acer 22" xl series monitor

[hercules71185]

I just bought one online 5 mins ago and waiting for it to come in.
I game a little. I'm guessing my 8600gt won't push my games at 1680 x 1050 tho.
My question is, what is my best bet running my games at lower settings and the native resolution or how bad is it to just use 1440 x 900. I had a monitor before and played games like battlefield 2142 at that and noticed no difference it looked great. But, now I see the word native. Does this mean that my monitor will look like it came from a cows anus at other resolutions like everyone claims or will it be alright

[ktr]

1440x900 is not bad at all. I run tf2 at that res, and still looks great. Personally, i like 1440 than 1650 for the fonts are not that small while gaming, therefore making it easy to read.

[hercules71185]

so it won't get really blurry like people are saying. I'm reading all the threads google had to offer but, they are all old and I know lcd's came a long ways. What type of monitor are you using too.

[hercules71185]

1440x900 is not bad at all. I run tf2 at that res, and still looks great. Personally, i like 1440 than 1650 for the fonts are not that small while gaming, therefore making it easy to read.

Nevermind I see it in your specs. How do you like that one? is it decent and did I waste my extra 70 dollars on the one I got? haha. Or should I be glad I got the next series

[ktr]

mine works great! Next series should be great to.

[hercules71185]

mine works great! Next series should be great to.

I was kind of scared to go with acer. I figured samsung would be the brand to get with the reviews. but, The acer was much cheaper and people had good ratings on it. So I got it. Now I have to wait and see

[JC316]

I have an Acer AL2223W 22" and I love it, you will love yours too.

The 8600GT will push some games at 1680x1050, but don't expect Crysis or Oblivion to run at that ;)

1440x900 is a good resolution to have.

[hercules71185]

The monitor I have now is a 20"crt if I jump the resolution higher than 1024 x 768 it spazzes out so I didn't know how my card performs at higher resolutions. Besides when the games startrendering unplayable on my card I'll upgrade. I just thought I might have to now since people were complaining about native resolutions and anything else being blurry

[hercules71185]

update. oblivion with qarls texture pack 3 at 1680 x 1050 maxed out :-D crysis.. all medium plays smooth

[hercules71185]

and the monitor WOW its BEAUTIFUL!!!

[JC316]

Yeah, thats the same thing that I said when I hooked mine up. WOW! Glad you like the monitor.