- Sep 13, 2005
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Hi guys!
I am planning on replacing my 19" CRT by the start of summer. The CRT is working well but I need more space on my desk and I thought of trying a LCD.
My computer is mainly for school, internet, some video encoding and a bit of gaming. I looked around for the best LCD for my needs and actually, the one I would be buying would be the NEC 20WMGX2. It would surely be nice but I thought "hey maybe I could get two very good 19" for *almost* the same price and get a great setup.
Here are my system specs:
P4 3.0 GHz
Radeon X800XT PE
1 gig of RAM
In the case I buy 2 19" monitors, what kind of things would I have to expect in terms of gaming performance? Would I need a better videocard or actually, I could game on only one monitor (needing only the power for 1280x1024 resolution)?
Does the NEC pushes my card to its limits (considering I game mostly at 12x10, would game at 16x10 with the NEC)? I know I wont be able to play at max settings in every game but would that be a big problem? Anyway..
Finally, if you could recommend some models, I would be glad to have an idea. Actually, the NEC seems the best choice for the one-monitor scenario. I also heard about the Gateway 2185 and the HP 2105 (I think, Futureshop). Anyway, lmk.
I am planning on replacing my 19" CRT by the start of summer. The CRT is working well but I need more space on my desk and I thought of trying a LCD.
My computer is mainly for school, internet, some video encoding and a bit of gaming. I looked around for the best LCD for my needs and actually, the one I would be buying would be the NEC 20WMGX2. It would surely be nice but I thought "hey maybe I could get two very good 19" for *almost* the same price and get a great setup.
Here are my system specs:
P4 3.0 GHz
Radeon X800XT PE
1 gig of RAM
In the case I buy 2 19" monitors, what kind of things would I have to expect in terms of gaming performance? Would I need a better videocard or actually, I could game on only one monitor (needing only the power for 1280x1024 resolution)?
Does the NEC pushes my card to its limits (considering I game mostly at 12x10, would game at 16x10 with the NEC)? I know I wont be able to play at max settings in every game but would that be a big problem? Anyway..
Finally, if you could recommend some models, I would be glad to have an idea. Actually, the NEC seems the best choice for the one-monitor scenario. I also heard about the Gateway 2185 and the HP 2105 (I think, Futureshop). Anyway, lmk.