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I am one of the ones who can say they arent playing games at full 1080p yet but my monitor is still pretty close at 1680x1050 who else uses a monitor thats below 1080p as their main display

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I had a 1600x900 >21inch monitor until about a month ago when I got a 27inch 1080p monitor.

Best thing is I have a R9 390 with that tiny monitor for so long :/ 

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1 minute ago, starwarsguy99 said:

I had a 1600x900 >21inch monitor until about a month ago when I got a 27inch 1080p monitor.

Best thing is I have a R9 390 with that tiny monitor for so long :/ 

Lol I just upgraded to a 950 and 60fps on all my games at ultra settings on my 60hz display is good enoguh for me :D

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I use a 1650x1050 monitor as a second screen and my fiance uses a 1440x900 one as her second. 

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I just recently (last 6 months) upgraded to 1080p monitors. I see no reason to go higher on a screen that is 21-23 inches.

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1280x720 25" early LCD TV / monitor here. With a black "Line" on the right side. And a white scratch on the midle. +Screwed color calibration.

 

Just makes my 1440p IPS look so much better when I get to use during the weekend....

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I played on a "1050p" monitor for the first few months, with a 4790k & GTX980 at launch lol. I've moved up to larger than 1080p monitors now and I'm loving "2.5k"

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1 hour ago, SuperShermanTanker said:

Lol I just upgraded to a 950 and 60fps on all my games at ultra settings on my 60hz display is good enoguh for me :D

what cpu do you have man?

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I use 2x 4:3 monitors that are under 1080p resolution.

My dad uses a 720p tv screen as a monitor.

 

I used to use a 1200p monitor but now I'm using a 1080p monitor.

 

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I switched to a 1080p screen in 07 I think and never looked back. I'm on 1440p atm, but I'm going back to 1080 to make 144Hz easier to drive. 

What I've come to realize over time is resolution is very important for work flow for me, but as far as gaming does, I don't care wayy to much as long as it matches the screen. I care more about the performance of the screen and the graphics quality than anything else. I could see myself gaming on 1600x900 and not caring really. 

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8 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

I've got a 1600x900 as a secondary monitor. I actually quite like it.

Me too. It's an old HP 20 inch 1600x900. I've had it since college and it's always worked fine. And then my laptop is a 1366x768 display.

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1 minute ago, vinyldash303 said:

lol yup. Mine's a 2009m. Color ain't bad at all.

Haha, I have the 2009m as well. I just don't like the glossy screen; but alas, it is my secondary monitor. I honestly never thought I would still have it this many years on, let alone still use it every day.

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I've got 1080p screens. I don't need higher pixel density, but I need more workspace. I have 4 monitors (and counting).

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I have a dead pixel, so technically I'm below 1080p...

if you have to insist you think for yourself, i'm not going to believe you.

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I'm rocking a 1440*900 19' screen. 16:10MR

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I have an old 17" Acer 1280 x 1024 as a secondary monitor, and before I got my LG monitor, it was my main display.

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My laptop has a sub 1080p screen, but other than that the lowest resolution monitor I have is an lg studioworks 995E which runs at 1600x1200@75Hz, and technically it's above 1080p since the vertical resolution is higher.

 

You should consider buying an old CRT, those things are beasts (considering) in terms of colour reproduction and refresh rates and are pretty cheap.

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I had a 1280x720 monitor until around 2010 when I bought a 1920x1080 monitor, although the laptop I used was 1366x768.

Now I'm on a Dell UP2715K 5120x2880 monitor and it's crisp as hell

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13 minutes ago, Sauron said:

My laptop has a sub 1080p screen, but other than that the lowest resolution monitor I have is an lg studioworks 995E which runs at 1600x1200@75Hz, and technically it's above 1080p since the vertical resolution is higher.

 

You should consider buying an old CRT, those things are beasts (considering) in terms of colour reproduction and refresh rates and are pretty cheap.

1920x1080 has a larger total amount of pixels, though.

(2073600)

1600x1200 only has 1920000

 

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3 minutes ago, jollyoljosh said:

1920x1080 has a larger total amount of pixels, though.

(2073600)

1600x1200 only has 1920000

 

Yeah, it's just the horizontal res ^^ still, it's pretty close.

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Miss my 1050p monitor :( oh wait it's my secondary now :D it's still great for being a secondary monitor (although the colours on it are kinda rubbish :/)

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1600x900 is still very good option for lower end setups. When I had 270x, I had to lower my resolution from 1080p to 900p in games like Witcher 3 to get 55-60 FPS instead of mid 40s on any sensible settings. I think there is no point on getting 1080p monitor if you have GPU like 270x or GTX 950 or lower, and you plan to play new games. You will struggle to get sensible performance and will have to set your settings really low, just to get few more pixels, image quality difference between 900p and 1080p is not big, especially for smaller monitors. If my younger brother gets his first PC this year, I will surely get him 900p monitor instead of 1080p, there is no point to kill performance or use lower settings just for few pixels. 

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My main monitor is 1080p, but for youtube, forum browsing etc i have a 1024x768 dell monitor. One day i'd like to replace it but i dont mind it.

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