Posted by Laskiy @ 19:37 CDT, 15 August 2013 - iMsg
Hello. I'm thinking of getting the BenQ xl2411t 120hz monitor and I was wondering if these specs will allow me to play Quakelive with it.
Graphics card can do 120hz, I've checked it.
Looked on the comp and It only has VGA output
In game I play with 800x600 res.
The BenQ monitor has VGA, DVi and Hdmi output but I'm worried wether it will work.
iirc DVi started with the geforce 8 series which were released in 06.
Hell no. I have no clue what was first mass market card with DVI (probably something from Matrox), but there were GeForce 2 cards with DVI all the way back in 2001.
My old computer from 2009 has a GT220. It's DVI and very capable for quake at HD with post process; 125fps stable. Probably can be had for next to nothing these days, and there are plenty of comparable cards at similar pricepoints.
My advice to you would be to get something like that if you know you won't be playing anything graphically intensive, run the two cards at once and enjoy the awesomeness of two monitors. Doesnt need to be SLI or CrossFire either.
Oh alright, so it's still resolution dependant like in the CRT days. I'm looking for a new graphics card that has DVI-D so I can run 120 Hz@1080p myself.