What is your screen resolution?

[SharkFiNbowL]

What is your screen resolution? What inch is your monitor? LCD or CRT? Share with us and get this topic startin'!

I'm not sure if I should use 1280x960 @ 70Hz or 1280x1024 @ 60Hz (Those are the MAX for my 17" monitor). Anyways, if i use 1280x1024, which I'm currently am, then I have to turn the brightness darker or my eyes will get really tired soon.

P.S. will 16bit medium color quality make my eyes less strain if 60Hz?!

 

[SNGX1275]

I fixed your poll you had 2 resolutions that basically don't exist:
640x468
1024x968

Anyway I think you should run at 1280x960, for 1 its at a higher refresh rate.

But also I don't know how many people have thought about this but running 1280x1024 just doesn't make sense, it doesn't fit in the accepted screen ratio of 1.333333, all the other resolutions (since I fixed them) fit that ratio.

 

[LNCPapa]

Well.... actually most of my machines run at 1600x1200, but one of my main machines runs at 1920x1440. I also have a couple that run at 1280x1024 and a couple machines at 1024x768. I have a few 21" monitors, a few 19"ers, and 2 17".

LNCPapa

 

[Arris]

19" Samsung 957DF CRT @ 1600x1200 76Hz
17" Samsung 172T TFT @ 1280x1024 70Hz

Both 18" viewable area

I guess times have moved on and 1024 is not "the resolution" to run nowadays

 

[StormBringer]

These are the monitors of my currently active machines
19" 1280x1024@85Hz
19" 1280x1024@85Hz
17" 1024x768@75Hz
15" 800x600@70Hz

 

[MYOB]

1024x768 @ 85Hz, its the max my TFT can do...

 

[DigitAlex]

19" flat CRT @ 1152x864 @ 85Hz ( 1024 is too big, 1280 is too small )
15" CRT @ 1024x768 @ 85 Hz

 

[MrGaribaldi]

1024*768 which is the highest this 17" crt can handle @ 85hz...

I tend to use whatever resolution is the highest, but still able to run at least 85hz as anything less than that doesn't "feel" "solid"...

 

[DigitAlex]

Originally posted by SNGX1275
But also I don't know how many people have thought about this but running 1280x1024 just doesn't make sense, it doesn't fit in the accepted screen ratio of 1.333333, all the other resolutions fit that ratio.

Yes that's true, 1280x1024 fits 1.25 and not 4/3

I'd like to have your opinions about that, why 1024 and not 960 or vice versa please !!

It's because i'm thinking about switching to one of these resolutions but have to pick the best one

thx

 

[novicegamer]

22" and 19" both at 1280x960 @85hz.17" in other room

 

[agissi]

Originally posted by DigitAlex
19" flat CRT @ 1152x864 @ 85Hz ( 1024 is too big, 1280 is too small )

Ditto, Im right with yah :grinthumb

 

[negroplasty]

I always run my 17" at 1152*864@85. It suits me perfectly, for some reason I remember posting in a similar thread not too long ago . I am just imagining things I guess :giddy: . Although not that long ago, I used to have a 14" running at 800*600@60 (This was with my old machine).

 

[Didou]

1280*1024@85hz on a LG 19" CRT.

My SONY 17" is doing 1024*768@85hz

 

[agissi]

Im on a 19" running 1152*864

Edit:

....Alright, whos the one with six computers and voted "1280x1024" on all of them? ?

 

[negroplasty]

In case you didn't notice agissi, you can only vote once.

Edit: I did not mean for that to sound rude, my apologies. I just get a little upset when people state impossible things. It will be my downfall .

 

[Phantasm66]

Well, I went back to using 17" monitors because I started to use the TV for DVDs and games.

How anyone can stand anything other than 1152x864 on a 17" monitor, I do not know.

 

[Nick]

1024x768 @60hz on a 19" a90f+ flat crt viewsonic.

 

[Tarkus]

1600x1200@100Hz normal use on a Sony G520 21"
1280x1024@100Hz while gaming
1024x768@150Hz while gaming

 

[Rick]

Originally posted by SNGX1275
I fixed your poll you had 2 resolutions that basically don't exist:
640x468
1024x968

Anyway I think you should run at 1280x960, for 1 its at a higher refresh rate.

But also I don't know how many people have thought about this but running 1280x1024 just doesn't make sense, it doesn't fit in the accepted screen ratio of 1.333333, all the other resolutions (since I fixed them) fit that ratio.

There are a number of video cards I'm familiar with that have either one or the other.. Mine for example only does 1280x1024.. 1280x960 is not an option.

 

[Phantasm66]

I would expect a lot of gamers here contribute to the 1280x1024 value being the most common; you guys probably all have like 19" monitors as stuff.

I just like 17" now, I use 2 screens, two towers on either side of a TV. I will take a picture one day. I moved from playing games and movies on the TV and just using a smaller monitor for more serious functions some time ago.

 

[Rick]

All I have to say is if you aren't using 1600x1200, then you need a better monitor.

 

[young&wild]

I m currently using:
1152 x 864 @ 70Hz for my Philips 107T4 17" Flat CRT (newer pc)
1024 x 768 @ 70Hz for my Philips 107T4 17" Flat CRT (old pc)

 

[poertner_1274]

I have my 21" running at 1600x1200, it isn't too bad, for being a small resolution, becaus the screen is so big.

 

[DigitAlex]

finally changed to 1280x1024 @ 75 Hz and it's fine
the weird thing is that @ 85Hz it's kinda fuzzy (the text that is only has 1 pixel wide lines isn't really sharp, for example)

 

[acidosmosis]

1024x768, although I am probably going to get a bigger monitor pretty soon. At least 19" and run it at a higher resolution. I would like to see how many FPS I can get in games at those higher resolutions. Right now I run all my games in 1024x768, including Battlefield 1942, Unreal II, Quake 3, Army Operations, etc., and they all run at pretty high FPS, so I'm really curious what I can get at higher res.

I just have one monitor right now but when I get the new one I am going to run a dual monitor setup, at least until I start building the new PC in December, which will be a 2.2ghz Athlon XP :-D. weee.