5th March 2010, 7:43 PM
I've been using 1024x768 ever since I got my (still pretty good) computer in Feb. 2007.
I didn't get a new monitor with the computer though, so I do still have the same 17" Dell CRT as before... I don't mind though, I'm not a LCD monitor fan and couldn't have afforded one of the giant screen displays anyway. If the choice is between a 17" CRT and a 17" standard LCD or something, I'll choose the CRT every time.
So yeah, in games that support it I usually run them in 1280x960 or 1280x1024, two of the highest resolutions that this monitor supports (it does support 1600x1200, but only at 60hz which is unusable in Windows due to the horrible flicker (I use it at 1024x768, 85 or 100hz), so because of that I don't use that in games either generally).
I didn't get a new monitor with the computer though, so I do still have the same 17" Dell CRT as before... I don't mind though, I'm not a LCD monitor fan and couldn't have afforded one of the giant screen displays anyway. If the choice is between a 17" CRT and a 17" standard LCD or something, I'll choose the CRT every time.
So yeah, in games that support it I usually run them in 1280x960 or 1280x1024, two of the highest resolutions that this monitor supports (it does support 1600x1200, but only at 60hz which is unusable in Windows due to the horrible flicker (I use it at 1024x768, 85 or 100hz), so because of that I don't use that in games either generally).