Originally posted by: leglez
Originally posted by: xtknight
Originally posted by: leglez
Is this even remotely possible? Currently I have an 8800GT and I am running a Dell 2408WFP and HDMI to my TV. I am wanting to get 2 19" monitors and turn them vertically and put one on each side of the 2408 and then hook them both up to my PC. I don't do any gaming, I do lots of video editing though. I am running OS X also so the best card I can really use is a 9800GTX+. Is there anyway to hook up 4 devices to 1 card? Maybe with 2 of these:
http://www.monoprice.com/produ...id=2518&seq=1&format=2
Also is 19" the best choice? I am wanting them to be about the same height as the dell. Also are there any 19" monitors that offer the ability to turn onto their side? Or would I need to buy a replacement stand?
Splitters are for duplicating the image. They definitely won't work for this.
There's no way to hook up 4 monitors to one card as far as I know. Matrox has some TripleHead2Go device for 3 monitors...
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/
Not sure how it works with 3D or different resolutions. I think Widescreen Gaming Forum reviewed it so check that out.
Yeah, 19" standard goes pretty well with 24" widescreen. I've heard of people doing that before.
The 19" HP LP1965 allows portrait mode natively.
Here is some measurements of screen active area, height if you are curious:
Height:
301.1mm (19" standard)
324.0mm (24" widescreen)
306.0mm (20.1" standard)
324.0mm (21.3" standard)
Ok thanks! So the only real way to do it would be to go SLI/Crossfire?
You don't need SLI/Crossfire, you just need multiple graphics cards.
In fact, SLI may not work with dual monitors. I'm not sure.
Originally posted by: you2
Doesn't anyone still use 20 inch monitors
20" standard maybe... HP LP2065, Dell 2007FP. But for widescreen, 22" is simply a better choice because of text size. Working with a 20.1" widescreen can be a bit harder (for me). I know switching from the 20WMGX2 to L227WTG.
Originally posted by: freejrs
OK I decided not to bother with the ex display HP W2408H. Thinking about it, the monitor would have probably been on display for anything up to a year and it would have been on for at least 8 hours a day for that time. On top of that HP only offer a years warranty. It may have been fine but I didnt want to risk it. The height adjustment really was awesome though.
So that just leaves the BenQ G2400WD. It looks like a fantastic monitor but could someone please clear up the issues with the flickering borders?? Is it really noticable, ie is it going to distract me from playing XBOX??? Or does it only happen occasionally??
As I said before I found one for £230 delivered from PLAY.com, is that a good price for this monitor?????
After doing what seems like endless hours of research (Wish id found this thread earlier!!) it seems like this is the best monitor in my price range, if it wasnt for the flickering issue id have one already. I almost bought a B grade Acer G24 from Overclockers.co.uk for £230 but, eventhough it is a fantastic monitor, it is a bit orange.....Someone else bought it anyway.
I think I may wait until the new year to get the monitor anyway, hopefully I may save some cash this way.
Cheers.
Hmmm....well I can't help you on the flickering thing since I don't own it. Sorry.
Originally posted by: UpstartXT
I recently came across digitalversus.com for monitor reviews.
I was under the impression that for hardcore gaming, 22" was the optimal size as going larger was just too big and hard to find absolutely crazy response times without input lag. I noticed in the list that your number one choice is this monitor, the LG L227T:
http://www.digitalversus.com/article-358-3278-35.html
However, I also saw a review for the LG L226WU, here:
http://www.digitalversus.com/article-358-3984-35.html
The website gives the latter monitor (the 226) a much better score for having better picture. They recognize the 227 has awesome reactivity for gaming, but not great picture quality. It sounds like the 226 is the best of both worlds. I was a little skeptical so I went and did their face-off thing where you can compare two monitors against each other for things like game rendering and response compared to a CRT. I was unable to see a real difference between the two in terms of reactivity, yet the 226 has better picture quality. Shouldn't it be at the top of the list for the hard core gamer (the application I am looking for) since it has the same reactivity as the 227 yet better picture?
Yea, this has certainly come up before. But DigitalVersus tends to be the exception rather than the rule, not me.
If you look at PRAD's review, they love it. And I love the L227 I have. Numerous people have praised it, even in this thread. I've heard gripes only about its viewing angles, which all TNs have issues with.
It's also a regional thing. They give it points off for a ghosting issue the US model doesn't have. And in the US no monitor actually says in print that it has a 0 dead pixel policy, at least that I know of.
The contrast on this panel is amazing, don't know what they're talking about there either. Maybe their colorimeter didn't cooperate with the glossy panel, but mine read about 0.20 nits, not 0.60. Every model has a higher announced contrast they never really meet like 3000:1 and 5000:1. That doesn't make this one special.
The only thing they're a bit correct about is wide gamut. It can be a problem, but mainly if you edit photos. Otherwise it's not that noticeable.
This means the L227 deviates a lot from sRGB. Does that make it bad in color fidelity? Hardly. It has
more fidelity, because it can paint a wider gamut. And it's accurate in the Adobe RGB 1998 space as other monitors are in the sRGB space.
If you want a standard gamut screen as good as the L227, look at the LG L226WTQ/L226WTX/L226WTY (all same thing).
The WU is a lot more expensive than the L226WTQ and I have no clue why. I think the L226WTQ may be discontinued though, unfortunately. Newegg still has some stock of it.
I suppose I could recommend the L226WU now that the WTQ is near gone. I just haven't heard that much about it, actually. I guess I'll trust DigitalVersus on this one.