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So basically I can decide whether to play my XBOX360 on my regular TV or my PC monitor? My TV is fairly old so it doesn't have any HDMI support or 1080p or anything like that so the graphics are fairly mediocre compared to a TV with HD support, but will my PC monitor be able to show my games in HD when I purchase the VGA cable to play with my xbox on it? Its a Dell monitor that came with my Dell Dimension e510 i bought roughly 3-4 years ago. is gaming with a PC monitor better or worse? pros and cons?
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You'll definitely want to use your PC monitor. "HD" is really just a marketing term that defines any content rendering at resolution of 720p (1280x720) or greater as "high-definition" content.
The fact is that PC monitors have been running in "HD" for years. A common native resolution supported by many mainstream 19-20 inch LCD's is 1280x1024, which is actually greater than 720p in spite of having a 5:4 aspect ratio.
16:9 or 16:10 "widescreen" PC monitors use even higher resolutions like 1680x1050 or 1920x1200. 30" PC monitors run at the insane resolution of 2560x1600 (WQXGA). Most 24 inch LCD monitors run at 1920x1200, which is slightly better than a 1080p (1920x1080) HDTV. 30 inch LCD monitors that run at 2560x1600 (1600p) blow any 1080p HDTV out of the water with the right source material.
Anyway, use the 360's VGA cable and your PC monitor. You should be able to set the resolution to 1280x1024 or better, depending on the native resolution of your monitor. This will be MUCH better than your old SDTV.
You'll definitely want to use your PC monitor. "HD" is really just a marketing term that defines any content rendering at resolution of 720p (1280x720) or greater as "high-definition" content.
The fact is that PC monitors have been running in "HD" for years. A common native resolution supported by many mainstream 19-20 inch LCD's is 1280x1024, which is actually greater than 720p in spite of having a 5:4 aspect ratio.
16:9 or 16:10 "widescreen" PC monitors use even higher resolutions like 1680x1050 or 1920x1200. 30" PC monitors run at the insane resolution of 2560x1600 (WQXGA). Most 24 inch LCD monitors run at 1920x1200, which is slightly better than a 1080p (1920x1080) HDTV. 30 inch LCD monitors that run at 2560x1600 (1600p) blow any 1080p HDTV out of the water with the right source material.
Anyway, use the 360's VGA cable and your PC monitor. You should be able to set the resolution to 1280x1024 or better, depending on the native resolution of your monitor. This will be MUCH better than your old SDTV.
building 3 monitor gaming pc?
Q. Hi I am looking to build my self a budget 3 monitor gaming pc and need some spec ideas.
Thanks
I will use win 7 (64bit) all i need is the spec of the pc my budget is $1000 i will buy monitors seperate .and i have the os.
intel or amd i dont mind the monitors are dvi
thanks alot for your help
Thanks
I will use win 7 (64bit) all i need is the spec of the pc my budget is $1000 i will buy monitors seperate .and i have the os.
intel or amd i dont mind the monitors are dvi
thanks alot for your help
Answer
ok AMD since budget. now whats your price range and i can be of More help from that. also do you have the three displays? or is that factored into price. what is the OS you wish to use. will you buy that and does that come with the price as well?
EDIT:
Give me 15 min and i will get back to you.
(building pc)
Notes: do you care what the Case looks like?
what brands you like? (IE asus intel, corsair?)
does it matter or do you just want the darn thing to run these three displays...????
ALSO IMPORTANT. what are the three inputs to the monitors(I NEED THIS ASAP). .... and INTEL OR AMD?
AMD
Antec Dark Fleet DF-10 Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer CaseÂ
719987GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD MotherboardÂ
Antec TruePower New TP-750 Blue 750W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE ...Â
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT90ZFBGRBOXÂ
G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSRÂ
HITACHI Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723015BLA642 (0F12114) 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare DriveÂ
7LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEMÂ
PowerColor AX6950 2GBD5-2DH
Final price on newegg. 907.89
SAPPHIRE Active Mini Display Port (M) to Single-Link DVI (F) Cable 100925 Mini DisplayPort to DVI Interface 29.99
sooo I got you at around 937.99 ANY questions
any questions comments or dislikes of products let me know. also 1866 ram is so you can OC the 1090t.... and MB can crossfire at later date... no ssd because of budget.... I5 2500k would be the best = i could pull out with Intel
your welcome but one thing in order to make any 69xx GPU worh with 3 monitors YOU WILL NEED AN "ACTIVE ADAPTER" for the Display port to DVI. I STRESS ACTIVE. or else eyefinity will not work and the third monitor will be blank.
ok AMD since budget. now whats your price range and i can be of More help from that. also do you have the three displays? or is that factored into price. what is the OS you wish to use. will you buy that and does that come with the price as well?
EDIT:
Give me 15 min and i will get back to you.
(building pc)
Notes: do you care what the Case looks like?
what brands you like? (IE asus intel, corsair?)
does it matter or do you just want the darn thing to run these three displays...????
ALSO IMPORTANT. what are the three inputs to the monitors(I NEED THIS ASAP). .... and INTEL OR AMD?
AMD
Antec Dark Fleet DF-10 Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer CaseÂ
719987GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD MotherboardÂ
Antec TruePower New TP-750 Blue 750W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE ...Â
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT90ZFBGRBOXÂ
G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSRÂ
HITACHI Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723015BLA642 (0F12114) 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare DriveÂ
7LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEMÂ
PowerColor AX6950 2GBD5-2DH
Final price on newegg. 907.89
SAPPHIRE Active Mini Display Port (M) to Single-Link DVI (F) Cable 100925 Mini DisplayPort to DVI Interface 29.99
sooo I got you at around 937.99 ANY questions
any questions comments or dislikes of products let me know. also 1866 ram is so you can OC the 1090t.... and MB can crossfire at later date... no ssd because of budget.... I5 2500k would be the best = i could pull out with Intel
your welcome but one thing in order to make any 69xx GPU worh with 3 monitors YOU WILL NEED AN "ACTIVE ADAPTER" for the Display port to DVI. I STRESS ACTIVE. or else eyefinity will not work and the third monitor will be blank.
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