New Monitor

[photon6786]

I am not a new user at all, but I did not see anywhere to post a question about a monitor, so I decided i would post in here. My friend is seling a Sony CPD-E540 monitor. I am a very heavy gamer, I play Counter-Strike Source all the time. Right now i have a Viewsonic A90F+ 19" monitor. I really want to upgrade to the Sony 21" CPD-E540 Trinitron. I know someone that is selling it for 200, but will not let me borrow the monitor though. I did some looking up on it already, and i have read both good and bad reviews on it. Right now I run my resolution at 1600x1200, but if i got this monitor, i would really like to bump it up to 1920x1440. I am not sure how this monitor would be for gaming and the high resolution, but I would like to get everyones opinion out of this. Thanks very much.

 

[emeraldice]

Remember, bumping it up requires extra of everything on your computer's part. What are your computer specs and can they handle the extra strain?

 

[photon6786]

Thermaltake Highest Xaser III Super Tower Case
Thermaltake Silent PurePower 560W Power Supply
EPoX "EP-8KDA3+" nForce3 250Gb Chipset Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ with 1mb L2 cache @ 2.38ghz
Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Platinum Series (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) (3-3-3-8) but i have it clocked at 2-3-3-6
Sony Internal 16X DVD+R / Double Layer/DVD+RW Drive, Model DRU710A
ATI Radeon 9800XT Video Card
250GB Maxtor Hard drive, 7200, 8mb
160GB Maxtor Hard drive, 7200, 8mb
Audigy Platinum Sound Card

 

[emeraldice]

Err....nevermind....your comp's plenty fast. Then's it's just the moniter, which all opinions, more or less. Anyone offer an opinion?

Sry I have to sit this one out...i'm bad w/ moniters. I can't tell the difference.

 

[photon6786]

Oh, i was just wondering if that sony trinitron monitor that i mentioned earlier would be good for gaming. I have a nice viewsonic 19" but i want to upgrade to a 21" and i was just wanting to know what people thought about the sony one. Opinions please