That feeling in your pants? That's a Nerdgasm

Blind_Io · January 8th, 2008, 04:15 PM

http://kotaku.com/341435/pc-gaming-looks-better-curved

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http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/01/08/alienwaremonitorcurved.jpg

Holy mackerel! Look. At. That. Alienware's showing off this eye-catcher at CES. It's a 2880x900 curved monitor backlit by LEDs and boasts a .02ms response time. It'll be out in the second half of this year. Price will be somewhere between "very expensive" and "really fuckin' expensive."

Blayde · January 8th, 2008, 04:29 PM

That's awesome looking images/smilies/w00t.gif

, now if ever they design games with res's of 3.2:1 ratio, we'll be set...

epp_b · January 8th, 2008, 05:07 PM

I saw that the other day on CNet - AWESOME!!

Speedtouch · January 8th, 2008, 05:54 PM

I want two. Dual monitor set up!

ahpadt · January 8th, 2008, 06:08 PM

I bet no games support it anyway.

Buba · January 8th, 2008, 06:44 PM

Games support 3 way gaming with that matrox thing, so why not this one...

Speedtouch · January 8th, 2008, 07:01 PM

^ Yeah. All it would be is 3 monitors at weird resolutions.

epp_b · January 8th, 2008, 07:21 PM

I want 20 of 'em so I can create a giant display circle around me! images/smilies/drool.gif

geeman · January 8th, 2008, 07:35 PM

A lot of games support any resolution you can set your Windows to. So if this display is connected as one single display it will work as fine. Or if it is connected as two displays (two cables) it will work just fine too since GPU drivers can span over two displays and make it look like one display to the OS.

jeffy777 · January 8th, 2008, 07:47 PM

I wish it wasn't so narrow in height. It's like looking through a tank turret or something. In real life you would be able to see more below and above you.

Buba · January 8th, 2008, 07:52 PM

^ Most game are designed for that left and right business and are rather limited in the up down departement. Especially racing games would be off the hook on this...

geeman · January 8th, 2008, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffy777

I wish it wasn't so narrow in height. It's like looking through a tank turret or something. In real life you would be able to see more below and above you.

True. But in most games the interesting information (stuff you want to see) is on the horizontal plane. Up there is the sky and down there is the ground, left and right is the directions you want to see.

chvvkumar · January 8th, 2008, 08:16 PM

I think just another monitor's height would be perfect for the vertical size. It would be like 2x3 monitor setup.

jeffy777 · January 9th, 2008, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by geeman

True. But in most games the interesting information (stuff you want to see) is on the horizontal plane. Up there is the sky and down there is the ground, left and right is the directions you want to see.

I'm thinking of FPS games with tall buildings (and plenty of windows to shoot from), such as CoD2, and some CoD4 maps.

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Originally Posted by chvvkumar

I think just another monitor's height would be perfect for the vertical size. It would be like 2x3 monitor setup.

That would be just about perfect images/smilies/smile.gif

Blind_Io · January 9th, 2008, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jeffy777

I wish it wasn't so narrow in height. It's like looking through a tank turret or something. In real life you would be able to see more below and above you.

I have just the thing for you!

http://www.germes-online.com/direct/dbimage/50205833/CRT_Computer_Monitor.jpg

With this new vertical-bias aspect ratio you can see much more above and below relative to the left-to-right axis. Very handy for some games*.

*Breakout.

jeffy777 · January 9th, 2008, 05:25 AM

lol

Seriously though, as chvvkumar mentioned, stacking two of those Alienware LCD's from your first post would be amazing.

If you've ever played some of the custom maps on CoD2, you know what I mean. We're talking about maps with 20+ story buildings that you can actually go inside and on top of.

Locating snipers above you would be much easier images/smilies/thumbup.gif

KaJuN · January 9th, 2008, 06:10 PM

Wow that monitor would be like playing games on the viewscreen from the bridge of the Enterprise!

/double nerdgasm!!

Speedtouch · January 9th, 2008, 08:06 PM

^ Yeah. Especially handy with the new "Aircraft Carrier Simulator" game! You captain an aircraft carrier. Thats it. The missions are a bit long though. Takes a while to turn and fight or run away as well.

geeman · January 9th, 2008, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffy777

Seriously though, as chvvkumar mentioned, stacking two of those Alienware LCD's from your first post would be amazing.

That would just be the same as having one (altough large) widescreen monitor. Aspect ratio of 16:10.

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Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,772 Rep Power: 33	^ Yeah. All it would be is 3 monitors at weird resolutions. __________________ Eyre Photography

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geeman Joined: Apr 18th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 22 Posts: 767 LFS Status: Rep Power: 23	A lot of games support any resolution you can set your Windows to. So if this display is connected as one single display it will work as fine. Or if it is connected as two displays (two cables) it will work just fine too since GPU drivers can span over two displays and make it look like one display to the OS. __________________ We are all one

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epp_b n00b of the year Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 01:50 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,702 Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX Rep Power: 40	I saw that the other day on CNet - AWESOME!!

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epp_b n00b of the year Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 01:50 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,702 Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX Rep Power: 40	I want 20 of 'em so I can create a giant display circle around me!

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jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,633 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 51	I wish it wasn't so narrow in height. It's like looking through a tank turret or something. In real life you would be able to see more below and above you. __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

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Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 27 Posts: 5,996 Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 38	^ Most game are designed for that left and right business and are rather limited in the up down departement. Especially racing games would be off the hook on this... __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

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chvvkumar Joined: Dec 24th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Northridge (LA)/India Age: 26 Posts: 218 Rep Power: 14	I think just another monitor's height would be perfect for the vertical size. It would be like 2x3 monitor setup.

January 9th, 2008, 05:25 AM	#16
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,633 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 51	lol Seriously though, as chvvkumar mentioned, stacking two of those Alienware LCD's from your first post would be amazing. If you've ever played some of the custom maps on CoD2, you know what I mean. We're talking about maps with 20+ story buildings that you can actually go inside and on top of. Locating snipers above you would be much easier __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

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KaJuN Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: USAF Basic Training Age: 22 Posts: 4,628 Car: Land Rover Discovery, 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Rep Power: 91	Wow that monitor would be like playing games on the viewscreen from the bridge of the Enterprise! /double nerdgasm!! __________________ D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ Yes we can! Join my fan club. You know you want a piece of this action!

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Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,772 Rep Power: 33	^ Yeah. Especially handy with the new "Aircraft Carrier Simulator" game! You captain an aircraft carrier. Thats it. The missions are a bit long though. Takes a while to turn and fight or run away as well. __________________ Eyre Photography