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#1 harvie316
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hey guys/girls, I was wondering how would i go about getting HD on my PC games. does it depend on the graphics card or the monitor asi know my monitor can give out an HD picture. My graphics card is a 7600GT 256 ram.

can someone enlighten me Im new to pc gaming.

thanks

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#2 IndianaJosh
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HD is justmeans high definition. PC monitors have been producing resolutions that people consider "high definition" for years before TVs started doing it.
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#3 Funkdaddy13
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HD is justmeans high definition. PC monitors have been producing resolutions that people consider "high definition" for years before TVs started doing it.IndianaJosh
Yeah... What he said. I was hoping someone would say "Well, I don't see PC's making HD resolutions like the consoles."
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#4 ProudLarry
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I'm assuming that if you have to ask this question then that means you don't entirely know what "HD" means. HD standards used for televisions and consoles don't really apply to PCs. The most common HD standards used on TVs and consoles are 480p, 720p, and 1080i/p. The numbers are simply a shorthand method of identifying a certain resolution. 480 is 640x480, 720 is 1280x720, and 1080 is 1920x1080. This way of naming the resolutions is more in line to how resolutions are handled and identified with PCs. For example, many would consider 1280x1024 as the "standard" resolution used in PC games; just meaning that its not too low, and its not too high. You'll notice that this is actually a higher resolution than 720p, which basically means that PCs are, in a sense, already "HD". Even though no one ever refers to them as being such.
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#5 greatmax1
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[QUOTE="IndianaJosh"]HD is justmeans high definition. PC monitors have been producing resolutions that people consider "high definition" for years before TVs started doing it.Funkdaddy13
Yeah... What he said. I was hoping someone would say "Well, I don't see PC's making HD resolutions like the consoles."

same, i always wanted to see such high level of ignorance with my own eyes.
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#6 harvie316
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oh okay guys dont really know much about this sort of stuff, my screen rez is 1680 by 1050. So in laymans terms, its producing a HD picture when i play pc games :?
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#7 IndianaJosh
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That is correct. Assuming it's kept at 1680 x1050 while playing the game.
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#8 Makari
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oh okay guys dont really know much about this sort of stuff, my screen rez is 1680 by 1050. So in laymans terms, its producing a HD picture when i play pc games :?harvie316
yep. in terms of pure pixels, you're in between 720P and 1080P... around 2/3 of the way to 1080P, I think.
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oh okay guys dont really know much about this sort of stuff, my screen rez is 1680 by 1050. So in laymans terms, its producing a HD picture when i play pc games :?harvie316
Yeah... Let's just go with that. Here's a site that'll help you learn all this stuff. http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-R52Qcj4tEEt/learningcenter/home/understanding-resolution.html
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#10 harvie316
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[QUOTE="harvie316"]oh okay guys dont really know much about this sort of stuff, my screen rez is 1680 by 1050. So in laymans terms, its producing a HD picture when i play pc games :?Funkdaddy13
Yeah... Let's just go with that. Here's a site that'll help you learn all this stuff.

nice one funk daddy n the rest of your guys

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I'm really just spit balling here, but aren't we over looking that High Def is more than just a fancy name for high resolutions. It also includes better sound quality (along the lines of fancy shmancy 7.1 surround, something the X-Fi Soundblaster series is quite capable of).
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#12 Funkdaddy13
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I'm really just spit balling here, but aren't we over looking that High Def is more than just a fancy name for high resolutions. It also includes better sound quality (along the lines of fancy shmancy 7.1 surround, something the X-Fi Soundblaster series is quite capable of).elemental_drago
The OP is confused as it is... ;)