Lower Resolutions? Why?

Forgive me if I sound like a total noob, I'm pretty new to PC gaming an d I'm glad I made the nosedive into it. My questions is the following, I've noticed a lot of people don't play their games at 1920x1080 (1080p). I've seen people with way better rigs posting how they play their games at a lower resolution. Is there a legit reason for this?

Forgive me if I sound like a total noob, I'm pretty new to PC gaming an d I'm glad I made the nosedive into it. My questions is the following, I've noticed a lot of people don't play their games at 1920x1080 (1080p). I've seen people with way better rigs posting how they play their games at a lower resolution. Is there a legit reason for this?

Doomsong83

I've recently been playing PC games at 1920x1080, and the problem I have is that many games can't scale their display fonts. So at higher resolutions the text is absolutely tiny and difficult to read (I find Dragon Age a literal headache). I wish they'd do something about that >.>

In my case it was that I wanted to build my rig firstand buy a higher resolution monitor later. But now i'm confused if I should wait because of the new 120z and 3d monitors.

Forgive me if I sound like a total noob, I'm pretty new to PC gaming an d I'm glad I made the nosedive into it. My questions is the following, I've noticed a lot of people don't play their games at 1920x1080 (1080p). I've seen people with way better rigs posting how they play their games at a lower resolution. Is there a legit reason for this?

Doomsong83

1. my 19" PC monitor only goes up to 1440x900.

2. The only LCD tv I can hook my up PC to is 720p or 1280x768. We have a 1080p tv. But there's no room for the PC where it's at and besides, the DVI port is being used by a Mac Mini.

I'm waiting at 1680x1050, hoping that eventually the price for 1200p will go lower. I don't like gaming on 16:9 =/GhoX

[QUOTE="GhoX"]I'm waiting at 1680x1050, hoping that eventually the price for 1200p will go lower. I don't like gaming on 16:9 =/DJ_Headshot

[QUOTE="DJ_Headshot"][QUOTE="GhoX"]I'm waiting at 1680x1050, hoping that eventually the price for 1200p will go lower. I don't like gaming on 16:9 =/swehunt

putting the taskbar on the side mostly fixes that.

[QUOTE="swehunt"][QUOTE="DJ_Headshot"] what so bad about gaminging 16:9 its a wider aspect ratio so you see more then a 16:10 monitor giving you an advantage in gaming what not to like?scoots9

putting the taskbar on the side mostly fixes that.

Make good use of my old monitor, its like a book now :P Brilliant eh?

Make good use of my old monitor, its like a book now :P Brilliant eh?

Bikouchu35

[QUOTE="DJ_Headshot"][QUOTE="GhoX"]I'm waiting at 1680x1050, hoping that eventually the price for 1200p will go lower. I don't like gaming on 16:9 =/swehunt

You won't get "less height", you get more width.

Remember that all aspect ratios are based off a fixed height. That's why widescreen is called "wide"-screen, not "short"-screen.