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Prod Quiche
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:25:00 -
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Hi everyone,
I'm looking to buy a 20" TFT screen and I'm having trouble deciding between a standard or widescreen model.
It breaks down like this:
standard 20" 1600x1200 resolution
widescreen 20" 1680x1050 resolution.
Are there eve-players that have perhaps tried both and have a clear preference? Or maybe someone who plays eve at these resolutions can post a screenshot so I can (hopefully) make an educated choice.
EVE is my main reason to go looking for this screen so other applications aren't that important to me.
thank you!
Prod Quiche.
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Sensor Error
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:31:00 -
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personally I just love my 19" 4:3. One thing to note is a 20" widescreen is actually a fair bit smaller than a 20" 4:3, I'd be looking at the 21" or 23" widescreen against the 20" 4:3 tbh...
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Colonel O'Neill
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:33:00 -
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Widescreen
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Eternal Fury
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:34:00 -
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I'll second the wide screen. Once you've had one, you'll never go back to a 4:3
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Prod Quiche
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:38:00 -
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thank you for the widescreen 'votes'. Could you share what resolution you actually play eve at?
PQ.
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Saatuban Wolverine
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:39:00 -
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I love my widescreen dell 2005FPW at 1680x1050 resolution in eve.
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spurious signal
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:45:00 -
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May I recommend you read this article on Toms Hardware?
The upshot of it is that the widescreen LCD monitors on the market now have poor performance compared to similarly specced 4:3 LCD screens:
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I have to say that 20" 16:9 monitors left me with mixed impressions. With their disappointing video performance, they can't really fulfill the potential of their movie format. The poor reactivity of the models we tested won't really let them compete as gaming monitors, either. To us, their only advantage is their screen resolution, higher than what standard 4:3 monitors provide.
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Avon
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:49:00 -
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My LCD at work is 1600x1200 4:3
:P
Shame the response time is like 16m/s though.
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xode
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:51:00 -
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are there any advantages playing eve on a wide screen?
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Tsukiko Kuro
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:53:00 -
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Im kinda in the same situation, trying to decide between:
19" 4:3 1280 x 1024
20.1" WS 1680 x 1050
27" WS 1280 x 720
But the 20.1" wide gives very little screen space on the height. And Eve dont have support for either of the above widescreens resolution. So kinda leaning towards the 19" anyway. The 27" is more of a LCD-TV then a monitor really, and think it would be too slow (for changing pixel color) for games.
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Reinetor
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:54:00 -
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Love my 20.1 Dell Widescreen (1680x1050)...
Advantage? Looks better then anything else imo. Just wish I had a bigger screen
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spurious signal
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:54:00 -
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Originally by: xode
are there any advantages playing eve on a wide screen?
It's bigger.
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Prod Quiche
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Posted - 2006.03.13 14:56:00 -
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omg. Someone please tell me EVE *does* support widescreen resolutions fullscreen.
screenshots anybody please?
I got a 17" (4:3) 1280x1024 now Tsukiko Kuro... and I often find the screen lacking in size to fit everything in screen comfortably. I play eve fullscreen.
PQ.
Originally by: Tsukiko Kuro
Im kinda in the same situation, trying to decide between:
19" 4:3 1280 x 1024
20.1" WS 1680 x 1050
27" WS 1280 x 720
But the 20.1" wide gives very little screen space on the height. And Eve dont have support for either of the above widescreens resolution. So kinda leaning towards the 19" anyway. The 27" is more of a LCD-TV then a monitor really, and think it would be too slow (for changing pixel color) for games.
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Tsukiko Kuro
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Posted - 2006.03.13 15:00:00 -
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Edited by: Tsukiko Kuro on 13/03/2006 15:07:03
Edited by: Tsukiko Kuro on 13/03/2006 15:06:20
Originally by: Prod Quiche
omg. Someone please tell me EVE *does* support widescreen resolutions fullscreen.
screenshots anybody please?
I got a 17" (4:3) 1280x1024 now Tsukiko Kuro... and I often find the screen lacking in size to fit everything in screen comfortably. I play eve fullscreen.
PQ.
It do have support for widescreen, but not the optimal for those I listed.
edit, From what I could see on those listed in graphic options atleast.
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Asestorian
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Posted - 2006.03.13 15:05:00 -
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I play EVE fullscreen on my widescreen monitor all the time. 1680x1050. It's great, it really is.
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Callistus
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Posted - 2006.03.13 15:06:00 -
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Originally by: Prod Quiche
omg. Someone please tell me EVE *does* support widescreen resolutions fullscreen.
screenshots anybody please?
I got a 17" (4:3) 1280x1024 now Tsukiko Kuro... and I often find the screen lacking in size to fit everything in screen comfortably. I play eve fullscreen.
PQ.
Originally by: Tsukiko Kuro
Im kinda in the same situation, trying to decide between:
19" 4:3 1280 x 1024
20.1" WS 1680 x 1050
27" WS 1280 x 720
But the 20.1" wide gives very little screen space on the height. And Eve dont have support for either of the above widescreens resolution. So kinda leaning towards the 19" anyway. The 27" is more of a LCD-TV then a monitor really, and think it would be too slow (for changing pixel color) for games.
I'm pretty sure eve does run on widescreen resolutions fullscreen, it does whatever resolutions your drivers tell it you can do.
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Prod Quiche
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Posted - 2006.03.13 15:10:00 -
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Can someone who plays at 1680x1050 post a screenshot of eve running at www.eve-files.com ?
thanks
PQ.
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das licht
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Posted - 2006.03.13 15:18:00 -
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I am on a Apple 20'' Cinema Display at 1680x1050 and it rawks Prod.
You can set the resolution with the EVE prefs, no problem.
Actually, whole XP rawks on widescreen.
Don't buy the old 4:3! K?
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Del ReyII
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Posted - 2006.03.13 15:26:00 -
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Originally by: Prod Quiche
Can someone who plays at 1680x1050 post a screenshot of eve running at www.eve-files.com ?
thanks
PQ.
Yep
Dell 20.1 Widescreen (fullscreen)
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Vult
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Posted - 2006.03.13 15:38:00 -
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Go wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide...
I have a 17 inch wide laptop screen running 1440x900 and it's purdy... it also helps when you have multiple windows open, such as multiple chat windows. It works out nice.
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xode
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Posted - 2006.03.13 15:46:00 -
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does that mean u get a wider viewing angel ? :P
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Greavus
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Posted - 2006.03.13 15:57:00 -
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I use a widescreen at home and personally i think its excellent for eve... for 2 reasons
You can have 2 acc running side by side in and still be able to see most of both the accounts at a decent size
if just using one account on fullscreen, widescreen spreads everything out, you have more central viewing space as the chat channels and overviews are pushed out wider, if you are in 0.0 and have local in a seperate window aswell, squeezing everything in becomes a bit hectic.
Hope that helps a little
Greavus
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Steven Dynahir
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Posted - 2006.03.13 15:57:00 -
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Get standard.
Widescreen if you can get 1920x1024 atleast.
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Lo3d3R
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Posted - 2006.03.13 15:59:00 -
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Edited by: Lo3d3R on 13/03/2006 16:02:13
wide, awesome have a 17" wide on my laptop ( XWGA i think really bright and clear, no pixelated view )
 WIDE
edit: i red someone posting about performance on TomsHardware, that's a load of *bleep*, i also got one of the oldest TFT's there are and even with FirstPersonShooter games i dont have any "ghosting" or "screenlag", if your screen timing is less then 30 m/s < your good to go, if not you can pod me for free.
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iqplayer
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Posted - 2006.03.13 20:50:00 -
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In Eve, at least to me, the thing that's really nice about 16:9 screens is that you have the extra space for your overview and chats, without interfering with your center view of space. Personally, I use a laptop with a 1920x1200 display, fullscreen is awesome. Even better, if you like multiple clients on one machine, 1440x960 windowed on the 1920x1200 display gives a nice view of both clients.
My desktop pc is a standard 4:3 monitor, and I rarely use it anymore for playing Eve, except to run an extra account.
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Threv Echandari
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Posted - 2006.03.13 21:01:00 -
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Edited by: Threv Echandari on 13/03/2006 21:04:55
Originally by: das licht
I am on a Apple 20'' Cinema Display at 1680x1050 and it rawks Prod.
You can set the resolution with the EVE prefs, no problem.
Actually, whole XP rawks on widescreen.
Don't buy the old 4:3! K?
The Dell 20" uses the Same Panel as the Apple and is Cheaper too! (and more Features)
Also Ditto Waht the OP Said about Toms Hardware being Full of Stuff. I trust my Eyes not Tests and Specs when it comes to Gaming Monitors. And Ive found that while Sites like Toms talk a good game when you do your own Tests (I have the luxury of testing different gear where I work) you often find out that they make mountains out of molehills.
I have played EVE on the Dell 2004FPW.. I am saving my pennies as we speak!
Threv
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Tekyong Carlunaire
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Posted - 2006.03.14 05:23:00 -
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I play on a Dell 2004FPW at 1680x1050. EVE is *very* nice at full screen. The window size option just picks up whatever your card can pump out.
You (OP) say that other apps don't matter too much. If that's the case, I'd fully recommend a widescreen LCD if EVE is your main/only thing. It's also great for just general "computering" if you know what I mean. If you're editing text or reading forums in hardcore mode, rotate the display 90 degrees and you have some serious window height.
My only two (very very minor) regrets about going with the 20.1" WD instead of a 19" 4:3 LCD is many of the other games I play don't support widescreen either natively, or via hack. In those cases, the monitor (this Dell model, anyway) allows you to stretch the image across the whole screen (ugly), stretch it vertically but retain the 4:3 ratio (a bit fuzzy), or play it at 1:1 resolution (nice and crisp). In the last case, playing a game at 1280x1024 at 1:1 on a screen with 1680x1050 pixels is... underwhelming.
Also, the relative lack of vertical height makes me a bit sad. When I go to a friend's place and look at their 19" 4:3, I wish my screen was as tall as theirs.
In any case, if you play other games, check out www.widescreengamingforums.com to see if they're supported. It's becoming a bit more common. I really enjoy playing CS Source at widescreen. If I gave a S#!T about WoW, I'd enjoy that too. 
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Eudoxus
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Posted - 2006.03.14 05:27:00 -
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24 inch widescreen, 1920x1200.
Save up, go even bigger. At worst while you are waiting the prices will come down.
I don't worry about how other games look, once playing Eve there are no other games!
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Rexthor Hammerfists
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Posted - 2006.03.14 05:57:00 -
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my baby is an dell, mm forgot the name - runnin at 1920 - 1200.
i also have another comp runnin dls the whole day with an 17 montior, and theyre so small!
to the op, get a widescreen,
looks way cooler.
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Kendar
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Posted - 2006.03.14 06:40:00 -
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24" widescreen here at 1900x1200 and i have to say, every time i go to work and sit down in front of my 21" 4:3 i get sad 
as people say once you go wide you dont go back
btw i was playing on 140" a while but that made me seasick when flying minmatar ships 
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