Scott Hanselman

I'm jealous! Are the coupons still around?

I got the same deal. What video card did you end up getting? I haven't gotten one yet that supports rotating and fully supports its resolution.

Chris

http://blog.dreamprojections.com/archive/2005/07/03/1719.aspx

=)

Nice, to be sure, but I am very fond of my gaming rig. It's based on a mathematical equation of my own design:

Xbox + InFocus projector + 91" home-made screen + 700 watt 5.1 channel sound system = heaven. :)

ChrisS: I already had an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. It was pretty inexpensive and readily available. It supports rotation and these odd resolutions automatically. Highly recommended, even if it's a 2-year old card. I'm sure there's a better one now.

Eric, the coupons were chatted to me, but I know there are (via google) a number of forums that swap woot.com-style "use it or lose it" deals like this.

Keep an eye on www.TechBargains.com. I got in on the same deal, but for the 2001FP. Not wide screen, but still a damn fine monitor. 1600x1200 is a beautiful sight to be seen.

Isn't it annoying on the games that DON'T support your native resolution? On my NEC 18.1" (1280x1024) I have to play a handful of games that only support 1280x960, which makes the horizontal crystal clear, but the vertical a little blurry.

I did the same deal, and use the monitor with my PowerBook. I found the coupons on gotapex.com.

You're playing lost coast at 16x10 on a 9800pro? what kind of framerate are you getting? 10?

Apart from gaming, I don't think most computer use (browsing, email, coding, ...) lends itself all that well to widescreen displays, so I settled on the 2001fp instead a while ago. Guild Wars plays fine on 16x12, but for HL2, my 9800 just can't quite hack it... Haven't tried Lost Coast yet, but the HDR only makes that more graphics-intensive, so if anything that may force me into an even lower resolution.

For anyone interested in deals like this, just check out slickdeals.net from time to time (or subscribe to their RSS feed). Dell monitor deals seem to pop-up there at least every other week or so...

I can't help but notice that Scott's character in Guildwars is a sensuous black woman. Does your wife know about her Scott?!

Jeremy - how do you know she isn't my wife? ;)