best monitor resolution to play HL2 ??

"Raymond Martineau" <bk039.DeleteThis@freenet.carleton.ca> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:51:04 -0700, carrera d'olbani
> <dolbani.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>What is the best resolution to play Half-Life 2 (including
>>Deathmatch) ? Is 1440x900 enough to see the enemies at a distance ? I
>>am currently using a 16" LCD monitor with the resolution 1680x1050,
>>and I cannot complain.
>
> Since you are using an LCD, you must either use the maximum screen
> resolution or play in a window (otherwise, the monitor will "blur" or
> scale the display). HL2 works fine in any resolution, however.
>
> In any case, I was playing at 800x600 and 1024x768 with a GeForce
> 4400. The game is quite playable at that resolution, as is almost any
> other game (it would have to be for an FPS.) Even for long distances,
> you are bound to see enough pixels move that you'll know something is
> there.
>
>>I consider to get another monitor cheaply, and
>>the 19" LG L194WT (withe the resolution 1440x900) would sit just at
>>the edge of my computer table. I could get a 20" model with the
>>resolution 1680x1050, but I am afraid that I have to put it too far
>>from me so that it wouldn't fit on the table. What would people say ?
>
> If you're changing monitors, I'd recommend you test it "hands-on" by
> looking at it from 1-1.5 arms lengths (or whatever distance you have
> available or are going to use). Pick the monitor you are comfortable
> with.
>
> BTW, there's not much difference between 19" and 20" - they'are almost
> the same. You'll only get an extra inch width and half-inch height -
> there's more concern between 17" and 19", or 19" and 21".

My 19" Samsung 930B monitors native res is 1280x1024. My 20.1" Samsung 204B
monitors native res is 1600x1200. That difference is noticable at 1 foot.
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