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What's The difference?

  • 30-08-2006 10:18pm
    #1
    martyc45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 107 ✭✭


    Hi All

    Was thinking of getting a 20.in Dell Ultra Sharp 2007WFP after reading some good review's but noticed the max resolution was 1,680 x 1,050.
    What I would like to know is how come most top end Graphics card reviews always seem to judge a card by 1,600 x 1,200 resolution scores , is this a better resolution or is there more detail in the picture and is there much of a difference between the 1,680 x 1,050 resolution and the 1,600 x 1,200 resolution.

    Also

    Is it worth buying a top end Graphics Card to drive a 1,680 x 1,050 monitor?

    Thanks Martin


Comments

  • #2
    unklerosco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,828 ✭✭✭unklerosco


    afaik the reason that they use 1600x1200 is thats what most games highest playable res is..

    Either way u'll need a decent top end card to be playing games at 1680x1050, most games can be tweaked to play at that res, see http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/


  • #3
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Well 1600x1200 is a 4:3 resolution, and 1680x1050 is a widescreen (16:10 - most computer widescreens use 16:10 as opposed to 16:9 you often get with TV's) resolution.

    The 1680x1050 screen only has a slightly lower pixel count, so like Unklerosco said, you will need a top end graphics card to play modern games at that resolution. Lots of games now support widescreen resolutions out of the box. Two that do (for example) are Half-Life 2 and GTA San Andreas.


  • #4
    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Yeah I wouldn't go with anything below a 6600GT... mine handles 1680x1050 just fine for most games... hl2, farcry, etc... but often times I'll have to go without the nice little extras like 16x AF if I want to get a decent framerate.


  • #5
    Buceph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,059 ✭✭✭Buceph


    DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:
    Yeah I wouldn't go with anything below a 6600GT... mine handles 1680x1050 just fine for most games... hl2, farcry, etc... but often times I'll have to go without the nice little extras like 16x AF if I want to get a decent framerate.

    Those games are old now. You're going to need a beast of a graphics card to run games at a resolution like that. You might even have to go down the SLI or Crossfire route. Games like Oblivion have trouble running at full specs on top cards at 1280*1024.

    Also, a lot of games need to be altered to run at a widescreen resolution, check out http://www.widescreengamingforum.com for more info.


  • #6
    martyc45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 107 ✭✭martyc45


    Thanks for the reply lads, that clears up a lot of things, think I’ll go for the monitor after all.


    Sorry about the late reply working late all week.


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