New monitor: 22 or 24 inch?

Hardware and technical stuff
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I am thinking of moving the 19" LCD monitor from my main system over to the second PC to replace its gigantic Viewsonic CRT. I figure I’ll get a widescreen because I watch movies on the PC and it will give me more screen real estate for all the other junk I do at the computer.

My main question is in terms of gaming. With the following specs will I see noticeable performance hits running on a 24 inch at 1900x1200 vs. a 22 inch running 1680x1050?

Specs on my gaming rig:

Vista 64-bit
4 GB ram
Core 2 Duo 6850 (3 GHz)
GeForce 8800GTX

Any input is appreciated!

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Runs fine on my system (I’m in Vista 32-bit, 8800GTX, Q6600, 4GB, 24" at 1920x1200).

In any case, you can always run games in lower resolutions if there is an issue – they still look great, typically.

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I ran a 24" 1920x1200 from my 8800gtx for years. No probs.

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24" 1920X1200 on my 8800GT and most games are fine. Plus having 1080p resolution is nice if you watch any media on the thing.

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Go for the 24". Honestly even on my G2400WD it scales good enough so that even if I need to I don’t mind having to bump it down a bit. Even with a 8800GTS 320mb/Q6600 most stuff runs 1920*1200 fine.