Will 16:9 1200x1080 monitor be OK for SOW?

[Sutts]

I've ordered a 24" monitor with the following specs:

1920x1080 (16:9)

I'm getting a bad feeling I may have made a mistake - should I have gone for a 1920x1200 (16:10) instead? Which spec would be best to play SOW please? Will 16:9 distort the cockpit or reduce my situational awareness? Will 1920x1080 even be supported in SOW?

I'm pretty new to all this (my current monitor is 17"!) so please be patient with me

[julian265]

1920*1080 is fairly close to current. I guess that going up to 2560x1600 will require a very expensive computer to get a decent frame-rate out of when running BoB.

For a while now, games have been configurable to use whatever res you want, I don't see why BoB will be any different. Distortion due to unusual aspect ratios shouldn't be an issue for modern games either, not that these resolutions are unusual.

I'm not sure how the field of view will be done in BoB. Compared to 1920x1200, you might lose a bit of vertical FoV, or your horizontal FoV might be wider, albeit at a *little* lower resolution. I'd never upgrade a monitor for the sake of 120 pixels though...

[MikkOwl]

There's little difference between the two 24". Nothing to regret. Here's a comparison between 24", and assuming we have the same FOV setting in the game.

16:10 1920x1200 = Taller & a bit more actual screen surface. Will as a result give.. slightly.. better vision up and down (instrument reading benefits from this, a little bit, and seeing other aircraft when looking upwards.

16:9 1920 x 1080 = Wider than the 16:10 but less overall surface (only a small difference). Slightly better sideway vision (to the sides). About 11% better framerate, maybe more, because of less pixels to render.

There's almost no difference between them, if everything else is the same (quality, response time, refresh rate etc). Even the differences mentioned are very small.

Higher resolution than this is really a must if the screen is even larger (if you sit close to get a big display experience). And that means needing extremely expensive graphics cards. Probably running several of the high end cards available at the same time together.

Yes of course the resolutions are all supported in SoW. Even IL-2 can support them.

EDIT: Nothing distorts a view except using FOV that is too wide compared to how big your display is to your eye. If you sit close (about 50cm) from your 24", then a fov of about 55 degrees is the same as reality (as in, it's like your monitor is a window into the world, distances, scales, everything is true to life). The bigger the fov, or just put the monitor further away from your eyes, the more the mis-match distortion becomes.

[Sutts]

Thanks guys, that's a great relief. I really had started to get that sinking feeling.

Cheers

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by Sutts

I've ordered a 24" monitor with the following specs:

1920x1080 (16:9)

I'm getting a bad feeling I may have made a mistake - should I have gone for a 1920x1200 (16:10) instead? Which spec would be best to play SOW please? Will 16:9 distort the cockpit or reduce my situational awareness? Will 1920x1080 even be supported in SOW?

I'm pretty new to all this (my current monitor is 17"!) so please be patient with me

I think any aspect will be Ok for Sow.

[nearmiss]

I have a 1920 x1200 and I was thinking I was up the creek.

All the HDTV are 1080 - instead of 1200. Looks like 1080 may be the standard size.

Think I'll not upgrade my 24" montor for a while, unless my eyes get worse.