I am thinking of replacing my 19inch CRT with a 22" wide LCD. However I have heard a couple of people moan / pass comments about playing games on 22" monitors....What is the difference other than a larger viewable area??
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The_Techie
Resident Techie
No complaints from me 
You have a larger viewable area, a wider aspect-ratio so if the game supports widescreen you actually see more on your screen than usual, instead of just everything being stretched (though you can stop that from happening as well).
You have a larger viewable area, a wider aspect-ratio so if the game supports widescreen you actually see more on your screen than usual, instead of just everything being stretched (though you can stop that from happening as well).
No complaints from me
You have a larger viewable area, a wider aspect-ratio so if the game supports widescreen you actually see more on your screen than usual, instead of just everything being stretched (though you can stop that from happening as well).
CooL! I was considering the Samsung.....I have seen one before and was rather impressed by the screen clarity.
Toxin
Expert Member
Some older games (like BF2) don't support the native res (1680x1050) of 22" wide screens so the game is stretched to fit. There are programs to help with this tho.
I bought myself a 22" a couple of weeks ago and I'm more than happy. COD4 runs nicely, Assasins Creed looks great, all in all I'm happy.
Should be an interesting day today tho. Going to install good old Diablo1 and Diablo2. Don't know if Diablo1 will work on a widescreen.
I bought myself a 22" a couple of weeks ago and I'm more than happy. COD4 runs nicely, Assasins Creed looks great, all in all I'm happy.
Should be an interesting day today tho. Going to install good old Diablo1 and Diablo2. Don't know if Diablo1 will work on a widescreen.
Some older games (like BF2) don't support the native res (1680x1050) of 22" wide screens so the game is stretched to fit. There are programs to help with this tho.
I bought myself a 22" a couple of weeks ago and I'm more than happy. COD4 runs nicely, Assasins Creed looks great, all in all I'm happy.
Should be an interesting day today tho. Going to install good old Diablo1 and Diablo2. Don't know if Diablo1 will work on a widescreen.
Ok i think that was what people werer reffering to...I wonder what War3 and CSS would look like? What programs can you use and how do they fix the stretching?
dlc
Well-Known Member
I played crysis,COD4 and nfs pro street on my friends rig the otherday.he has the samsung 2232GW 22" lcd and the games just looked awesome on that screen. didn't try any older games though.
Raizon.I.T.
Dealer
Sorry to hi-jack quick, but I'm not a gamer and client needs to know an answer 
Will a heavy gamer notice a big difference between a 2ms response 22" and a 5ms response 22"?
Will a heavy gamer notice a big difference between a 2ms response 22" and a 5ms response 22"?
Should be an interesting day today tho. Going to install good old Diablo1 and Diablo2. Don't know if Diablo1 will work on a widescreen.
I set my resolution to 1024x768 and run Diablo2 with a -w for window mode. Doesnt look to bad. In CCC you can force AA in the game for an ATI card.
With the higher resolution it will put more strain on your graphics card
For old games check this site
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php/Essential_Games_List
Sorry no support for Diablo it seems Toxin
What does it look like on other resolutions? Any good? I play DOTA alot so if its not going to work nicely on a 22" then im screwed
Toxin
Expert Member
What does it look like on other resolutions? Any good? I play DOTA alot so if its not going to work nicely on a 22" then im screwed
I installed Warcraft3 two days ago (going through old games FTW
) and it works. It runs at 1280X1024, centres it in the middle of the 22".I'll give that proggy that alan linked to a try and let you know if it helps.
I installed Warcraft3 two days ago (going through old games FTW
I'll give that proggy that alan linked to a try and let you know if it helps.
Thanks
Losticus
Senior Member
I installed Warcraft3 two days ago (going through old games FTW
Does the centring occur with that with flat panel scaling off?
i have had my 2232GW for several months now and its fantastic. Im using an 8600 (until my hd4850 arrives which shuold be any day now) and nVidia actually has a feature in its program (forgot what its called) which automatically changes your aspect ratio for games which do not support wide screen. Therefore, you will end up with a full screen game, however there will be 2 black patches on the sides of your game (basically centering as the previous post said). In my opion this is better than playing in Windowed mode as you dont have your desktop background distracting you...
just my 2c
just my 2c
i have had my 2232GW for several months now and its fantastic. Im using an 8600 (until my hd4850 arrives which shuold be any day now) and nVidia actually has a feature in its program (forgot what its called) which automatically changes your aspect ratio for games which do not support wide screen. Therefore, you will end up with a full screen game, however there will be 2 black patches on the sides of your game (basically centering as the previous post said). In my opion this is better than playing in Windowed mode as you dont have your desktop background distracting you...
just my 2c
Thanks Zulash! Just went out and bought the 2232GW, Now home time needs to hurry the F***K up so I can go home and test it!
Just checked out that link that Alan posted and there is a registry hack for WC3 where you can manually assign the height and width thus enjoying full screen.