Monitor and Games (PLEASE HELP!!!)

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#1 pilot872
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Hi everyone, so heres the deal. I have a 22 in. widescreen Acer monitor and a Dell XPS 630i; mainly for gaming. But I really don't know all that much about PC's and all that stuff. So I've noticed that different games require different resolutions to perform the best they can. So my question is what would be the best screen resolution to put my games at, also what prefered resolution should I keep the monitor itself at (by going to (control panel, adjust screen resolution etc.)? Because, for example. I just purchased the Sims 3 yesterday and of course with an XPS 630i with specs of (Intel R Core TM 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz; and with RAM of 8.00 GB on a 64-bit operating system, plus a top-of-the-line ATI gaming video card thats up to date), you would think that a game like the sims 3 that it would run it great, but when i scroll over the map very quicklyit lags no matter what i set settings to (low-high), butwhile close up to the map itself it runs great,but i did notice that changing screen resolution changed the speed of it a little so thats why im asking what resolution i should have it at. And no people, its not the pc, because i will play stuff like FSX and Far Cry 2 on high. So yeah, any help would be greatly appriated.

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#2 Luminouslight
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Always run games at the native resolution of the monitor if it is fullscreen. Look that up if you don't know. It will look the best.
plus a top-of-the-line ATI gaming video card thats up to date)pilot872
And what video card are you getting?
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An ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series, but what screen resolution am i best to use, because i cant stand when the stuff on the screen is huge.

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An ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series, but what screen resolution am i best to use, because i cant stand when the stuff on the screen is huge.

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What's the model of the monitor?