19" monitor, or 21" for gaming?

[Shomac5k]

I am thinking about buying a 21" monitor for my new pc, but I have some questions.

Are monitors that large not so good for gaming? (would 1028*786 resolution on a 21" look like 640*480 on a 17"?.. meaning it would require me to run games at 1600*1200 for them to look good.. meaning better pc required!?

Or would running a game at 1028*786 on a 21" look just as good (non pixellated) as on a 17"?

Should I buy a 19" or a 21", period?
(Flat CRT monitor, btw)


Thanks!

 

[Flanker]

Do the math. For a 1028*786 to look the same as a 640*480 17", the monitor would have to be 27.3" big. Unless you can afford a 27" monitor, don't worry about it. 1024x786 on a 21" will look better than 640*480 on a 17".

 

[beedubaya]

I use a Samsung 19" flat CRT and it looks great on 1024x768. In fact, I play all my games at that resolution since my computer isn't fast enough to go higher in newer games. I don't have a problem with 1024x768 though, unlike a lot of people. I personally don't see the point in playing at 1600x1200 when it looks almost as good on 1024x768, I can add anti-aliasing, and get a much faster framerate.

 

[the deceived]

Previous to the monitor I have now, I used to have a Liyama Vision Pro Master 455 19" CRT monitor ( I know it's not the best in the world, but when your down on money, and monitor will do ), and it served me VERY well for the years that I had it.

On that monitor, I ran most games at 1280 x 1024 and it looked superb. I think the real question you have to ask yourself is how much screen do I want to be looking at? I mean my old Liyama monitor could do resolutions up to 2048 x 1536, and so both the monitors can manage the same resolutions, and so like I said before, the question is how much screen do you want to see?

 

[TheMajor]

It depends on the amount of phisycal pixels I guess? My 17" is much sharper than my uncles 19".

 

[Shomac5k]

I would really enjoy staring at a 21" monitor whilst gaming with an athlon fx-57 and a 7800gtx.

So the question now is what would YOU get if you had the money?

1) Samsung 21" 1100DF Regular size Flat crt High res Monitor

or

2) Samsung 19" 997MB Regular size Flat crt High res Monitor

 

[TheMajor]

I would get the best 17"CRT with aperture grill available.

 

[DoomUK]

Bigger is always better imo, as long as the monitor can display a higher resolution. 1024*768 might look a little naff on a 21" though, so try and find one that supports a higher resolution (1280*1024 and above).

 

[Shomac5k]

Wouldn't it be unlikely to buy a 21" computer that doesn't support over 1028*786??

 

[the deceived]

Yeah, if you bought a 21" CRT monitor and it didn't have any higher resolutions than 1024 x 768 then I'd know that I've been had

Personally, I don't think you really need to go above 1600 x 1200, and most monitors around the 19"/21" range only support upto that resolution anyways. I'd stick with 1280 x 1024 as that is plenty for games nowadays