Widescreen Gaming Forum

Hi,
I have an AMD 4200 X2, 2 GB Ram, and an EVGA 7900 GT KO. I also have an HD tuner card and sometimes watch TV and use my machine as a DVR. I am going to make the jump to Wide Screen (likely 24"), but am wondering....
1) I was planning to go to 1920x1200(or 1080) since I do watch some Tv once in a while on it. I am lucky that there is quite a bit of HD over the airwhere I live, although it is currently almost all 1080i or 720p. Will I really need to go this high? Most people I know with wide screens have a native rez of 1440x900, but none have tuner cards. When I watch TV on it, I want the best picture I can get.

2) If I go to 1920x1200, will it kill my machine? Of course, my machine is primarily for gaming, but will I even be able to use it for that if I go to a resolution that high? I was hoping that someone out there has a similar rig and can tell me if say, FEAR still runs at an acceptible rate, or should I hold off until I can upgrade my machine and/or add another graphics card.

Thanks!

Your machine should be able to run most games fine my only worries are FEAR and Oblivion and other very intensive games

It will definitly be able to run most games, but you will probably have take off AA and AF. If your still lagging a bit, you'll have to turn off some some visuals :(

If its chugging you can always throw in another 7900 ;)