Mine eyes have seen the glory (of a widescreen LCD and DVI)

I have always liked computer games and currently have a modest system for playing them (Athlon 64 3000+, 1 GB RAM, Radeon x700 Pro 256 MB, stuff like that).  I never really thought about upgrading my monitor because I had a 17" CRT and thought LCDs were overpriced.  Today, however, I found a 19" widescreen Samsung Syncmaster 940BW LCD at a CompUSA for $185+ tax, so I decided to get it to save space.

 WOW!!!  With the DVI cable and the new monitor, I see some of what I've been missing in PC gaming the past few years.  Everything is smoother, cleaner, more vibrant, and just plain better!  I can't believe the difference!  Plus, my games actually run faster at 1440x900 than they did at 1024x768 before.  Dark Messiah is like butter now, and even older games like Painkiller run faster and with a lot more detail.  I have instantly regained my faith in PC gaming!

 Has anyone else recently crossed over from the dark ages of CRT monitors?  If not, you need to.  Now!

Not, CRT dipslays, but I crossed over to Widescreens in December, and after playing Civ 4 and SupCom in widescreen, I am amazed :).linkthewindow

Been wanting to go wide for a while now, but since many games don't support it yet, I'm hesitant to make the switch. 

[QUOTE="linkthewindow"]Not, CRT dipslays, but I crossed over to Widescreens in December, and after playing Civ 4 and SupCom in widescreen, I am amazed :).monco59

Been wanting to go wide for a while now, but since many games don't support it yet, I'm hesitant to make the switch. 

perhaps i could point you in the direction of this site:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

personally i've found that all the games i've purchased recently (except for BF2142) have widescreen support. this website has a solution for widescreen in pretty much every game you can imagine (2142 included, and im happy to say that widescreen in it looks great). just an fyi.

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[QUOTE="linkthewindow"]Not, CRT dipslays, but I crossed over to Widescreens in December, and after playing Civ 4 and SupCom in widescreen, I am amazed :).DDX2

Been wanting to go wide for a while now, but since many games don't support it yet, I'm hesitant to make the switch.

perhaps i could point you in the direction of this site:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

personally i've found that all the games i've purchased recently (except for BF2142) have widescreen support. this website has a solution for widescreen in pretty much every game you can imagine (2142 included, and im happy to say that widescreen in it looks great). just an fyi.

A hearty thank you sir. I guess the problem isn't as big as I thought. Widescreen, here I come! 

I upgraded my crt 19'' to a lcd widescreen 22'' the difference is massive. The backlighting is sooo nice and playing on consoles is even better, quite a wise decision.Bojankin

Good move. I have a 24inch myself and I am loving it. I am also loving C&C3 at 1920x1200 MAX AA/AF, MAX settings. 

[QUOTE="linkthewindow"]Not, CRT dipslays, but I crossed over to Widescreens in December, and after playing Civ 4 and SupCom in widescreen, I am amazed :).monco59

Been wanting to go wide for a while now, but since many games don't support it yet, I'm hesitant to make the switch. 

everygame i own supports it, and i have like , 100 titles. lol

Last year I went from a 17" 1280x1024 CRT to a 20.1" 1680x1050 LCD. I'm never going back to 4:3.

@GTZ2k3 - Welcome to the club!