get the widescreen. i have yet to see a modern game have issues. i read about bioshock having problems, but it looked perfect on my 16:9 television. crysis is perfect. forged alliance is perfect.

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Originally posted by _Nut_ Is it the SyncMaster 226BW? I am using 2 of those at work and one at home. It is an amazing monitor

that's the one

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I have dual 19" Widescreens. Work flow for my music makin' has increased massively but wish I had gone for dual 22".

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I have a 20" widescreen monitor. Love it to death, and if a game doesn't naturally support you widescreen resolution, you can hack the game to make it support is (along with field of view as well so it's not just a stretched image to 1680x1050).

I personally wouldn't go with a 22" version of a widescreen monitor. As it is 2 more inches. However, you're still stuck with the 1680x1050 resolution. The clarity of the picture degrades expanding that resolution out 2 more inches.

I'd personally stick with 20" or move upto 24" and get 1920x1200. Full 1080p is then supported (however you'll have little black bars at the top and bottom of the screen due to the horizontal resolution being larger then 1,080 pixels.

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Originally posted by cmay119 I have a 20" widescreen monitor. Love it to death, and if a game doesn't naturally support you widescreen resolution, you can hack the game to make it support is (along with field of view as well so it's not just a stretched image to 1680x1050).

how would one do that ?

Thanks for all the info about 20' and 24' , I think i'll stick to 22' though. 24 is too expensive, and i'd rather have a bigger screen for movies

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Originally posted by stren how would one do that ? Thanks for all the info about 20' and 24' , I think i'll stick to 22' though. 24 is too expensive, and i'd rather have a bigger screen for movies

Depends on the game actually. Some games just naturally support WS resolutions and some are really finicky about it.

A really good website to check out for that is:

www.widescreengamingforum.com

Pretty much the most dedicated site that I know of for Widescreen gaming.

Enjoy your new monitor.

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I have a 19" Samsung SyncMaster 940bw which is a wide screen and i love it. I also have an older crt monitor as a secondary monitor in my dual monitor set up. For gaming I don't know what would be the problem with a widescreen for gaming. I run some multimedia apps. and i screw around on the computer and i love the wide screen. It seems more natural in my line of vision. I would recommend 2 of these or bigger for doing media applications

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