Ok fellas, looking for some advice.

I don't really need to change my Samsung 20" monitor, but just seen this cracking deal for a HD 24" Samsung from Ebuyer

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My only concern is this, is 24" too big? anyone jumoped from 20" to 24"??

Very tempted.

How good is your video card? Is it man enough for the higher resolution, probably 1900X1200 to take full advantage of the 24" Samsung?

[DAD]Zimmerframe wrote:

How good is your video card? Is it man enough for the higher resolution, probably 1900X1200 to take full advantage of the 24" Samsung?

Yes m8, a radeon HD4850 toxic, but seeing as I'm running Windows 7 was going to upgrade to a DX11 card anyways (eventually).

Looks like there isn't that much FPS difference between 1600 and 1900 resolutions, about 10% reduction?

Good point tho Zimmy, thx.

I nearly got a 24" and glad I didn't . I liked my brothers and wanted hte same... I thought he had a 24", but just as I was about to order it he pointed out to me that he infact had a 22" and 24" is massive if you are up close (as in gaming). So I reordered a 22" and it still seems massive to me !


it all depends on your viewing distance .. could be difficult to scan if you are up close and gaiming .... grat if you use it over 1 metre away from your face though.

This guy recommends you sit the otherend of the room ...lol
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He is talking about watching a TV though.

but 2-3 feet seems to be the norm and you then lose anything outside of a 30 degree viewing angle ... Which means if you are too close to a 24" screen you will lose the edges from your normal viewing and be at a disadvantage in gaming

I use 22' for gaming also on a narrow desk and that is big enough.I have a 24' on an other desk which is 800mm deep and is perfect for 24'.So a nice distance from the screen is needed to also prevent eye fatigue and strain.
That is a fantastic price for a 24' monitor though and 2ms response time is ideal for gaming.

I would like point out that this is a TN panel and difficult to calibrate for accurate colours if you print or view a lot of digital photographic images.If you do need consistant accuracy in the colour and black levels,you should maybe be looking for S-PVA/MVA which are middle of the road LCD panels. They offer better color reproduction and wider viewing angles than TN panels, but have slower response times.
S-IPS/H-IPS panels are generally considered the best overall LCD technology for image quality, color accuracy and viewing angles, but this comes at a price.

If this is not an issue Marky,then this does look like a great offer up for grabs,just make sure you do have enough distance from the screen(or you might fall in it).

I use a iiyama prolite 24" screen and its the mutts nutts....especially when you're about to slip that blade into drillas ugly mush!!!!OOOOh see that blood spurt...

I got Samsung 22" thinkin bout goin back to 17" crt too much to look at on 22" more compact on 17" or get i may get some glasses :(

I have an Acer 23,3" (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2342887,00.asp).

It seems 23,3" is exactly the 1080p size, hence the strange size.

This screen has really bright colours, very high contrast levels (up to 40.000:1) and 2 ms and cool looks. This size perfectly fits on my desk.

Thanks for the replies guys. The prize for the ultimate monitor geek goes to Paul lol, thx matey,

Good point Rich, thats why I was holding back. The field of vision will be too narrow to see them pesky blighters trying to knife you in the back....so suppose I'll still undecided...

If you mount it on the wall mark you will have even more room on your desk for post it's and other pieces of paper with scribbled ip address etc.

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[DAD]MirrorMan wrote:

I got Samsung 22" thinkin bout goin back to 17" crt too much to look at on 22" more compact on 17" or get i may get some glasses :(

i read somewhere that 17-19inches is the perfect screen size for gaming