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Rattle

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• Sep 28, 2006

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These samsungs look sweet, anyone know the diff between these 2?

I am going to order a 20" LCD this week, so input is appreciated.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001087

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001081

 

telexen

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• Sep 29, 2006

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*EDIT*

I must have went back and searched for another monitor before comments I edited out

It looks like the amount of displayable colors is different and the 204BW consumes more power...the 205BW is probably just a model that should have been a revision

 

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• Oct 1, 2006

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The 205 !!!

The 205 is an 8bit panel = 16.7 million colors

The 204 is 6bit panel = 16.2 million colors

 

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• Oct 3, 2006

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sup rat i just ordered the SAMSUNG 205BW on friday i should be getting it tomorrow. Ill let ya know what i think of it

*Edit* Tomorrow meaning today

 

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• Oct 3, 2006

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sup rat i got the monitor and soo far i really like it.
I played some q3 and it ran with r_customwidth and hight @ 1680x1050
and i wasn't getting any ghosting. Refresh rate isnt as agood as a crt but i plyed the same i always do. Need for speed most wanted looked great but i couldnt get it to 1680x1050. Im going to reinstall oblivion later today and see how that looks

 

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spydeymon said:

sup rat i got the monitor and soo far i really like it.
I played some q3 and it ran with r_customwidth and hight @ 1680x1050
and i wasn't getting any ghosting. Refresh rate isnt as agood as a crt but i plyed the same i always do. Need for speed most wanted looked great but i couldnt get it to 1680x1050. Im going to reinstall oblivion later today and see how that looks

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hey spydey I'm loving this monitor too ! now if I can just find an effective way to clean it lol, scared I will scratch it, did you ever find a way to get NFS to 1680x1050?

 

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• Oct 30, 2006

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have you tried the resolution changer?

Name: NFSMW Resolution Changer
Size: 11 KB
Author: Racer_S
Description: You have a Widescreen-Display or just want a higher resolution you cannot set in the game? With this tool you can change the resolution in NFS Most Wanted.

http://www.nfs-planet.de/nfsmw_files.php?lang=eng

 

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I just want widescreen in NFSU