Which monitor should I get?

[wiggerbeater]

My 20 inch Acer widescreen just clunked out. I am looking at these two:

Newegg.com - LG W2242T-BF Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 8000:1(700:1) - LCD Monitors

Newegg.com - Acer X213Hbid Black 21.5" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 20000:1 (ACM) - LCD Monitors

What do you think?

[Flying JJ]

If there's an Office Max by you they have a 23" Acer on sale for $159. Can't find it in their web site, but just picked up 2 of them locally. Try that first.

The Acer has HDMI and a better resolution. If out of the 2, would go for that one.

[wiggerbeater]

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Originally Posted by Flying JJ

If there's an Office Max by you they have a 23" Acer on sale for $159. Can't find it in their web site, but just picked up 2 of them locally. Try that first.

The Acer has HDMI and a better resolution. If out of the 2, would go for that one.

Thanks. I've never used a 1920 x 1080 resolution. Do most games support it? Does my video card matter for resolution? I know my video card only allows DX9.

[Flying JJ]

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Originally Posted by wiggerbeater

Thanks. I've never used a 1920 x 1080 resolution. Do most games support it? Does my video card matter for resolution? I know my video card only allows DX9.

Depends on the game. You can always set it down, but can't go up if the monitor doesn't support. The Acer you picked out is a 1920x1080 reccommended resolution.

What is your video card? Most newer ones should support it. As you go bigger in screen size, you want a larger resolution. A big screen with a small resolution will look blurry. If your video card doesn't support the resolution, I would go with a smaller screen that it does support or consider upgrading the video card if you want to stay with this size/resolution monitor.

Please reply with some games and video card ( make and model ). If you want an immediate answer, you can look on the manufacturers web site or Newegg and find your card/games. It is usually there on the specs. page.

[wiggerbeater]

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Originally Posted by Flying JJ

Depends on the game. You can always set it down, but can't go up if the monitor doesn't support. The Acer you picked out is a 1920x1080 reccommended resolution.

What is your video card? Most newer ones should support it. As you go bigger in screen size, you want a larger resolution. A big screen with a small resolution will look blurry. If your video card doesn't support the resolution, I would go with a smaller screen that it does support or consider upgrading the video card if you want to stay with this size/resolution monitor.

Please reply with some games and video card ( make and model ). If you want an immediate answer, you can look on the manufacturers web site or Newegg and find your card/games. It is usually there on the specs. page.

I have a radeon x1950 pro. I noticed a lot of older games didnt support 1440x900.

• Max Resolution (external) 2560 x 1600
• Supported Display Graphics 1152x864 , 1920x1200 , 1920x1440 , 2560x1600 , VGA (640x480) , SVGA (800x600) , XGA (1024x768) , HDTV (1920x1080) , QXGA (2048x1536) , SXGA (1280x1024) , UXGA (1600x1200)

[Flying JJ]

From your post, looks like the gpu will support. Problem with older games is they don't support the higher resolutions. If you want the older games to look good, get a smaller screen. Personally, I would get the Acer you mentioned or the Acer I posted about if you can. The older games won't be around forever, and alot of newer games do support the higher resolutions. You can play the old ones on the big screen, but will be dissappointed with the newer ones on a smaller screen, knowing you could have gone bigger. The older low resolution games don't look that bad on the bigger screen, just a little blurry as it is stretched out with less detail.

[wiggerbeater]

thanks, could you tell me which model you found on sale at officemax? ill call them tomorrow. Is it this one?

http://www.officemax.com/technology/monitors/product-prod2380244?history=en7psko0|categoryId~10004^cate goryName~technology^parentCategoryID~category_root ^prodPage~25^region~1@ay0cuhxf|prodPage~15^refine~ 1^region~1^categoryName~Monitors^categoryId~288^pa rentCategoryID~cat_10004@y8ellwdn|refineName~Brand ^prodPage~15^refine~1^sub_attr_name~1^region~1^ref ineValue~Acer

[Flying JJ]

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Originally Posted by wiggerbeater

thanks, could you tell me which model you found on sale at officemax? ill call them tomorrow. Is it this one?

http://www.officemax.com/technology/monitors/product-prod2380244?history=en7psko0|categoryId~10004^cate goryName~technology^parentCategoryID~category_root ^prodPage~25^region~1@ay0cuhxf|prodPage~15^refine~ 1^region~1^categoryName~Monitors^categoryId~288^pa rentCategoryID~cat_10004@y8ellwdn|refineName~Brand ^prodPage~15^refine~1^sub_attr_name~1^region~1^ref ineValue~Acer

Yes it is, but from the pics., it looks like they are not the same. It is a model X233H. The # ET.VX3HP.002 is the same ( everything is the same ) from my boxes and your ad. Looks like they are the same model but a diffrent style. Mine has the power button underneath, yours has it as a circle button on front. Maybe trying to get rid of old stock with the same model/part #. They are great monitors though.

[zepper]

I like my Acer X193w+. I expect the larger versions would be at least as goodl

.bh.

[wiggerbeater]

Related question. I am using my parents 18 inch widescreen in the meantime. I was playing a new game and the monitor went to sleep after about a half hour of playing. I restarted it and everything is ok. my computer runs hot. I have a monitoring program installed and try not to let it get above 65 for too long. Can the pc being too hot make the monitor go to sleep? Could my pc running hot have been responsible for breaking my other monitor? thanks.