LCD monitor question.

Question about gaming LCD monitor?

• I have a cheap LCD Monitor. The resolution of my LCD monitor is 1440 x 900, if i am going to buy an expensive LCD monitor that has the screen resolution of 1920 x 1080, would i see a big difference when it comes to gaming?

• Answer:

  It really depends on the physical size of the monitor. If you are looking at average computer screen sizes and not looking to get a larger screen than what you have, you won't really notice much difference in terms of picture quality. LCD monitors produce their best picture at their max (native) resolution. If you played a game at 800x600 for instance, the game would look better on the 1440x900 monitor than the 1920x1080 monitor because the picture isn't being stretched as much. Also if your hardware is not good enough for gaming at 1920x1080 (as a higher resolutions put more load on hardware), then you'll experience poorer game performance. To give a decent indication of your computer playing games at a higher resolution, Google (the make and model of your graphics card) 1920x1080 and name of game benchmark Example: ATI Raedon HD 5750 1920x1080 Far Cry 2 benchmark This will link you to Hardware sites, and these have tables to compare different cards on the market to the one you have. Anything over 30 fps is playable. 60 fps or higher is a perfect game performance and silky smooth. Anything under 30 in my opinion is completly unplayable, with the exception of Crysis.