Widescreen LCD vs. Standard, which to get?

Ronnoc · 12-29-2006, 05:09 AM

First time posting here. My CRT is going out and am going to upgrade to an LCD. I have been looking at getting a widescreen, 20", but am not sure how it will work with various games and such.

Will the games get stretched to fit? Can you adjust them to fit? How well do other applications work in that?

I have a Geforce 6600, 256mb card with DVI, PCIx16, and am running XP.

What monitor type would be best for gaming? I have been mostly going through the stuff on newegg. Thanks.

lhstud10 · 12-29-2006, 05:11 AM

umm i have a 32inch and its fine all you have to do is change the resolution. i have a cheap 64mb video board soo.........

Jet · 12-29-2006, 04:42 PM

Some games don't support widescreen resolutions, so they will either stretch, or have black bars on either side. However, a 20" monitor is big enough that the lost space shouldn't be a big issue.

gamerman4 · 12-29-2006, 05:05 PM

for games that don't support a certain resolution, so far I've never seen a game that you can't make it that resolution with a tweak in its config file.

I'd go widescreen since I like them over a traditional 4:3 screen and playing movies and games looks better on them.

diduknowthat · 12-29-2006, 11:36 PM

IMO, anything less than 20" is bad for widescreen, as the monitor looks awfully squashed. My friend has a 21" wide and it looks pretty sweet.

Burgerbob · 12-29-2006, 11:38 PM

My 19in widescreen rules the world, diduknowthat. It is very large, doesnt look squashed at all and was a lot cheaper than a 20in or larger screen. I would highly reccomend the 19in size for a cheap widescreen.

a123 · 12-30-2006, 12:51 AM

widescreen for movies... drool....

Bobo · 12-30-2006, 12:52 AM

Go to a store and look at widescreen versus 4:3 and see which one you like better.

cuffless · 12-30-2006, 01:05 AM

i prefer normal screens for gaming. i find widescreen looks strange. i guess i could get used to it though

kof2000 · 12-30-2006, 01:13 AM

widescreen is good if you surf alot because theres little to no scrolling when browsing webpages.

12-29-2006, 05:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ronnoc New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1	Widescreen LCD vs. Standard, which to get? First time posting here. My CRT is going out and am going to upgrade to an LCD. I have been looking at getting a widescreen, 20", but am not sure how it will work with various games and such. Will the games get stretched to fit? Can you adjust them to fit? How well do other applications work in that? I have a Geforce 6600, 256mb card with DVI, PCIx16, and am running XP. What monitor type would be best for gaming? I have been mostly going through the stuff on newegg. Thanks.

12-29-2006, 04:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,285	Some games don't support widescreen resolutions, so they will either stretch, or have black bars on either side. However, a 20" monitor is big enough that the lost space shouldn't be a big issue. __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

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gamerman4 Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Age: 18 Posts: 992	for games that don't support a certain resolution, so far I've never seen a game that you can't make it that resolution with a tweak in its config file. I'd go widescreen since I like them over a traditional 4:3 screen and playing movies and games looks better on them. __________________ My Gaming PC: NZXT Nemesis Elite Black Case Intel Q6600 @ 3.20 Ghz COOLER MASTER RL-EUL-GBU1-GP Watercooling Gigabyte DS3R 2 x 80GB HDD 1 x 250GB 1 x 500GB 2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Perf. DDR2 nVidia 8800GT 512MB Antec Smartpower 2.0 400 Watt

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12-29-2006, 11:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 18 Posts: 2,480	My 19in widescreen rules the world, diduknowthat. It is very large, doesnt look squashed at all and was a lot cheaper than a 20in or larger screen. I would highly reccomend the 19in size for a cheap widescreen. __________________ Family Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (Barcelona) 2048Mb Ballistix, ASUS M2N-E 2X160gb WD SATA HDDs, eVGA GeForce 6800XT Sunbeam Clear (pink, long story) Acrylic case Hanns-G 19in 5ms

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lhstud10 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austin, TX Age: 17 Posts: 593	umm i have a 32inch and its fine all you have to do is change the resolution. i have a cheap 64mb video board soo.........

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Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	Go to a store and look at widescreen versus 4:3 and see which one you like better.

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