New Monitor opinion/advice

[DoolittleRaider]

Again, thanks for the education Blackdog, and others.

Pressing forward/deeper, I'd like opinions in terms of Gaming...COD, ROF COD:MW, A10...What Aspect ratio (and native resolution) would be best for that set of software/games?

Generally I'm still not clear on advantages of 16:10 versus 16:9 monitors and aspect ratios, vis-a-vis Gaming.

I do watch *avi movies/TVepisodes, DVD ripped movies, on my PC Monitor. Would it matter in any way whether I had a 16:9 or a 16:10 native resolution Monitor?

Any clarification/advice will be appreciated.


P.S. I found these comments in a review of the Dell U2412M: "The Dell U2412M is not a true gaming monitor – no IPS panels offers that experience – but for most gaming, even semi-fast gaming, I see it as a fairly good solution. If you are a serious FPS or racing enthusiast I suggest you look for a 120 Hz TN panel instead" @Blackdog...this seems to run counter to your opinon. Any comments?

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by DoolittleRaider

Generally I'm still not clear on advantages of 16:10 versus 16:9 monitors and aspect ratios, vis-a-vis Gaming.

I do watch *avi movies/TVepisodes, DVD ripped movies, on my PC Monitor. Would it matter in any way whether I had a 16:9 or a 16:10 native resolution Monitor?

Hm, I don't play those games. I do play a lot of games, but they tend to be older games than those.

I think the thing about monitors and games is, the smaller the resolution of the monitor, the easier it is for graphics cards to draw images on it.

If all you cared about was games, the smaller the resolution the better (within limits: 800 * 600 was better for weak graphics cards, but boy was it ugly, but even that was much better than 640 * 480). However, if you want to look at text, then the more depth you have, the better. On the other hand, if you want only to look at cinema movies, then the width is paramount, up to a certain point, for movies the extra depth of a 1920 * 1200 screen is wasted. For old TV shows, the aspect ratio was 4:3, and height becomes an advantage. You tube movies were often in 4(width):3(height), and probably looked bad full screen on any size screen, but then again I'm judging that on animated GIFs which are all I've seen.

In the end, you have to decide what matters to you.

[DoolittleRaider]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Link the comment's origin? If its a comments section on a review, could be wrong, but either way, I'm interested!

See under "Response Time and Games" near end/bottom of Review, and also 3rd paragraph of "Conclusion"