Gaming performance on 22" vs. 24" external display.

I'm considering upgrading my 22" (1680*1050) display to a 24" display (1900*1200).

But I was wondering, is it going to hurt my gaming performance a lot?

My system is a AMD Athlon II 250 with ATI 4770. (yeah I'm cheating, DTR looks too quiet to me). I want to be able to play the latest games.

Thanks

 

The 4770 should have no trouble pushing 1920x1200 if it's already doing 1680x1050.

What games are we talking about? Are there any games that barely make it at 1680x1050?

 

Depends on the game, a higher resolution will impact your game performance some, the higher your settings and things the more incrimental it becomes.

If you find yourself in need of more fps you can still use a lower resolution on the higher res panel im one of the people that dont think it impacts the visuals that much and would much rather play a game with higher visual settings at a lower resolution than to play a high res with low settings.

 

Games like Crysis, Cod 4, Left for dead, etc.

I don't know how they play because I'm receiving my system in two days.
I will try it on my 22" first.

I understand. But if I'm not going to play on a 24" and lower the resolution, I might as well stick with 22" right?

 

Crysis might give you some trouble even on the 22" 1680x1050. My desktop with an 8800GT can barely keep 30fps steady on Crysis at 1680x1050.

CoD4 and Left 4 Dead should work just fine at 1920x1200, though on a 4770.

 

Well yes and no

I play on a 37" and its only 1920x1080 I know the greatness that is a larger screen, so a 24" offers more actual physical screen to view, even if you do have to turn down the resolution.

Plus for everything not gaming related or for the games that run easier you get the added resolution (think desktop space or forum viewing).

Id go with the 24" no matter what.

If you have dual monitors or something and can toggle them at will, than sure use the 22" but if your choosing one or the other the 24" is going to be the better choice for sure.

 

True, that will probably be the reason I buy it.

I'm looking at Samsung T240 at the moment.

 

Im stuck with HDTV's after having a screen this big I cant go back to a traditional 24" unless I get 3 of them and use a Matrox for tripple wide gaming.

I saw the Westinghouse LVM37W3-SE for like $550 at some point, the same panel I use but with updated firmware.

I also use my monitor for lots of movies/anime and for console gaming (where other people need to see) so its a better fit, but I am sure many people may still prefer to sit close to the screen and use a traditional PC monitor.

It used to be a strange thing to hear somebody use a TV as there monitor, but with 1080P TV's its pretty common now.

 

Why're you upgrading from a 22" to a 24"? I mean, sure, resolution-wise it's a step up, but I don't think the 4770 is really up to powering a 1920x1200 screen.

 

It will run older games fine, but its not going to go far with anything newer.

I saw your build thread Phil but saw it too late, not sure what your budget was but for a gaming rig I think you needed to get a few different parts than what you did.

My rig was under $1000 and built over a year ago running a Q6600 @ 3.6ghz and 2x 4850's in crossfire. Even my system is at the border of maxing out Crysis @ 1920x1080 in DX10 (DX9 is much easier to play)

I used AMD parts for my HTPC, for sure better on the budget and it can do the tasks just as well as the intel parts, but where performance is needed AMD cpu's are up to par with Intel and for gaming the 4850's and even the 4870's are pretty cheap.

Here is a great link: http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,...s-HD-4850-und-Geforce-9800-GT/Reviews/?page=5

It will show the 4770 @ both 1920x1200 and 1680x1050 so you can see for yourself what to expect, it also has the 4850 on there, its pretty close in a lot of tests so depending on the cost right now the 4770 may be the better choice, and I assume its going to be nicer for heat/power with the die shrink.

Crysis Warhead is like 7fps lol, not looking good, but they had 4x AA on any sane person plays with AA off on Crysis.

Browsing all those benchmarks, I would call my summary to show about 5fps lost moving from the 22 to the 24" if you play at the native resolution on modern games.

 

That's what I was thinking. I'll try the 22" first, see how it goes.

No it's not too late as we have very flexible return policies. So tell me if you want. Keep in mind though that prices in Europe are high. Quad cores don't fit my budget.

Thanks for the link. That's the kind of info I like.

 

Oh I suck at shopping for parts outside of the states, I have no idea what stores you use or where the deals are at.

Next time you over here then look me up