Answers to your questions

Well, I used to have an old monitor that only supported 1024x768 max, and I can tell you right now I don't miss it at all. And if you think it doesn't improve your game, you need to get a new set of eyes because it increases the quality more than anything else. What do you guys play on your pc's that look better than a brand new montior? pong? Give me a break. 800X600 monitors should be recycled by now, they're probably going to give you eyeball cancer or some shit. If you use a crt monitor it might hurt your eyes, I use an lcd with the largest resolution and colors my monitor will support ans it's way easier on my eyes, I can spend hours playing a game on here and not get eye strain.