Monitor woes

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JeanPaul

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So I am a very visual kind of person, and boy do I love my displays. I currently own one Dell 3007WFP and two 2005FPS's and I love them dearly. But after having the 30 incher for a while now, its just a bit too much to handle (resolution wise) mainly because I just got a new rig to run Crysis and it can only do it on medium smoothy at 2560 x 1600 and that was a huge disappointment. (on top of the fact that its only a 700:1 contrast) So lets say I sell all my current monitors and get $900 for the WFP, and $400 for the two FPS's, that leaves me with $2500 (with extra spending money in the bank). What should I get? Should I stay with something simple but with extremely nice specs? What about using LCD tv's as a monitor, how does that work out in the end? (DLP, yummm :p ) Should I wait for the 3008WFP if its really all they say? I just feel that having 2560 x 1600 makes me want to upgrade twice as often as I should....

I have been looking around and noticed a few things that I might want.

LG L226WTY-BF
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005097
Normal brightness
Insane contrast (for a monitor)
2ms refresh

This monitor really appealed to me, but is that contrast ratio (dynamic?) really needed?

DLP's
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=487&name=DLP-TV

Are they worth it for use as monitors?

Opinions, thoughts, anything........
 
You should give me the money so I can upgrade from a crappy 17 inch CRT to one of the LCDs you all brag about every day. I swear I better be rich when I graduate.
 
Try 1920x1200 on your 30", and sit a little further away. Bingo. I'm a genius.
 
I would say, go with a 24". But my experience was shitty with them. You can also go with a 32" or 37" 1080p. I'm building a Gaming Rig and I'm going to be using a 40" 720p on it. But that's out of pure preference and cash.

If you need to run games smoothly and you only have so much, then you need to lower the resolution or go for a monitor that does what you need visually. Can't really say much more than that. Hope that helps.
 
You should give me the money so I can upgrade from a crappy 17 inch CRT to one of the LCDs you all brag about every day.
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I can understand you point, as I went a long time with a 17" CRT, and like JeanPaul, went for the gusto when I was able to afford it. However, the 3007 is showing its age. DVI-D only is not really an option any more. Folks want to connect other digital devices to displays. I too am selling the 3007 and looking around for better alternatives.

I am kind of lazy, but at the same time don't like buying something only to find out I didn't do my homework thoroughly enough. So, I'm doing research, but there are so many options that it's kind of a pain. I know there are lots of users on this forum that bought 3007, and I suspect they are, or soon will be, in this same position of facing an upgrade, so keep us posted on your decisions JeanPaul. :)
 
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