Monitor Size

[zuratai]

If i have a small monitor and play a game on high graphics then get a Big monitor and put it on the same settings will it run the same?

[joevh09]

It would probably run better depending on your graphics card and what kind of monitor u get.
What type of graphics do u have and whats ur current monitor and what u will get for a new one?

[Raptor]

Your monitor does not affect performance. Your choice of resolution will.

[zuratai]

I am getting an new monitor for christmas that is  1680 x 1050  resolution and i have a 9800gt grapic card with 1gb memory. right now my resolution is 1024 x 768

[Raptor]

That will have a huge impact on performance. That and some games might not even support wide-screen properly.

You can always experiment with non-wide screen resolutions to see how they look, though. Best read some reviews before making a purchase or you might end up with a monitor that might not look too good in non-native resolutions.

[Calum]

I run all my games on high at 1440x900 resolution (had to turn the shadows to medium on Crysis due to lack of VRAM) just fine.
With the extra VRAM you might be OK, with games like Crysis, far Cry 2, anything else really intensive, you may need to turn some details down or adjust the resolution as Raptor says.
With that massive jump in resolution you'll probably see a huge drop in frame rates, but as I say, this shouldn't ruin your gaming experience.
Having said that, we have no idea about the rest of your system, and your CPU and RAM will have a large impact here.

[Imanuel4u]

I agree with the second last post.

[zuratai]

i have windows Xp
4 gigs of ram
pentium(R) D CPU 3.00ghz 2.99 ghz

[patio]

I agree with the second last post.

Excellent !

[Aztec]

Gaming performance is highly dependent on resolution, but remember, you can always run a game at a lower resolution than the monitor's native resolution. So even if you get a 20" or 22" LCD with 1680x1050, you can run your games at 1440x900 or 1280x1024 or whatever your video card can handle and have

(a)scaling the image to fit the screen without preserving the aspect ratio

(b)scaling the image to fit the screen with the aspect ratio intact

(c)no scaling of the image. The image quality will be the best in this case, but there will be black bars around the image.

I would choose (b) or (c) to run games.

Always go for the biggest decent monitor you can afford. Makes web browsing, MS office etc much more enjoyable even if you can't run the games at native resolutions. I am so used to my 24" Dell that whenever I go back to the 13.3"  laptop, it feels weird

[Raptor]

I agree with the second last post.

Excellent !

That means he agrees with me! Natural thing to do.

[Calum]

zuratai, your CPU will definitely hold you back if you run intensive games at that resolution.
For less intensive games though you should be OK.