hi - it's monitor upgrade time for me, and i wanted to get a few opinions from fellow gamers on what my best option would be. i currently use a Dell 22" flatpanel, which was cheap, had no dead-pixels, is nicely low-key in design, and has a refresh rate of 75 hertz, which in practice seems to be okay.
now though, i want a wide-aspect monitor with an extra couple on inches and possibly a faster refresh rate. it seems to me that many games, like movies, are moving towards, or at least becoming compatible with wide aspect screen ratio's, so to be future-proof, this is the way i'd like to move forward.
because Dell monitors are tried and tested in my household, i've started looking at their models first, and in the 24" wide aspect category they have 2 contenders. the E248WPF and the more expensive 2407WFP-HC:
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productcompare.aspx?c=uk&category_id=6761&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs&prods=128238,104716
so what i'm basically asking is, is the extra money for the 2407WFP-HC worth paying?
outside the fact that i want a 24" wide apect monitor, the refresh rate is also an important factor for me, because i get nausious if i'm at a flickering monitor too long. the official Dell blurb measures the refresh in ms (milliseconds), but the display settings on my control panel are in hertz, so i'm not sure how one translates to the other. also, am not exactly sure if the UltraSharp feature of the expensive monitor makes a great deal of difference.
anyway, if anyone has any thoughts on this matter, or has one of these monitors and can recommend or warn againt it, i'd really appreciate it.
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