New Monitor opinion/advice

[DoolittleRaider]

I am planning a New Rig. My last monitor has died on me...it was a 2007-era Samsung 244T 24 Inch 1920X1200 LCD monitor which worked perfectly for me and my Flight Simming needs (until it died). Excellent image quality, colors, response times etc.

Researching current state-of-the-art Monitors, I've discovered that LED's are the thing now, at 1920X1080 native resolution, and one of the very best, highly reviewed/recommended monitors is the Viewsonic 27” VX2753MH LED with 1 ms response, and 30,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, but only 0.311 pixel pitch. Roughly $330 plus tax and/or shipping

Alternatively, the Viewsonic VX2453MH-LED 24-Inch LED monitor with the same 30,000,000:1 Dynamic contrast ratio, slower but still excellent 2Ms response, and a 'better' pixel pitch at 0.27. Approximately $200.

As I understand it, the larger 27" monitors because of the larger pixel pitch size are actually blurrier when viewed from the same distance as the 24 inch monitors with smaller pixel size.

My question is: Is it really worth going for a Larger Monitor screen size of 27 inches if I need to sit farther back from it to attain the same sharpness as a 24 inch monitor??? I am only concerned with Flight SImming and other Gaming use, not concerned with a larger screen to simultaneously display more documents or othehr such 'business' stuff.

I'll try to set up a poll if I figure out how to do that.

[ElAurens]

I'm more than pleased with my LED Samsung PX 2370.

Oh, and I voted 24 simply because I have no room for anything larger.

[Qpassa]

24" 1920x1200

[sorak]

Also keep in mind. That if you computer is more on the low spec you might want to get a monitor that has a lower Native Resolution. The reason is because if you needed to lower the resolution down for games to make it run better its going to look like crap being that its not in its lower resolution. But using a Native Resolution of a 1280 x 1024 monitor will look alot better. Thats what i use right now on a 19inch monitor because Im on a lower spec computer.

Just giving a side note.

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[sorak]

Id go with the 24 inch though.. Since your brain doesnt detect anything above 5ms anyway.

[xnomad]

I got one of these back in June:

LG IPS226V-PN 21.5"W, IPS PANEL, 1920x1080, 16:9, 5MS, D-SUB, DVI-D, HDMI

http://www.lg.com/au/it-products/mon...IPS226V-PN.jsp

I'm very happy with it, a great price for an IPS LCD and these guys make the panels for Dell. Great dot pitch as well.

I used to have a CRT (1280x1024) prior to getting this one and the jump up in resolution to this flat screen did cost me a few FPS in COD, so watch out the higher you go the worse your FPS will be. I ran almost everything on maximum settings on the CRT but had to lower some settings when using the LCD.

Also for size, I'm of the opinion that in games size doesn't matter. You focus on the game and don't notice if it's 27 inch or 21 inch. I think size for monitors is for more desktop real estate when you are editing multiple documents etc. For a better dot pitch (for spotting the enemy at a distance) you'd want a high resolution on a smaller surface, so if two monitors have the same resolution but one is larger, then take the smaller one.

[NedLynch]

Originally Posted by sorak

Also keep in mind. That if you computer is more on the low spec you might want to get a monitor that has a lower Native Resolution. The reason is because if you needed to lower the resolution down for games to make it run better its going to look like crap being that its not in its lower resolution. But using a Native Resolution of a 1280 x 1024 monitor will look alot better. Thats what i use right now on a 19inch monitor because Im on a lower spec computer.

Just giving a side note.

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+1

[AndyJWest]

Logically, if you need to sit further away from the larger monitor to get the same degree of sharpness, it would seem to be of little benefit - though it is only 12.5% bigger anyway. I'd get the smaller monitor, and spend the money saved on an SSD, a better graphics card, or something of the kind.

[AndyJWest]

Erm, cheesehawk, if the monitor is going to have to be further away to get the same level of shapness, it isn't going to improve peripheral vision, is it?

[Jatta Raso]

i have a 24'' syncmaster (2ms) and it's just perfect. i'd go for the 24''. with a 27'' you're either at max res (very hard system requirements for CoD) or you're looking at a stretched lower res image, which will look blurry. and believe me, if jaggies look bad on a 24'' on a 27'' they look horrible; you won't get away with a 27'' without pretty good AA especially on lowered res (again a burden on system specs) so take this factors into account.