Hello All

I have a seven year old PC.

It is P4 2.8Ghz/ 2GB ram /Gforce 6600 agv (500 ram) of a powerhouse.

It runs Fs9 very well.

I have seventeen inch monitor running at 1280*1024 red.(the Max).

Alright! No sniggering at the back.

I nearly bought a new monitor this morning,but held back when the shop (Argos)said they would offer no refund if said monitor would not function with my old PC.

I recently bought a new HD flat screen TV which can also function as a monitor, this works on my setup but only at a res somewhat higher, but not much more so (sorry can't remember precisely)than my usual 1280*1024 setting .

My question would this new monitor (Samsung s24c300h 24inch red 1920*1080)

Work with my old PC,and if so even if I could not run it at these higher settings, would it still be better than my seventeen inch Philips (sharper perhaps).

The flat screen telly was somewhat disappointing cockpit gauges etc rather fuzzy, but spot mode quite sharp.

 

Anyways there you have it.

 

Cheers

Socks.

 

 

Work with my old PC,and if so even if I could not run it at these higher settings, would it still be better than my seventeen inch Philips (sharper perhaps).
The flat screen telly was somewhat disappointing cockpit gauges etc rather fuzzy, but spot mode quite sharp.

 

According to Google your nVidia card can support the 1920 x 1080 resolution. As FS9 is a decade old the 500mg VRam is ample unless you fly into the most modern airports ported from FSX where VRAM /VASS is certainly an issue.  

 

Your Samsung 24" monitor will appear much sharper than your existing version and your HDTV. Although the monitor and HDTV may share the same resolution the pixels on the monitor being smaller will probably give you a clearer image ... depending upon viewing distance factors etc. An IPS-based panel will give you more accurate colours,  a wider viewing angle although perhaps a slightly slower response time, compared to a TN panel.

 

One disadvantage going to a widescreen is that 2D cockpits and gauges will be distorted ... going from 4:3 to 16:9 ratio.  Some popular aircraft feature widescreen compliant panels ... check the AVSIM library.

 

Best of luck.

According to Google your nVidia card can support the 1920 x 1080 resolution. As FS9 is a decade old the 500mg VRam is ample unless you fly into the most modern airports ported from FSX where VRAM /VASS is certainly an issue.  

 

Your Samsung 24" monitor will appear much sharper than your existing version and your HDTV. Although the monitor and HDTV may share the same resolution the pixels on the monitor being smaller will probably give you a clearer image ... depending upon viewing distance factors etc. An IPS-based panel will give you more accurate colours,  a wider viewing angle although perhaps a slightly slower response time, compared to a TN panel.

 

One disadvantage going to a widescreen is that 2D cockpits and gauges will be distorted ... going from 4:3 to 16:9 ratio.  Some popular aircraft feature widescreen compliant panels ... check the AVSIM library.

 

Best of luck.

Thanks Appliance

 

Thanks for your reply.

You are correct on all points.

I bit the bullet and bought the monitor. A samsung 24 inch.I have only had a quick test run with it ,but i am much impressed.

The resolution (as you say) is 1920*1080 .(All you chaps with multi monitor or huge screen setups will probably have a chuckle here) ,but the larger size and pin sharp clarity is a huge improvement over my aged seventeen inch Philips.

I actually like the stretched cokpit view and gauges that can be read without squinting.

Its no wonder my eyesight has got so bad over recent years.

I have been put of the idea of widescreen monitors for years ,prefering to stick to my non wide Phillips ,but any misgivings i may have have proved to be unfounded. I should have done this a long time ago.

PS spot view remains in proportion as well ,no stretching or distortion.(which i thought would occur with widescreen)

So far iam very happy with my purchase, which by the way was about a third the cost of my trusty Phillips (about six years ago)

Looking forward to evening flight to give it a good run ,and see how it performs over a two to three hour period.

 

Cheers Andy

According to Google your nVidia card can support the 1920 x 1080 resolution. As FS9 is a decade old the 500mg VRam is ample unless you fly into the most modern airports ported from FSX where VRAM /VASS is certainly an issue.  

 

Your Samsung 24" monitor will appear much sharper than your existing version and your HDTV. Although the monitor and HDTV may share the same resolution the pixels on the monitor being smaller will probably give you a clearer image ... depending upon viewing distance factors etc. An IPS-based panel will give you more accurate colours,  a wider viewing angle although perhaps a slightly slower response time, compared to a TN panel.

 

One disadvantage going to a widescreen is that 2D cockpits and gauges will be distorted ... going from 4:3 to 16:9 ratio.  Some popular aircraft feature widescreen compliant panels ... check the AVSIM library.

 

Best of luck.

Thanks Appliance

 

Thanks for your reply.

You are correct on all points.

I bit the bullet and bought the monitor. A samsung 24 inch.I have only had a quick test run with it ,but i am much impressed.

The resolution (as you say) is 1920*1080 .(All you chaps with multi monitor or huge screen setups will probably have a chuckle here) ,but the larger size and pin sharp clarity is a huge improvement over my aged seventeen inch Philips.

I actually like the stretched cokpit view and gauges that can be read without squinting.

Its no wonder my eyesight has got so bad over recent years.

I have been put of the idea of widescreen monitors for years ,prefering to stick to my non wide Phillips ,but any misgivings i may have have proved to be unfounded. I should have done this a long time ago.

PS spot view remains in proportion as well ,no stretching or distortion.(which i thought would occur with widescreen)

So far iam very happy with my purchase, which by the way was about a third the cost of my trusty Phillips (about six years ago)

Looking forward to evening flight to give it a good run ,and see how it performs over a two to three hour period.

 

Cheers Andy

According to Google your nVidia card can support the 1920 x 1080 resolution. As FS9 is a decade old the 500mg VRam is ample unless you fly into the most modern airports ported from FSX where VRAM /VASS is certainly an issue.  

 

Your Samsung 24" monitor will appear much sharper than your existing version and your HDTV. Although the monitor and HDTV may share the same resolution the pixels on the monitor being smaller will probably give you a clearer image ... depending upon viewing distance factors etc. An IPS-based panel will give you more accurate colours,  a wider viewing angle although perhaps a slightly slower response time, compared to a TN panel.

 

One disadvantage going to a widescreen is that 2D cockpits and gauges will be distorted ... going from 4:3 to 16:9 ratio.  Some popular aircraft feature widescreen compliant panels ... check the AVSIM library.

 

Best of luck.

Thanks Appliance

 

Thanks for your reply.

You are correct on all points.

I bit the bullet and bought the monitor. A samsung 24 inch.I have only had a quick test run with it ,but i am much impressed.

The resolution (as you say) is 1920*1080 .(All you chaps with multi monitor or huge screen setups will probably have a chuckle here) ,but the larger size and pin sharp clarity is a huge improvement over my aged seventeen inch Philips.

I actually like the stretched cokpit view and gauges that can be read without squinting.

Its no wonder my eyesight has got so bad over recent years.

I have been put of the idea of widescreen monitors for years ,prefering to stick to my non wide Phillips ,but any misgivings i may have have proved to be unfounded. I should have done this a long time ago.

PS spot view remains in proportion as well ,no stretching or distortion.(which i thought would occur with widescreen)

So far iam very happy with my purchase, which by the way was about a third the cost of my trusty Phillips (about six years ago)

Looking forward to evening flight to give it a good run ,and see how it performs over a two to three hour period.

 

Cheers Andy

Apologies for multi posts.

Avsim is in appallingly grotty mode today .Very slow and with all sorts of error messages.This also seems to be causing my duplicate posts.I don't know if its something to do with the masses of speculative posts about you know what,but avsim is definitely in Sopwith Camel mode,not Concorde.Slow!

 

 

Cheers Socks

One thing to watch out for:

 

If you have an FMC pop-up screen that appears stretched, adjust that instrument pop-up to normal aspect ratio (the knob should be a circle). This can affect the synchronization between the mouse cursor location and where the button appears on the screen resulting in a wrong reading of the clicked FMC buttons. This occurs on my PMDG B737 series.

One thing to watch out for:

 

If you have an FMC pop-up screen that appears stretched, adjust that instrument pop-up to normal aspect ratio (the knob should be a circle). This can affect the synchronization between the mouse cursor location and where the button appears on the screen resulting in a wrong reading of the clicked FMC buttons. This occurs on my PMDG B737 series.

Thanks Ron

I don't have any PMDG aircraft, but have so far experienced no problems with my fleet.

In fact just the opposite.My panel gauges are so clear now its a real revelation.

Buying this new monitor has made Fs9 almost a new simulator with much changed and improved visuals.Even FSNavigator looks so much clearer and with the increase in size is good to look at in its own right.

I would advise anybody out there who has an older PC and Gcard,but is still using a smaller (17inch square non widescreen monitor in my case ) that an upgrade to a larger (only 24 inch widescreen ) has for me made a significant improvement in my sim experience.

Definitely recommend a new monitor if yours is getting on a bit.

 

Cheers Ron and all.

 

Socks