Hello all,
My 9-year-old flatscreen monitor just bit the dust today; luckily I had an old Dell in the closet to make do until I get a new one. I am not very interested in upgrades... When I find something that works with no issues and suits my needs, I keep it until I need to replace it. (I also have a 5-year old dumb-phone, and this computer replaced a 5-year-old custom build.) I have been looking at various big-box retail store websites, and I have only been able to find wide-screen HD monitors.
I am particularly interested in a 23" widescreen with a maximum resolution of 1920x1080. I was running my system and Trainz in 1280x1024 until the death of my monitor. I'm running Trainz 12 in two separate installations, one pre-SP1 and one SP1. 1280x1024 worked perfect with the old monitor, as it was its' native resolution. I was reading somewhere on the forums that with previous versions of Trainz, you could modify a file to allow the game to run in a higher resolution than is listed in the default list in the options menu. Is that still a possibility with Trainz 12?
Is stretching or distortion an issue? I've never used a widescreen, and have heard conflicting things on both sides. I use Trainz, MSTS/Open Rails, Train Simulator 2015, and Ship Simulator. Given that I use this system for gaming, if a widescreen HD is not optimal for those games/simulators, I would rather search for a conventional flatscreen that is compatible.
I have an AMD FX8320 processor, an AMD Radeon R9 270x graphics card, and 8 GB RAM. I know this GPU is compatible with the 1920x1080 resolution, but have heard it can decrease system performance. With these simulators, can I expect significant drop in performance from what I'm used to with the conventional monitor? I have almost all graphics settings set to maximum, or very near it, and experience very minimal stuttering.
Sorry for the long post... Just trying to get a feel for what to do here. Any insight is appreciated.
My 9-year-old flatscreen monitor just bit the dust today; luckily I had an old Dell in the closet to make do until I get a new one. I am not very interested in upgrades... When I find something that works with no issues and suits my needs, I keep it until I need to replace it. (I also have a 5-year old dumb-phone, and this computer replaced a 5-year-old custom build.) I have been looking at various big-box retail store websites, and I have only been able to find wide-screen HD monitors.
I am particularly interested in a 23" widescreen with a maximum resolution of 1920x1080. I was running my system and Trainz in 1280x1024 until the death of my monitor. I'm running Trainz 12 in two separate installations, one pre-SP1 and one SP1. 1280x1024 worked perfect with the old monitor, as it was its' native resolution. I was reading somewhere on the forums that with previous versions of Trainz, you could modify a file to allow the game to run in a higher resolution than is listed in the default list in the options menu. Is that still a possibility with Trainz 12?
Is stretching or distortion an issue? I've never used a widescreen, and have heard conflicting things on both sides. I use Trainz, MSTS/Open Rails, Train Simulator 2015, and Ship Simulator. Given that I use this system for gaming, if a widescreen HD is not optimal for those games/simulators, I would rather search for a conventional flatscreen that is compatible.
I have an AMD FX8320 processor, an AMD Radeon R9 270x graphics card, and 8 GB RAM. I know this GPU is compatible with the 1920x1080 resolution, but have heard it can decrease system performance. With these simulators, can I expect significant drop in performance from what I'm used to with the conventional monitor? I have almost all graphics settings set to maximum, or very near it, and experience very minimal stuttering.
Sorry for the long post... Just trying to get a feel for what to do here. Any insight is appreciated.
