My vision is blurred
So, my monitor is acting up. The left half side of the screen (as split down the middle) has this sort of horizontal line static happening. It's especially noticable on warm colours (including my current background).
At first I was hoping it was a monitor issue rather than video card, thinking that it would be cheaper to replace, but come to think of it, even a low to medium end card these days would be better than my previously high-end card (as of two years ago), and cheaper than a new monitor.
I don't know what to do about the monitor (too obscure for link, but it's a no-name 17" LCD), so I need some opinions. I know I'm not going to go back to a CRT. I'm not yet in a position to get a projector. I have three main options (not including "put up with the slight annoyance and save $300).
I can get another 17" LCD. I'm used to the size, and it would be the cheapest of the three solutions. I could spend a few more bucks and get a 19" LCD. Slightly more luxurious, and keeps things in a generic aspect ratio that is standard for most things I use my computer for (esp. gaming). Lastly, there is the 19" widescreen LCD. These things seem to be standard, as 6 of the top 10 (including the top 3) sold monitors at ncix are widescreen. I'm not sure if this would provide a great benefit to me, since I don't use my computers to watch movies often. My PS2 games are all standard 4:3, AFAIK. I suppose some of my newer PC games would *support* widescreen, though not necessarily in an enhancing manner (do they make FPS games for widescreen that give you a wider perspective? They should).
Does anyone out there have a widescreen monitor (Paul? Aly? Emiko?) who can give some positives and negatives for this options? I can't imagine I'd really need a widescreen monitor until I move away from home, which may be a few years away, and I expect to upgrade my computer (and maybe monitor) at that time.
Listening to... The Vandals - Fourteen
Link of the moment... Looks like Guild Wars supports it, with a minor loss in vertical display, and minor increase in horizontal display
At first I was hoping it was a monitor issue rather than video card, thinking that it would be cheaper to replace, but come to think of it, even a low to medium end card these days would be better than my previously high-end card (as of two years ago), and cheaper than a new monitor.
I don't know what to do about the monitor (too obscure for link, but it's a no-name 17" LCD), so I need some opinions. I know I'm not going to go back to a CRT. I'm not yet in a position to get a projector. I have three main options (not including "put up with the slight annoyance and save $300).
I can get another 17" LCD. I'm used to the size, and it would be the cheapest of the three solutions. I could spend a few more bucks and get a 19" LCD. Slightly more luxurious, and keeps things in a generic aspect ratio that is standard for most things I use my computer for (esp. gaming). Lastly, there is the 19" widescreen LCD. These things seem to be standard, as 6 of the top 10 (including the top 3) sold monitors at ncix are widescreen. I'm not sure if this would provide a great benefit to me, since I don't use my computers to watch movies often. My PS2 games are all standard 4:3, AFAIK. I suppose some of my newer PC games would *support* widescreen, though not necessarily in an enhancing manner (do they make FPS games for widescreen that give you a wider perspective? They should).
Does anyone out there have a widescreen monitor (Paul? Aly? Emiko?) who can give some positives and negatives for this options? I can't imagine I'd really need a widescreen monitor until I move away from home, which may be a few years away, and I expect to upgrade my computer (and maybe monitor) at that time.
Listening to... The Vandals - Fourteen
Link of the moment... Looks like Guild Wars supports it, with a minor loss in vertical display, and minor increase in horizontal display
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Alas, I have no spare monitors, nor a spare widescreen. I'm so cheap, that once I got my girlfriend's family setup with their laptop, I took their old flatscreen monitor on an "extended loan" instead of getting one myself.
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Anonymous, at 7/19/2006 3:22 PM
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