Message for Jiggly Wiggly,

I saw you writing on a forum:
"Well they are pretty big 16:10 lovers, because 16:9 & 4:3 users, actually any 16:10 user gets black bars... I have a 16:9 monitor."

Could you please clarify this, do 16:10 users get black bars or 16:9 users?
I'm doubting to buy either Samsung 24' 1920 x 1080 or the 1920 x 1200 - what would be best for AA?

Thanks!

Americas Army 3, get a 16:10 monitor, they think that it's the most common aspect ratio. So 1920x1080 I get horizontal black bars because it's 16:9.

1280x1024 (4:3) get black bars.

Only 16:10 users are free of them so buy a monitor with (1920x1200, 1680x1050 resolutions).
(Sorry about my message up there, I totally wasn't reading what I wrote).

Thanks for your fast reply

So it's best to take the second option?

SAMSUNG 2494SW 24.0 inch wide screen 16:9/1920x1080/5ms/50000:1/300 cd/m2/DVI/170°Kijkhoek/44W - 200€ came out in July this year I believe

SAMSUNG 2443BW 24inch screen Black 1920x1200/5ms/20000:1/300 cd/m2/DVI/170°Kijkhoek/50W - 240€ and came out end last year

Kind regards

PS I'm asking cause I'm in the process of ordering a complete new pc - what do you think of following specs, something I need to improve?

ASUS P7P55D PRO DDR3 Socket 1156 Intel® P55
INTEL Core I7 860 45NM 2.80 8MB LGA 1156 Boxed
CORSAIR CMD4GX3M2A1600C8 4GB Kit (2 x 2GB) 1600Mhz DDR3 8-8-8-24 Dominator Fan Dual Channel Series
ANTEC P183 Black Performance Case
CORSAIR HX620 Advanced High Performance Power Supply Line
WESTERN DIGITAL 1000GB-fals (1TB) 32MB SATA300 7200RPM WD1001FALS
SAMSUNG SH-S223B/bebe Zwart S-ATA 22X DVD-RW
MICROSOFT Windows Vista Home Premium 62Bit Edition NL (with coupon for free version of Windows 7)

Waiting for ATI HD 5870 launch (hopefully any week now)

Thanks for your feedback!

Go with the 2nd monitor, and
Your specs you have chosen very fine things.
Cpu great
Motherboard, is probably good, I don't know anything about i5 motherboards yet, but it's probably good. (I looked at the specs, looks good)
Ram is good
I like the antec p183, very classy my server uses the old p182. Very good case.
Good hard drive
Dvd yeah good.
Vista home premium good.
Hd5870, no official benchmarks, but looks awesome.

So yes you picked great parts.
Oh are you going to overclock? I would get a coolermaster v8. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103055&Tpk=coolermaster%20v8) (However I'm not sure if it has an i5 bracket with it)

Hey Jig, I'm getting a "bot" vibe from this one.

Alrite thanks, will go for the 1200 one.

Don't intend to overclock as I don't have any experiece with it (and dont want to bran cereal it up lol) Is an extra cooler really needed?

And John... "bot vibe"??

No need for a new cooler if not overclocking, but it's seriously easy. I mean I got a q6600 from 2.4ghz to 3.0 with barely any voltage change. Thoguh from 3.0 to 3.7 it does take like 1.6 volts. Overclocking is such a joke what people make out of it saying "you must read".
No you don't, just don't be an idiot and select the highest volts. Leave most things to auto, and change mainly the cpu voltage if you're new... (I am experienced overclocker, overclocked with jumpers like 10 years ago... when I was 11. I've also used sub zero cooling, like vapochills, I modded mine a bit, I changed the tube length. Anyway, all I mean to say is: you can't break anything while overclocking unless you crank the volts to the highest setting for a long period of time. In the short term, your pc will probably just overheat, random crashes, and stuff. But that's voltages like 1.9+ Which would have to be daft to put on a 65nm processor.