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Graphics card and monitor question....
arcath
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I am in the process of building a new PC, but I am more than likely going to be getting the LCD first.
I am contemplating getting this sweet Dell 24 inch widescreen LCD.
What I'm wondering is this, while I'm in the process of buying all the parts needed for the new pc, I'm wanting to hook this up to my old PC.
Can a AGP X800 pro handle a widescreen monitor of this scale until I can get that sweet 8800GTS?
I am contemplating getting this sweet Dell 24 inch widescreen LCD.
What I'm wondering is this, while I'm in the process of buying all the parts needed for the new pc, I'm wanting to hook this up to my old PC.
Can a AGP X800 pro handle a widescreen monitor of this scale until I can get that sweet 8800GTS?
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Are you considering buying an AGP motherboard? How much of a difference is there in the performance of the AGP 8800GTS and the PCI-E model?
I building a whole new rig.
this pc im on now will be the secondary pc for the wife.
Ill be going PCI-E.
The reason this came up, is that i cant afford to buy everything in one purchase.
I think that nice monitor would go along way to make me happy, especially playing WoW.
One piece at a time.....
The last two AGP card are the 7900GS and the X1950 Pro. There aren't going to be any more after that. The 8xxx series won't be coming to AGP.
EDIT: Typo, should be 7900GS, not 7800GS.
Heh, ok. I bought a 21" widescreen monitor last year. It was a vast improvement over my 17" CRT that was deeper than it was wide. Amazing what a difference it made.
All in all though, I love mine, and I run quite a few games at 1920x1200 even on a fairly old system (6800GT/3200xp) Guild Wars, C-Strike Source, HL2 etc are all quite amenable to it.
I was ready to give up when I finally talked the customer service rep into replacing it for me and I've been ecstatic ever since.
I managed to run a few older games in 1920x1200 on my SLI'd 6600gt but I went mad last week and bought an 8800GTX and it's not even breaking sweat running games at that res..
The only problem is eye strain. If you sit too close you'll be sure of ruining your eyes.. Mine is set back as far as it'll go on the desk but with something bright on the screen you can feel your eyes starting to struggle...
Thanks, i got a friend who swears by this model from Dell, he hasn't said anything negative about it, so i thought what the hell.
But thank you, this is the exact kind of info i was looking for.
I will most likely order this within the week. thanks.
I just bought one of those right now because of you.
This is going to be one sexy monitor.
I have an A02 and looked at A01's and the banding problems I don't think are as terrible as they were made out to be. Component input is a bit dark but I dont really use it anyway.
I will post pics later.
ATi and Nvidia have pretty much given up on AGP, but their partners are free to try their hand at adapting a higher end GPU to AGP. It happened with the 7800GS, where Gainward put out a card that had all 24 pipes enabled on the G70 GPU and had 512MB of RAM, but it was clocked slower and was also $500+ before import costs. And while I heard about the X1950XT, it's going to be a full generation behind by the time it comes out, and since it's not ATi designed, it may not run at the full X1950XT specs, like the Gainward card. It will also probably be quite expensive. I just can't swallow spending $300+, when you could buy a new motherboard, cheap C2D and a mid-lowend 8xxx series card for the same price that would rape any system using an X1950XT.
The 30" is currently on sale at Dell and the 27" is not. Also, the 27" JUST CAME OUT. But why buy from Dell? You can get the both for less elsewhere.
???
I was under the impression that the only other company making a 30" WQXGA monitor was Apple, and I know theirs is more expensive.
I believe that both displays are actually from the same manufacture. Also, is it not ironic that they would have a sale on a 30" even though their new product line just came out? I thought it was.
Where can I find a better price than the Dell 30" that is on sale? My sales rep told me that those prices are usually only available when they are trying to liquidate excess stock (there is a slim to zero profit margin).
but im not holding my breath.
Are these dimensions correct? (These are supposedly the actual screen's viewable size):
Horizontal 518.4 mm (20.4 inches)
Vertical 324.0 mm (12.7 inches)
I don't want to order the 24" screen and find out that the height of the screen is actually smaller than my current 19" CRT monitor.
EDIT: Oh, and is the DVI input HDCP compatible?
Yeah, the DVI is HDCP compatible. Also they've released the A04 revision, not entirely sure what that changed but I guess it's the one to go for. And whilst I have no rulers to hand I really doubt Dell would put out an obvious lie and those demensions feel right.
How well does the screen upconvert? As I have a 7600GT, I'm not going to be able run games at it's native resolution. So I pretty much have to run the screen at a 16:10 equivalent of the 1366*768 resolution setting with games.
Go there, or to Newegg for your monitor. I see 22" widescreens on SD for under $300 all the time. $320 more for 2 inches? Maybe if it was for your penis, not a Dell logo...
Well, the whole point about getting the 24" is because I want more desktop real estate. And if I'm going to spend the money on a new monitor, the screen might as well be taller than my current 19" CRT monitor.
EDIT: And yeah, what Deusfaux said:
"(component, s-video, vga AND dvi)
4 port USB hub built in
built in multi card reader"
do those 22" widescreens have all the same inputs (component, s-video, vga AND dvi)
do they have a 4 port USB hub built in?
do they have a built in multi card reader?
can they do up to 1920x1200?
do they have a pixel dot pitch anywhere near the 24"s?
dont act like 2 inches is hte only difference dude.