Monitor recommendation for less than $300?

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Nosenuggets45

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I've been hesitating to upgrade my 1280 x 1024 monitor because I know the higher res's eat up your GPU.
Since I am building a new rig, I think it might be the right time to get a new monitor. Here is gonna be my new rig.
Intel C2D E8400 3.6+GHz
ASUS P5Q Pro
G.Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1000MHz
EVGA GTX 260

I want to upgrade to a 1680 x 1050 monitor for gaming and especially for photography. My main concern though, how much performance will I lose in games and what monitors would fit this criteria? This is what I was thinking about.
 
You will get better perfomance going with 2x4850 in crossfire. At higher resoluiton, two cards are better then one, whether in crossfire or sli. I don't know your budget, but the cheapest way to achieve this is two Radeon HD4850's in crossfire. Or if you got the cash two nvidia cards in sli will also work.
 
Well if thats the case I might just stick with my 1280 x 1024 monitor. I don't really have a problem with it, I think its perfect size imho. Thanks for the quick reply never the less.
 
I wouldn't hesitate on the monitor, bigger is definatly an improvement. I had the same thoughts too when purchasing my monitor, but believe me. It is definatly worth it. You should be able to game fine with that monitor, but performance wise you will get better results with two gpu's. The reason I suggested two 4850's is becasue they will only cost a little more.
Go with the bigger monitor, difinatly worth it, don't let your doubts hold you back. Although I'm not sure that thats the best monitor available. You can get a good deal on a 22" for about $200 now.

Maybe something like this, however I'm not a monitor expert...anyone else have good suggeston on 22" monitor?
 
Well my brother has that Samsung that I had in my first post, I could always just give it a try on my rig and see if I'm happy with the performance.
 
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