2560x1600. My Gawd!

[l88bastard]

Originally Posted by badaboom

WOW!!!!!!! 40 inch monitor sounds amazing!!!!!! I recently went from a 17 to a 22 and I'm still in shock.A 40 inch has got to be like a movie theater!! Good for you!!

Actually the 40" turned out to be bad for gaming and bad as a computer monitor because on an HDTV at 1080p the refresh rate tops out at 24hz! Even though the sets are rated at 60hz that is only for the lower resolutions. At 24hz the set was giving me headaches. There are now true 1080p 60hz HDTV sets and even 120hz sets hitting the market however. I also saw substantially less due to the 16:9 aspect ratio. The 16:10 aspect ratio allows me a more natural vertical FOV.

As far as online competitive gaming...well I dont play this game online. I only play single player campaign and the picture is so clear, so precise that I can see the dots on the horizon like you would in real life. That is what it is all about for me, I cant play in a crappy resolution so I can cheat online, that is pointless and just sad.

I play this game for the immersion because I have a soft spot for WWI & WWII aircraft and combat history. This game lets me tinker around in that realm and I love it!

Playing this game at 800x600 resolution online is the equivalent of playing competitive kickball with 5 year olds...honestly how much fun is that?

[robtek]

Originally Posted by l88bastard

....Playing this game at 800x600 resolution online is the equivalent of playing competitive kickball with 5 year olds...honestly how much fun is that?

if someones dick, sorry EGO, is small enough he or she will enjoy the cheap thrill of an easy kill.

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by l88bastard

.....the picture is so clear, so precise that I can see the dots on the horizon like you would in real life.... That is what it is all about for me,...

most people dont have problems seeing distant dots that are above the horizon, no matter what their system or display size is.

dot size and the degree to which they stand out in il2 however becomes very important once you have to try and make them out against a terrain background (because now they tend to blend in with the textures that create the terrain, rather then a black dot standing out against an open blue sky)

but i completely agree that what really matters to get the immersion effect in our virtual il2 world we fly in, is to make the scenery look as good as possible. and for that you need a decent size monitor with high resolution, and high end gfx cards to drive it (for high fps and high AA and AF settings).

sadly in il2 right now, the better and nicer your display of the il2 virtual world is with a high end system, the less you will be able to locate and track distant enemy aircraft that are drawn as dots when you look for them against a terrain background.

there is also no indication oleg will correct this error in BoB, or even an indication he is aware of this problem on high end systems. i suspect this lack of awareness is principally caused by the programmers for il2/FB/1946 using lower end displays.

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by zapatista

most people dont have problems seeing distant dots that are above the horizon, no matter what their system or display size is.

dot size and the degree to which they stand out in il2 however becomes very important once you have to try and make them out against a terrain background (because now they tend to blend in with the textures that create the terrain, rather then a black dot standing out against an open blue sky)

but i completely agree that what really matters to get the immersion effect in our virtual il2 world we fly in, is to make the scenery look as good as possible. and for that you need a decent size monitor with high resolution, and high end gfx cards to drive it (for high fps and high AA and AF settings).

sadly in il2 right now, the better and nicer your display of the il2 virtual world is with a high end system, the less you will be able to locate and track distant enemy aircraft that are drawn as dots when you look for them against a terrain background.

there is also no indication oleg will correct this error in BoB, or even an indication he is aware of this problem on high end systems. i suspect this lack of awareness is principally caused by the programmers for il2/FB/1946 using lower end displays.

Yeah zapitista, you are spot on right.....I fly at 1920x1200 res and the only time it becomes difficult is spotting them in a terrain background as you say. Lucky enough to have 20/20 vision, (though my ears are porked and I have to wear an aid hehe) but it is still difficult to spot them sometimes at this res. Much prefer it this way though, and I certainly wouldn't bother dropping to 800x600, that is just tragic lol.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by l88bastard

Playing this game at 800x600 resolution online is the equivalent of playing competitive kickball with 5 year olds...honestly how much fun is that?

Play to your strengths, my PC beat me at chest so i challenged it to a round of kick boxing.

[BadAim]

You poor sick bastard (pun intended). You think your puny attmpts at self treatment will satisfy the beast within, but you are mistaken. Wait till you see that next new toy waiting on the shelf.... calling out to you, the old familiar cravings will return, then you will be driven to fufill the urge........

Have fun!

[l88bastard]

Originally Posted by BadAim

You poor sick bastard (pun intended). You think your puny attmpts at self treatment will satisfy the beast within, but you are mistaken. Wait till you see that next new toy waiting on the shelf.... calling out to you, the old familiar cravings will return, then you will be driven to fufill the urge........

Have fun!

Uggg no that would be Crysis, that game is what drove me to the madness of creating my monster rig and then IL-2 actually gave me a reason to use the monster rig once crysis wore off.

All I want now are the new gfx cards coming out within the next six months so I can enjoy even more high res goodness!!

[Thunderbolt56]

1. Count yourself lucky you "discovered" this sim at such a late stage. $500 and 1 new monitor is chump compared to most who've been on this crazy train for over 6 years now.

2. I have a 27" monitor and run almost everything at 1680x1050 and NEVER drop it lower...even when flying (and competing) online.

[l88bastard]

I dont know how lucky I was to discover the sim "later," because I had been on a console odessey. During that time I racked up 6 xbox 360's on a lan for gaming with friends, so you can imagine that little diddy right there cost me a couple grand

Before this I was addicted to battlefield 1942, but that only cost me $1,000 for a worthy 2.4ghz p4 CPU and $399 for the radeon 9700pro. That computer lasted me from 2002 until 2007 ) I cannot imagine a computer lasting me five years now!

One thing I know is we all have to pay stupid amounts of cash for our hobbies, because from a financial standpoint there is no justification for the madness lol.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by l88bastard

One thing I know is we all have to pay stupid amounts of cash for our hobbies, because from a financial standpoint there is no justification for the madness lol.

Try justifying burnt and scratched table tops to the missus when you start putting together your own controllers. You Just can't do it!