Okay so I just bought 2 of this monitor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009127

( $139 - $40 = $99 x 2 = $198 )

First, I recommend if anyone is looking for a monitor to buy this one while the 24 hour sale lasts. It is a 19" widescreen monitor with maximum resolution of 1680x1050.

Second, is it better to use 1 high-end graphics card with both monitors hooked to it or 2 medium-range cards.

Jonoman92

United States9103 Posts

May 12 2009 23:02 GMT

Yea that's a sick deal. I paid that much for one 21" monitor a few months ago.

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

May 12 2009 23:07 GMT

That's so ridiculous, my first LCD which I still use is a 20" Dell that I paid like $600 for a long ass time ago when widescreen was still really new. Can't believe you can get a 19" widescreen for 99$ now

Kentor

United States5784 Posts

May 12 2009 23:10 GMT

Sick res for size and price
wowowow
Way better than those 22" 1680s

Spartan

United States2030 Posts

May 12 2009 23:11 GMT

Yea, a few years back I paid about $400 for a 19" non-widescreen monitor, but the Samsung brand name alone probably accounted for half the cost.

haduken

Australia8267 Posts

May 12 2009 23:20 GMT

i knew it was an acer >.<

xmShake

United States1100 Posts

May 12 2009 23:29 GMT

On May 13 2009 08:00 Spartan wrote:
Okay so I just bought 2 of this monitor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009127

( $139 - $40 = $99 x 2 = $198 )

First, I recommend if anyone is looking for a monitor to buy this one while the 24 hour sale lasts. It is a 19" widescreen monitor with maximum resolution of 1680x1050.

Second, is it better to use 1 high-end graphics card with both monitors hooked to it or 2 medium-range cards.

1 Powerful card is usually preferred so you can upgrade to 2 cards later if you want a bit more gaming power or acquire more than 2 monitors.

xJacky

China375 Posts

May 12 2009 23:37 GMT

i just use my 37 Tv as the other monitor ;D

zoLo

United States5896 Posts

May 13 2009 00:39 GMT

I have an Acer laptop and monitor and I have no complaints so far. I recently bought an Acer 23" LCD monitor that is 5 MS full HD 1080P at 1920 x 1080 resolution and it looks amazing.

Spartan

United States2030 Posts

May 13 2009 01:12 GMT

#10

On May 13 2009 08:29 xmShake wrote:

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1 Powerful card is usually preferred so you can upgrade to 2 cards later if you want a bit more gaming power or acquire more than 2 monitors.

True, but is the speed of one card per monitor significant?

Fen

Australia1848 Posts

May 13 2009 01:28 GMT

#11

Im assuming you still want to play games that will run only on the one screen. Therefore 1 graphics card that is more powerful is far better

errol1001

454 Posts

May 13 2009 01:58 GMT

#12

On May 13 2009 08:07 floor exercise wrote:
That's so ridiculous, my first LCD which I still use is a 20" Dell that I paid like $600 for a long ass time ago when widescreen was still really new. Can't believe you can get a 19" widescreen for 99$ now

Not to crap on the OP's setup, but his monitors use TN panels. The dell you used is I believe an IPS. They're still like, ~500 for 24. Which would be meaningless if TNs were premium panels, but they're not, IPS's are. Outside of a new panel used only in the Dell 2209WA , IPS is significantly more expensive.

More than anyone wanted to know? probably

Spartan

United States2030 Posts

May 13 2009 02:15 GMT

#13

For those not as technology savvy as you, basically me, what do TN and IPS mean, but more importantly what are the differences (pros and cons)?

Kennelie

United States2296 Posts

May 13 2009 02:20 GMT

#14

Anyways sick deal bro. I bought one of my samsung 20 inch widescreen for $137 out the door on a black friday 3 years ago and haven't really seen much deals of a 19"+ come cheaper then $139.99. On the video cards I couldn't exactly tell you since I don't know what you'll be doing but I would go for one powerful card first then as time progresses I am sure you will come across a video card equal or better to your whatever card you do buy.

I catch it funny that my job uses the same acer widescreen monitors which aren't to bad.

Jonoman92

United States9103 Posts

May 13 2009 04:26 GMT

#15

In terms of video cards (depending on your budget) it's good to get something a tier down from the top (like what would be currently a GTX 270 or a Radeon 4870) because that will run anything pretty much max settings on a 21" monitor, dunno about 2 19" simultaneously though... Anyway, this way you can get a decent deal and can always upgrade with another card.

errol1001

454 Posts

May 13 2009 17:18 GMT

#16

On May 13 2009 11:15 Spartan wrote:
For those not as technology savvy as you, basically me, what do TN and IPS mean, but more importantly what are the differences (pros and cons)?

The biggest difference, I think, is viewing angles. IPS panels have 178 degree viewing angles, and TN are 160-170. It's a problem for things like watching movies from your bed, or if you have multiple people trying to watch a movie on the monitor. Also, color accuracy isn't as good.

The plus side is that they are ultra-cheap (it's still crazy getting dual monitor for $200), and also fast response times and no input lag. They're typically better gamer panels as a result (Some of the best panels have 20-30 ms of input lag, basically meaning that if you had the video connected to a traditional tube monitor side-by-side, the video would be that much behind.)

Spartan

United States2030 Posts

May 13 2009 18:17 GMT

#17

Ah, that clears things up a lot. Thanks! Those 8 degrees on the IPS panel won't make much of a difference for me personally though.