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Monitor upgrade to affect performance?

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Hi.

I am currently running on an x1900xt ocd to xtx speeds.
Rest of my rig is in the sig.
I am on a 17inch LCD with a resolution limited to 1280x1024.

Most of my games play pretty nicely with 16xHQAF and 2-4xQAAA
I always play with vsync, because i can't stand image tearing. I also can't stand any kind of jerky play or lags, and will always adjust my settings accordingly.

Recently i have been toying with the idea of upgrading my monitor to a 20" widescreen viewsonic, that has a 1680x1050 native res, so obviously i will want to game at this res.

My main concern is that my games wont run smooth at this res, prehaps lowering the aa and af would make gaming smoother, but wouldn't i be taking 2 steps back to go 1 step forward, or is the bump in resolution worth the compromise?

So to sum up, will the games look better at a higher res with less aa/af?
Will my system be able to cope, and run games really smoothly at that res?

I play majority of games except for MMORPG and Racing.

Any feedback from anyone with firsthand experience is much appreciated.

Ta
 
I cannot imagine your system [X2@2.5Ghz and a 1900XT] would not be able to produce your desired fps' with all the AA & AF you desire at 1680x1050.

My system doesn't nearly have the power of yours but I too am on a 17" LCD @1280x1024. In my case I choose 1280 without AA and AF [in part because my card cannot do it very well] over 1024 with AA and AF.
 
AF quality doesn't change with resolution, so you will want to try and keep that as high as you possibly can. AA effects do change with resolution. Increasing the resolution from what you have now to what you will be using won't compensate for turning AA off, but you may need to reduce it some. I figure you will be able to balance out the IQ and performance with a little tweaking.
 
the change in res will make the image less jaggie, but as said,it wont compensate enough for what AA can do.

you may have to turn down some settings, on some games, but for the most part you will be fine.
 
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