******** and stupid ****!
The unthinkable has happened and my trusty CRT monitor has started to get a bit twitchy, the overall picture is fine but the geometry is starting to get a bit screwy in a few subtle ways, and none of the five billion different adjustments it has seem to be able to generate a perfectly square picture that fills the screen. (Unless you're as anally retentive as me, you probably wouldn't even notice it.)
Since it's now effectively impossible to buy a decent CRT, I am basically forced to dip my toes into the shit-filled waters of stupid ****ing bastard TFTs.
I like a Windows desktop res of 1280x1024, and games at 1600x1200, but since TFTs generally look shite at their non-native res I suppose I'll have to pick one or the other.
Being as I still play an awful lot of FME, and seeing how your average 1280DX and especially 1024DXs will look like a postage stamp on a 1600 desktop, I'll have to go for a 1280x1024 native res TFT.
This is EXTRA SHIT because it means I won't be able to play Ploggy's 1600 DXs or other 1600DXs properly.
Why in the name of Jesus' ****ing dancing sandals has an INFERIOR TECHNOLOGY triumphed over the CRT?
I do not want a widescreen TFT because I have a widescreen telly and I don't watch films on my PC, therefore I want a nice traditional 4:3 aspect TFT, with a native res of 1280x1024.
However, even that's stupid because I've just got this ridiculously overclocked Opteron paired up with a nice overclocked X1900XT, which means I can play nearly all games at 1600x1200.
Grrrrrr.
Therefore I will take recommendations for both a 1280x1024 and a 1600x1200 TFT, I suppose really I need to get a 1600 one, but is it still the case that TFTs look ****ing awful at their non-native res?
Unless it's still possible to get really good large screen CRTs from somewhere?
