Will my PC handle widescreen gaming?

[bulldog]

I'm sorry if this has been covered before, but I want to get an answer specific to my PC.

I am in the market for a 19" LCD, either a 4:3 or 16:10. I know that my computer could handle the games I play at 1280x1024, as I already run most of them at full detail in 1152x864 @ 75Hz.

What I'm curious about is running them at 1440x900. I know some games don't support this, but I am wondering if my PC will even be up to the job (I don't want to have to drop my detail level down).

I am thinking it may be better for my current config to just get the traditional screen format. :?

I mostly play Call of Duty 2, Battlefield 2 and Age of Empires 3, etc right now.

I have a P4 3.2GHz with 1Gb of RAM and a BFG 6800GT OC.

Thanks in advance

[ctrlsteef]

Welcome to the club mate. :D

1280 x 1024 = 1310720 pixels
1440 x 900 = 1296000 pixels

As you can see 1440 x 900 is less pixels then 1280 x 1024 so it should run even better. :wink:

ps. can you make your sig comply to these rules:

Please keep the text (colored text is fine) between sizes 9 and 11 (using BB Code). Run your specs horizontally (rather than vertically), and limit to four lines at normal forum width.

Thanks in advance. :wink:

[The_cranky_hermit]

I'm pretty sure that having extra geometry to render is more demanding than having more pixels. But either way, it shouldn't make the difference between being playable and unplayable.

[Stillhouse]

I was able to play BF2 on my WS with a 6600GT, Athlon XP 2400+ & 768MB RAM and got decent FPS, so yours should do fine.