(1000:1)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001331

Thoughts and suggestions would be great. If anyone has any links to good deals those would be appriciated.

Personally I'd always get 1920x1200.

1080p is a TV resolution, not suitable for pc monitors. Vendors tend to give you less pixels for the same money these days, all because 'the incredible 1080p ultra high definition mega super life changing format' sells so well. I loathe the recent developments.


Just my humble opinion of course :)