1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted January 10, 2008 1. DDz Quorum Posted January 10, 2008 The old CRT monitor on my daughters puter went out. Quote
delta7 Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 see here mate- http://www.dangerdogz.com/forums/index.php?topic=3564.0 I like viewsonic but there is plenty of choice good luck Quote
BBloke Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 A recap for this thread would be: Response time: the lower the better. Quote
delta7 Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 just to give you an idea my specs are response time - 8ms contrast -1300 brightness 300 and I have no problems- with my 1850 ATI I had to run it at its native resolution of 1280*1024 but with my nvidea I can run 1024*786 no problems. Quote
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted January 10, 2008 1. DDz Quorum Posted January 10, 2008 ~S~ Pooka M8, I am also thinking of getting a new widescreen monitor. Klinger has a nice Samsung 22" which looks superb. It has come down a bit in price since he bought his and is now around £200 for the latest version. All the specs are VERY good with a 2 ms response time etc. All he had to do was put a little piece of script into the "conf ini" to make the picture fill the screen without an oval shaped gunsight. My 21" flat screen monitor would then move across to the old computer to replace the 19"CRT. Klingers 22" widescreen really is excellent to fly on M8 !! Good luck Pook. ~S~ Painless Quote
Rattler Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Ok; how can I cause my CRT to "die" and at the same time convince Natalie that I need a new 22" flat screen?? Quote
BBloke Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Get kitty to knock some tea on top of it.. just make sure its turned off or you are out of the way. Quote
Klinger Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 ~S~ Pooka, don't forget to ensure your graphics card will render 1680x1050 (native res of a 22" lcd). My ATI X1900XT gave me average 40 fps in IL2 on excellent settings. The equivilant NVidia card should be at least as good. If you can get a good deal on a Samsung 226BW just buy it and love it! Good luck m8. Quote
1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted January 11, 2008 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted January 11, 2008 I ordered the Samsung 226BW, not so sure if I got a good deal?? How can I find out if it will run my GPU (X850XT). Quote
BBloke Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Best way to test it is to try 1280 x 1024 (you have to change the conf.ini file directly) or 1280 x 960. It's not as high but its as close to 1680 x 1050 as your CRT will currently do. It may need some settings changes.. namely AA and AF. Quote
1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted January 11, 2008 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted January 11, 2008 Hi Bbloke, I went to Properties and changed the desktop screen to 1280/1024 and 1280/960. Quote
delta7 Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 you have to edit the config file- LCD native resolution not included as an option in FB/AEP/PF Enter your screen values here and Save and start your game.... (if you later open the IL-2 Setup and close it by clicking OK it will change the resolution to 640x480 16bit, unless you change it to something else via this IL-2 Setup.) il2config - edit these lines [window] width=1280 height=1024 You will need the following values as well change SaveAspect=0 ChangeScreenRes=1 EnableResize=0 Quote
Klinger Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 ~S~ Delta, I got a bit confused when I had to edit the conf ini. So I'm not trying to upstage you here. Pook, just copy and paste this into your conf ini: Quote
JensenPark Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Ordered my 22 inch LG today. woo hoo! Quote
Cold_Gambler Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Ordered my 22 inch LG today. woo hoo! Which model LG did you end up going for, JP? Quote
JensenPark Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 L226WTY-BF found it online for $315 including shipping - as opposed to $400 in stores. found a lot of good reviews on it as well. Jensen and Parker (9 and 7) will now get my old 19in. so the little punks will have their own P4 and 19in monitor (they get my gaming leftovers). Quote
Klinger Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 LOL. Thats progress m8. The monitor looks nice! Quote
1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted January 16, 2008 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted January 16, 2008 Its here...... Samsung 226BW arrived yesterday, deliveryman set it in the garage, found it about 6pm. Quote
GreyKnight Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 Pooka, Yeah, use the DVI connection instead. You may need to reboot when you change cables over whilst the PC is on. As for drivers, you can update the monitor driver with the CD you got. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvi Quote
Klinger Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 Hope you enjoy them guys. The big wide world just got, er, wider. Btw, I got a noticeable improvement in IQ and framerates with the DVI connection. Quote
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted January 16, 2008 1. DDz Quorum Posted January 16, 2008 ~S~ Will be ordering mine this week ! ~S~ Painless Quote
Cold_Gambler Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 Do we have a :green-with-envy: smiley? Quote
Tonar Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 Do we have a :green-with-envy: smiley? :'( Quote
1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted January 16, 2008 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted January 16, 2008 BBloke or Klinger,, Quote
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