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    New monitor and performance questions.

    Hello guys.

    I'm thinking about getting my self a new monitor soon, but I'm concerned if my PC is up to running games at a 22' resolution.

    My spec is to the left in the tab, so could anyone please advise me?

    Should I expect there to be a huge performance hit on running games at that resolution on my PC?

    I'll be playing new games, but mainly I play WoW.

    If I'll get bad performance I suppose I'll have to upgrade but I just wanted advice before I bought one.

    Cheers.

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    Re: New monitor and performance questions.

    I think it would be fine for WoW, but for newer games it might struggle a little.
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    Re: New monitor and performance questions.

    Quote Originally Posted by format View Post
    I think it would be fine for WoW, but for newer games it might struggle a little.
    Get a HD4850 and you're flying though
    If I was to just get a HD4850, wouldn't I have to touch my CPU or is that ok?

    Cheers!

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    Re: New monitor and performance questions.

    Your CPU should be fine. If it isn't you could overclock it.
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    Re: New monitor and performance questions.

    Quote Originally Posted by Denic View Post
    If I was to just get a HD4850, wouldn't I have to touch my CPU or is that ok?

    Cheers!
    You'd be fine, the CPU could stay right where it is
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    Re: New monitor and performance questions.

    You could always keep the resolution down but you won't get the crispiness of running at a native resolution.

    You could always get a graphics card with a lot of memory, that helps with high resolutions.

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    Re: New monitor and performance questions.

    Should play wow easily, i was playing wow with an X1300 Pro with almost all setting max on a 22" a few months ago and it was easily run HL2 and CSS

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