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24. November 2009 @ 01:28 |
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Originally posted by shaffaaf:
Talking about monitors!
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Reminds me somewhat of my PS1/PS2 days! LOL!! I loved games where you could actually set up the Steering Geometry on the cars because I had been to both Bear and Weaver schools and knew a thing or three about racing setups! Short of being stuffed through a fence, I usually won!
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24. November 2009 @ 05:23 |
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Jeff: Maybe not terrible, but the image quality of most 22" monitors is lacking.
Shaff: I was never too impressed with the CRVDs, the vertical pixel count is even lower than that of a 20" monitor.
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24. November 2009 @ 19:13 |
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Maybe I could have chosen a better word than terrible, but your last line says it all. It isn't quite as sharp! Virtually all 22" monitors have a 1680x1050 resolution. There are a couple of 1920x1080 ones, but they don't seem to stay around very long. What looks very good on my 20", looks rather flat on a 22". I've had a number of 22"s side by side with my 20" and the difference is very noticeable! Small wonder with a 0.243mm pixel pitch vs the 0.282mm of most 22" monitors. I'm not saying they look bad, but they do lack the LifeLike look of the 20" at the same resolution. That's why I like the Asus 21.6" 16x9. 0.248 Pixel pitch at 1920x1080. They are as good as it gets at that price!
Oh for sure. I'm not arguing that the image quality is better, but that it's not terrible. I whole heartedly agree that your 20" will have better image quality. No contest. Also agreed on the 21.5" monitors at 1920 x 1080. Fantastic image quality :)
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Reminds me somewhat of my PS1/PS2 days! LOL!! I loved games where you could actually set up the Steering Geometry on the cars because I had been to both Bear and Weaver schools and knew a thing or three about racing setups! Short of being stuffed through a fence, I usually won!
Never been to any racing school but my dad was a race car pit crew foreman for many years and he has personally built several cars. Much of his knowledge has passed on to me. I can definitely appreciate a racing game with fine levels of control. I can also appreciate the arcadeyness of something like Grid as well though.
I've also seen those multi-monitor setups, and on a capable PC they are a blast to play :D
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Jeff: Maybe not terrible, but the image quality of most 22" monitors is lacking.
You won't find any arguement from me though I will say they can be used quite decently as a main monitor. I've been back and forth between my two monitors and the difference has never really bothered me. Of course I can TELL the difference instantly, but the image quality is really just fine for 90% of the things I do. Lacking in image quality or not, they are cheap, well sized, and still beat the crap out of a CRT or any lesser LCD.
I was actually surprised my 22" monitor looked as good as it did considering all the bad rep they get. Quite pleased with it for LAN gaming and video. The biggest difference for me though was playing 1080p. On my 2407wfp it looks absolutely crystal clear and perfect. On the x223wbd it looks slightly "not as sharp". Though with the 22" you can still easily tell the difference between 1080p and 720p.
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25. November 2009 @ 04:32 |
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I sincerely hope you're not surprised that 1080p looks much worse on a screen that doesn't actually have enough pixels.... :S
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25. November 2009 @ 05:35 |
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Sam you know me better :P
I wouldn't say much worse though. Too harsh. Maybe lacking in clarity?
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25. November 2009 @ 10:47 |
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i really wouldnt call any TN pannel good in terms of image quatily though, pixeldensity being good or not.
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25. November 2009 @ 11:00 |
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As an owner of what I would consider one of the best TNs, I would go as far as to say that the panel type isn't the only major factor. However, you will always be limited to what TN can achieve.
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25. November 2009 @ 16:45 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
As an owner of what I would consider one of the best TNs, I would go as far as to say that the panel type isn't the only major factor. However, you will always be limited to what TN can achieve.
Which is exactly why I got my Sceptre re-built rather than get a new TN panel monitor. I knew that whatever I bought, it wouldn't look as good! I was completely taken by surprise by how much better everything looks with a decent video card and 512MB of GDDR3 running things. Like someone here said, it looks so alive. Your eyes see colors as familiar to your everyday life, and you see what you would expect to see if you were in the scene, live! With a lesser video card and only 128MB of GDDR2 with my old 7600GT it looked very good, but the difference with the better card and more and faster memory still stuns me. You see shades and hues of colors and color depth, that you normally only see in real life! The shame of it for me is that I've had the monitor for a number of years, and never before realized it's true potential for picture quality! I'm sure that the new panel helped as it was built in Jan 09, and incorporates some changes in the technology, since it was first made. Whatever it is, the picture is Magnificent. I would still take the 21.6" Asus HDMI over it though! LOL!! Some day! LOL!!
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25. November 2009 @ 18:54 |
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I'm assuming you do realise there's a massive step up in Image Quality from the 7 series to the 9 series? I'm willing to bet it's that, and only that, contributing to the better image quality. As far as I'm aware, no video playback will consume more than 128MB or so of video memory. Just because the extra memory is there doesn't mean it gets used.
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25. November 2009 @ 20:31 |
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Yes OMG the GeForce 9 has vastly improved image quality over the GeForce 7s. Though you are aware that ATi is much better if you want image quality. The video and picture quality are superb even on the cheaper cards. You could jump to a 4670 and I know you'd see the difference.
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25. November 2009 @ 20:46 |
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well fellows...I got 2 packages that showed up today at once 1 beat the other getting here 1st Fedex=denny hamlin = Biostar I45 and 2nd UPS=david ragan= Gigabyte UD3P ( a little humor from a Nascar Fan as I am lol).I was surprised when...i came in my bedroom after work today and both boxs was on the bed my wife told me that fedex showed up 1st with the I45.I read the comment note Replaced the board i'm glad they replaced.I had a problem awhile back with the Fan 1 connection did'nt supply any power.I did'nt care at time cause...i had other ways getting the fans power like a (fan controller)and what recently happen was the (led) on the board was starting to show
crazy codes not cpu temp but still ran ok so.I finally got tired and shipped it back to Biostar and they replaced with a new 1 under the 1 year warrenty clause(Free). Now with the UD3P board .I sold a Hp system for a $125 and flip it to buy this puppy.I think...i'm just gonna slap it in the Centurion 590 instead and see how it does and pickup a mid case for the I45 instead like haf 922 and another Quad...i must admit...i like the built on audio chip better on
the gigabyte better it sounds more clear a few pics below of the New Boys they double boxed the I45 and fliped the outside box inside out what a way to recycle.lol
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aight i'm back on the Gigabyte Bus for the moment just to see how it treats my Quad in Cooling and Oc'ing part.I'll post some finding later once.I get it up and running gotta make up my mind which os.I'm gonna use first.i got them all the new win 7 home,pro,ultmate 32bit & 64bit flip of the coin...
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I went from the 6200 to the 8600Gt, and noticed only a marginal difference in video quality. Now I run the 260 Gtx, and still only that marginal gain. Perhaps my software upscalers are not good enough. I don't like gom player because dvd navigation seems to be impossible... Nero Showtime is so far the best. But windows media player 12 is ok.
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26. November 2009 @ 06:01 |
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Haha, I enjoy courier races when I'm ordering from sites that use different couriers. Fact is though, so many courier companies have pissed me off, I tend to try and avoid ordering from anyone who doesn't use a select few. Kind of tricky when the #1 choice of delivery service for electronic components in the UK is on my bad list.
As for the return, while I don't disagree, it's stuff like that where most of Biostar and Gigabyte's bad press comes from. Little maybe slightly annoying faults. With the lesser manufacturers (you all know who I mean) you wouldn't spot such issues for the bigger issues, the not POSTing, the not overclocking, the randomly not working USB ports, etc. etc.
Omega: Likewise, I've seen DVDs run from a laptop's integrated graphics with scarcely any memory, on the same monitor (2407FPW) as my 512MB X1900XT and didn't notice the difference, and considering I still use my X1900XT and didn't spot any difference between it and an HD4830 in HD video playback (apart from the fact that the HD4830 supports DXVA and the X1900 doesn't) on a big 42" TV, I'm pretty sure there isn't much of a difference. What you might spot is that generally the mage output of Geforces prior to the GTX200 series was weaker by comparison, as it was one of nvidia's old shortcuts to getting higher frames, to produce a much rougher output - not disastrous to the viewer obviously, but unsubtle enough for most to spot. Thankfully, that's one bad business tactic nvidia finally abandoned with the GTX280, GTX260 and everything that followed.
Nero Showtime is a handy player as it has bootloads of integrated codecs, but I still found the interface very unfriendly. Quite frankly, if you get past the looks Media Player Classic (with the new HomeCinema 64-bit release) is a good player for damn near anything, it's the only player I've got satisfactory surround sound on (after an age of trying to figure it out LOL) and it's also the only player I've got DXVA working on. Rather sadly, the system with the weakest CPU is the one with the X1900, so I can't make up for where the CPU lacks there. I don't have the heart to throw the X1900 away. I can't sell it, it's not worth anything.
As far as video playback goes, MPC as Primary, VLC as a fallback.
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For me it's Media Player Classic(non home cinema due to video scaling issues) with the K-Lite codec pack. Dx9 video rendering turned on with a few other effects(basically enabled video acceleration otherwise MPC is mostly CPU). WinAmp with a few codecs for music. VLC used to be my fallback for video due to its standalone approach to decoding, but after the K-Lite codec pack MPC can play everything and properly does everything from dual audio to multi-language subs. As an added bonus the K-Lite pack makes WMP able to play most stuff but it still doesn't handle subs or dual audio(plays both streams at once) worth a crap.
I personally would keep the X1900XT. It's worth far more to you in use than it is sold. You've had it for a few years now so why not a few more? If it does its job well then you have no reason to chuck it. Not only that but it still probably plays some new games just fine so it might be a good fall back should the main PC suffer a catastrophic meltdown or something. Don't forget it's still miles faster than a LOT of the low-mid range cards out barring 4670+.
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26. November 2009 @ 07:44 |
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After rendering my PC unable to play any video files until a reformat in the past, I avoid codec packs like K-Lite.
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I've used K-Lite for many years without issue, still am across my fleet of machines, new and old. All i use on top of that is Winamp and VLC player. I find this to be a bulletproof combination, no need for any other codecs/codec packs/players here (of course there's other stuff out there but i only install the minimum amount of software/apps. I certainly don't like using the monstrosity that is WMP.
The latest Alpha and Betas of XBMC finally work on Win7, but XBMC is a bit of a pain to use on a PC with just a mouse (whereas it's fluid on the old xboxes) so i don't really use it on anger on a PC.
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I have no clue why it happens but I've heard of it before. Never personally seen it though. And I've installed it on several PCs including my slim Athlon XP laptop(Radeon 7500 32MB) and multiple times on my AMD and Nvidia rigs. I figure it has to do with how you configure it originally. Don't let it change your file associations that's the only thing I can recommend.
Conversely, the CCCP codec pack is terrible and has forced a reformat in the past.
My only reasoning for using a codec pack is that MPC is powerful, but has pitiful support for more uncommon formats. Several of my movies don't render on it at all without proper codecs. After using K-Lite though it has become my sole video player for everything barring random mpegs.
Winamp has had somewhat of a renaissance for me though. Not for video hell no, but for music. After jumping around, Core Media Player, Gom Player(excellent, but no FLAC support to speak of), VLC, etc. Winamp stands the test of time with the best music library management, sound quality, and sheer usability. I've tried others that are supposed to be better, FooBar being the last notable one, but Winamp is so slim and easy to use I find myself drawn back after a year or so without it.
@Creaky,
You are aware that VLC doesn't use codecs at all right? VLC plays everything internally with no codecs. It doesn't even support GPU video acceleration. Not to mention the image quality is terrible. MPC is easily better.
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Locoeng got me onto FooBar ages ago, trouble is it's just as easy to fire up Winamp so i haven't used FooBar for a long time.
Then there's linux, various different players for any distro, but for music i tend to always fall back to the Winamp lookalike XMMS. Too many programs out there doing the same thing, but some of us just want a few simple programs to do simple things. For instance i only just recently discovered podcasts (ie i never had a need or use for them before). I use Juice podcast receiver in Windows, it's mind-numbing easy to use and schedule things (my kind of program), in Puppy linux i'm using Puppy Podcast Grabber followed by mp3splt to split a given podcast file down into small chunks as my favourite show is 4hours long in a 60MB file, no good skipping thru 4hours on the 1GB mp3 player i use for cycling/podcasts. So last night i wrote a simple shell script that asks for an input ie the relevant MP3, it then calls Puppy Podcast Grabber (just in case there's newer files available, makes it easier for subsequent runs) and then mpsplt with various options to split and retag the files.
For Windows i use a tiny NCH program called Slice Audio File Splitter (free) to split the podcast file then MP3Tag (free) to easily retag the files. The linux way is easier now i've written the script but my point is that i only use the bare minimum in programs to achieve whatever job. My philosophy with everything is simplicity and ease of use, and i love Windows for those things, however too much simplicity (especially Windows!) makes jack a dumb boy, so writing scripts keeps the brain active and i can then revert to dumb mode when running them :p
Originally posted by Estuansis:
@Creaky,
You are aware that VLC doesn't use codecs at all right? VLC plays everything internally with no codecs. It doesn't even support GPU video acceleration. Not to mention the image quality is terrible. MPC is easily better.
Yeah, i just like having a backup to MPC. I had always preferred MPC to VLC but in the last few months i've started using VLC as my main player, especially on my HTPC (don't forget i only use onboard video, and the best video files i bother with are 720p for movies though a lot of documentaries i have are x264, all of which the HTPC and VLC play perfectly, as does MPC too).
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To all my Yanks, Happy Thanksgiving, to my Brits, Oh Well, Have A Nice Day:)
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Happy Thanksgiving to you as well :)
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Locoeng got me onto FooBar ages ago, trouble is it's just as easy to fire up Winamp so i haven't used FooBar for a long time.
FooBar is retardedly complex though which keeps me to Winamp. I see you feel the same way :P
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My philosophy with everything is simplicity and ease of use, and i love Windows for those things, however too much simplicity (especially Windows!) makes jack a dumb boy, so writing scripts keeps the brain active and i can then revert to dumb mode when running them :p
In contrast I feel that Linux is too much manual configuration and fooling around to get working. I like being able to easily do everything I need without searching out an OS specific or open source program to do it. Call me spoiled. I know better but I don't care XD
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Yeah, i just like having a backup to MPC. I had always preferred MPC to VLC but in the last few months i've started using VLC as my main player, especially on my HTPC (don't forget i only use onboard video, and the best video files i bother with are 720p for movies though a lot of documentaries i have are x264, all of which the HTPC and VLC play perfectly, as does MPC too).
Whether or not you think you should get one, you would see a nice improvement from a discrete video card. Even $30 will get you an improvement in everything from picture quality to to video acceleration. x264 is a good example of where this can benefit. The motion in the video is actually smoother and more consistent to a small extent. A video card + MPC would blow your mind.
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Don't get me wrong, i'm sure even a lower end yet modern video card would be an improvement, need to get a job first :p
Onboard video and my Geforce MX400/440's luckily make the hours of daily trawling for (invisible) jobs easy on the eyes in the meantime.
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Oh for sure I know how that feels :P
But you plan on getting one yes? All that capable hardware and anemic video. Ouch.
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Yeah, my Q6600 has a cheapy Geforce 6100 but i'd eventually like to get a couple slimline cards for the Optiplex 745's; well one of them anyways, one is the HTPC but this one i'm on now is just used for Win7 and Puppy due to it's lightning bootup speed/general speediness. When i wake in the night it's the best machine to fire up quickly. The netbook is on 24/7 but it's up high on top of the main desk so isn't comfy for surfing on at the best of times. I could use G/F's netbook i suppose but i like to cabbage at my desk with my own machines.
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Yeah, my Q6600 has a cheapy Geforce 6100 but i'd eventually like to get a couple slimline cards for the Optiplex 745's; well one of them anyways, one is the HTPC but this one i'm on now is just used for Win7 and Puppy due to it's lightning bootup speed/general speediness. When i wake in the night it's the best machine to fire up quickly.
Haha both of my machines are on 24/7. They don't even stand by or sleep I just have them turn off the monitor after 10 minutes. Just wiggle the mouse and you're all ready to go. I only turn off/reboot for driver installs and the occasional air blasting.
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The netbook is on 24/7 but it's up high on top of the main desk so isn't comfy for surfing on at the best of times. I could use G/F's netbook i suppose but i like to cabbage at my desk with my own machines.
I know how you feel. I almost never use machines that aren't mine. Mostly just to fix them for my friends :P
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26. November 2009 @ 10:04 |
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MPC does not have almost any useful codecs by itself because it's fast approaching 10 years old. I see other programs like Nero Showtime and the likes built-in and unchangeable, versus MPC as an open shell which you can plug in whichever codecs you like.
Something not working that's fixable is better than something being less likely to not work, but with no solution if it doesn't.
MPC gets used for music for me mostly, no library support, but I know where my music is in Windows directory, so I just pick it out - MPC runs FLAC fine when you install the OGG codec (but NOT the FLAC codec). All I miss is a random shuffle. Trouble is, my music collection is so varied I couldn't be bothered to keep skipping tracks I didn't feel like listening to at the time.
Jeff: I can understand that. Obviously, being Windows 7 users we don't get the ability to use Sleep :(
I do kind of miss that from previous Windows versions.
Gaming PC uses too much power at idle to consider leaving it on 24/7 - yours will be almost the same (since the 4870 and 4870X2's idle consumption is actually very similar), so you should probably look into that.
File server stays on 24/7 for obvious reasons. My work PC probably would as well, but it's yet to be reattached to the monitor after experimenting with HD video playback in the living room.
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