2405 vs sli 7800's

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HurtMeP1nty007

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I have a choice for christmas.

Dell 2405 monitor or (2) nvidia 7800gx in sli

what would you do?
Right now I have an old '19 viewsonic that works well
 
thats a tough one... actually no, get the LCD.
2 7800gtx 's in sli would be kind of a waste on a 19"
the lcd should last you through several video card upgrades.
I got only 1 7800gtx 512 on my 19" right now and I feel its being wasted at 1280x1024... I am looking to get a bigger lcd soon.
 
Even though theyre probably in the rarity, they should sell 19's capable of 1600x1200. Either that or something in the 20"+ range should support a higher resolution. If possible, go DVI, I hear its a hell of a lot crisper than D-Sub. Yep, go with the monitor. The cards wont be worth it with an old monitor, so push the limit of your current setup then upgrade later. Its more worthwhile.
 
i would take the cards, i recently decided to build a new box instead of upgrading to a 19-20" LCD from my current 17 inch crt
 
HurtMeP1nty007 said:
I have a choice for christmas.

Dell 2405 monitor or (2) nvidia 7800gx in sli

what would you do?
Right now I have an old '19 viewsonic that works well
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Vid cards.

You can play Quake4 hi res and all on a 19"...but going to wide screen and not having good cards, you will hate life at low resolutions.

Besides, LCD's get cheaper every day, next month it may only cost half as much.
 
You'd have to have a pretty crappy 19" CRT to have it not support 1600x1200.

My 17" does.
 
If you game a lot, I'd definitely go with the cards, because your 6800GT wont be able to run new games at the native res of the 2405. If later you want to get a better monitor, and dont necessarily need an LCD, try to pick up a 21+ inch CRT on overstock.com, they can have some pretty good deals. I got a 21 inch Sun crt there 3 years ago for 250. Havent had any issues with it, and the picture looks just as good as it did the day I got it.
 
I'll be the oddball. Get a single 7800 and a bigger (20-21") monitor - best of both worlds!

 
A 6800GT can handle a 2405... go with the monitor. After all, you use your monitor whenever you are on the computer, no matter what app you are using. You will only use the extra pixel pumping horsepower when you are playing games.

Plus, your eyes will thank you for getting rid of a CRT and going to a rock solid stable bright and pretty LCD.
 
NulloModo said:
A 6800GT can handle a 2405... go with the monitor. After all, you use your monitor whenever you are on the computer, no matter what app you are using. You will only use the extra pixel pumping horsepower when you are playing games.

Plus, your eyes will thank you for getting rid of a CRT and going to a rock solid stable bright and pretty LCD.
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Umm.. yeah, try running FEAR at 1920x1200 on a 6800GT... good f'ing luck. Maybe with all settings set to minimum.

Sure, a 6800GT *can* handle the 2405... in a desktop setting, but if he's asking about SLI, I assume he's a gamer. SLI 7800's can run FEAR at 1600x1200 with most settings near max. That's some uber sweetness. Sure, the 2405 is sexy, but it's going to kill your gaming experience.

A 19" monitor is perfectly fine, and CRTs are much preferable to LCDs for gaming.

That being said, if I am wrong about gaming being important, get the LCD, but be aware of what it'll do to your games.

-Nate
 
2 x 7800gtxs if you game A LOT....if not i suppose the monitor....but i cant enlighten u because i dont have either...ask some1 who owns them both
 
Nate Finch said:
Umm.. yeah, try running FEAR at 1920x1200 on a 6800GT... good f'ing luck. Maybe with all settings set to minimum.

Sure, a 6800GT *can* handle the 2405... in a desktop setting, but if he's asking about SLI, I assume he's a gamer. SLI 7800's can run FEAR at 1600x1200 with most settings near max. That's some uber sweetness. Sure, the 2405 is sexy, but it's going to kill your gaming experience.

A 19" monitor is perfectly fine, and CRTs are much preferable to LCDs for gaming.

That being said, if I am wrong about gaming being important, get the LCD, but be aware of what it'll do to your games.

-Nate
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You don't have to run it at max res... Just run it at 960x600 , doesn't require sub-pixel scaling, so it will still look sharp with a bit of AA, and it should run pretty quick too. You can game with high quality results at non-native resolutions on LCDs, you just need to find one that doesn't try to scale oddly.

But I guess it comes down to what he does more often, plays games or does other things. I know on my computer I spend maybe .05 percent of the time on it playing games, and the other 99.95 percent doing other things... if he is more 80% games 20% other things, well, I guess the cards could make sense.
 
Monitor.

1) You stare at it 100% of the time you're at the computer
2) Your current video card will handle games just fine (contrary to popular belief you do NOT need to run at native res 100% of the times in game for them to look good :rolleyes: )
3) It will depreciate slower than the video cards. Buying bleeding edge video cards is foolish unless you have a lot of cash to burn
4) 17" viewable vs 24" viewable... hmmmm.... hard choice

How about get the monitor and if you hate it, return it within 21 days and buy the video cards ;)
 
I have a 2405 and I love it, but if I had to choose, I would say get one of the new Gateway 21" widescreens that support HDCP and a 7800GT

I Had a 2005FPW for awhile too and its a sweet monitor
 
dandragonrage said:
BS.
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as said above

take a 6800 GT (i owned one that did 429 / 1200 and a 20.1' dell) and run fear or CoD 2 or quake 4 @ the native res....... with out AA or AF on...


yeah BS, hardly.
 
cards.. wow, i cant believe you would actually consider the monitor over those. have fun playing bf2 at 10fps on the monitors native resolution
 
Big Fat Duck said:
cards.. wow, i cant believe you would actually consider the monitor over those. have fun playing bf2 at 10fps on the monitors native resolution
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I'm pretty sure a 6800GT could do more like 40+fps at 1680x1050
 
orangeaccord said:
I'm pretty sure a 6800GT could do more like 40+fps at 1680x1050
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HL 2 maybe - BF2 - maybe with no AA and no AF - FEAR - starting to push it - should see nice drops now and then below 30FPS - CoD2 - could run okay - but dont expect much AA or any AF and possible drops to below 30fps.
 
BBA said:
You can play Quake4 hi res and all on a 19"...but going to wide screen and not having good cards, you will hate life at low resolutions.
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I game at 800 x 600 - I sure don't hate it. :) Then again, frame rates are all that matters to me - not resolution.

-J.
 
orangeaccord said:
I'm pretty sure a 6800GT could do more like 40+fps at 1680x1050
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No, it would suffer more. CoD 2 would run 25 FPS or so. FEAR will get 10-20 FPS. Q4 won't be enjoyable.

Edit: When lowering resolution and adding Anti-Aliasing to clear up scaling issues on the LCD, performance may increase but it will still give subpar performance.

-J.
 
as resolution goes up, need for AA goes down

I play Source at 1600x1200 (or 1680x1050) 4xAA on a 6600GT with no problems. Screw FEAR anyway. I'm not playing it, even if I could run it on a 3007FPW with 16xAA 32xAF at 500FPS.
 
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