Good gaming monitor 24" or 27"?

[gciszewski]

So this christmas I think I'll be looking for a new monitor to replace my old DELL 20". It's a good monitor but I want to up the screen size and rez. I play swtor now primarily so this is what will be on the screen the most as far as gaming. I guess my question are these.

I've read that 27 inch monitors use the same rez as the 24 so you will get less quality resolution. So is going 27 inches worth it? I can't afford to go 30". I don't buy monitors often. It's been probably 6 or 7 years since I bought my current one so I would like to get something I'm happy with. I don't plan to watch movies or anything on this. I have a TV for that. Mostly this will be used as a computer monitor but I'd like the best quality for my budget wich is around 300 dollar range. I run windows 7 64, i5 25k, gtx460. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[James]

Dell U2412M is my vote.

1920x1200, eIPS display. Good mix between viewing angles, color quality, and refresh rate. Did I mention it's 16:10 and has displayport input?

Runs ~$300 +/- $20 most of the time.

My only detraction to that is the same one I have with all existing monitors. They need to upgrade to DP1.2 so that we can daisy chain them.

[Steven P Jobs]

You can get 27" monitors with 2560x1440/1600 resolution but they're still quite expensive. The best pick for a superb 27" monitor are the Dell u2711, Apple 27" Cinema Display, and a few others that all use the same panel as those two - but you're looking at $800-1000 for any of them.

I think for 1080p a 24" monitor is perfectly adequate. If you want it to take over more of your field of view, move it closer to your face. The Dell eIPS monitor recommended above is a great choice.

[Learux]

The problem with 27" monitors with 2560x1440 resolution is the cost of the GPU you need to drive such a display.

[Nabby]

Dell U2412M is my vote.

1920x1200, eIPS display. Good mix between viewing angles, color quality, and refresh rate. Did I mention it's 16:10 and has displayport input?

Runs ~$300 +/- $20 most of the time.

My only detraction to that is the same one I have with all existing monitors. They need to upgrade to DP1.2 so that we can daisy chain them.

Have one of these and love it. Great display for the money. Not a big fan of 1080 24" displays.

[PriMaTe]

Have one of these and love it. Great display for the money. Not a big fan of 1080 24" displays.

I have one as well, I think it's great. At first it felt too big, cause I came from a regular 17" lcd, but now it feels good