Is a 22" monitor worth it

[duncan _c]

Hi

I was wondering if buying a 22" montior for my laptop would be worth the money. I tend to game alot but i do other things aswell.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[patio]

I'd make sure the laptop's video chip supports the native resolution of the monitor first...

[duncan _c]

I'm not sure. The monitors native resolution is 1680 x 1050 and I have a Nividia GeForce Go 7600 Video card. But I don't know what resolution the card supports.

[soybean]

Do you want to use the second monitor for the gaming display? 

[duncan _c]

yes mostly but for some work use.

[soybean]

Well, I'm not a gamer, so I can't really advise you on this.  My guess would be a smaller monitor might a better choice.  Since games are graphics-intensive applications, don't larger monitors put heavier workload on the graphics card, assuming you're using a higher resolution than you would be on a smaller monitor? 

But, again, I'm just rambling here.  I know we have plenty of gamers in the forum.  So, let's see whether someone will chime in on this discussion.