Widescreen Gaming Forum

Hello, all!

I'm planning on moving from 1440x900 19" LCD to a 23" 1920x1080 tomorrow. I'm a PC gamer. Will a 512MB X1900XT card (my current use) scale to 1920x1080 well? Thanks for any opinions!

Most likely yes, my x300 does 1920x1080 just fine.

x300? You mean integrated graphics? Is it as old as an X1900XT?

x300? You mean integrated graphics? Is it as old as an X1900XT?

No actually haha, I have an ATI x300 PCI-E card. Old as Balls and has 128 MB of VRAM. I use it as a secondary card.

Well, if an X300 can, I think my X1900XT can also. thanks :)

no problem

Btw, I'll be replaying old games on 1920x1080 (COD, COD2, COD4), HL series for the time being.

How will these oldies (4:3 and 16:10 aspect ratios) play on a 16:9 monitor?

Well the games you mentioned should render at 16:9 just fine. Though if you use a 4:3 or 16:10 resolution on your monitor, you may want to scale them by "Keeping Aspect Ratio" or "1:1" setting either on the monitor or through your Videocard settings.

But generally it's good to play games at the native res of you monitor IMO.

I played a lot of games (Crysis included) on an X1950XTX @ 1920x1200, which worked great. If the games aren't too demanding, an X1900 will cope with WUXGA or 1080p. :)

Here's what I bought just hours ago, guys!


Acer x2333h. 23". Can't wait to try this at home this weekend!

It has VGA, DVI and HDMI.

@suiken -- will try to see if it has 1:1 feature.

@Paradigm-- 19x12 is 16:10, no? Is your X1950XT still alive?

1920x1200 is indeed 16:10, but if the card'll do one, it'll do the other. Just some games might be picky, although most modern games will likely deal with them both in the same manner.

Yes, my X1950XTX is still functional, although it's not currently in use. It's my emergency spare right now. :)

Congrats on the purchase, let us know how it goes! :D (I've not had good experiences of Acer personally, but family have no complaints with them so I guess it's luck of the draw...)

Amazing how even a 4670 will beat our X19xx!

It's either the Acer or the Samsung 2333SW. Got the Acer as its readily available in the city where I'm at right now. I read all the Newegg reviews on the Acer X233H and most were positive as bang-for-the-buck unit. Will post some impressions later when I use it. Thanks!

:)

My new Acer X233H monitor being enjoyed by my 9-year old kid (connected to a 14" 16:10 laptop; on a wall is a 22" 16:10 LCD TV)

I'm using a VGA connector to the laptop's Intel GMA X3100 IGP. Using the monitor's native res.

Hope it works outs, Most people i have talked to don't like acer and when i tried to match acer panels of the same model number, it was complete hell.

I have my old x1950PRO in my 7 year old sons machine now.