Alright,
I won't pretend like I know anything about this... but here it goes...
So for a few years I have been using a monitor (21.5 inch I believe) with a max resolution of 1680x1050. Now I understood this to be a 16:10 monitor (I'm not sure what decides that, monitor size?), and I ran all my games @ 1680x1050 so they looked sharp and crisp. Anything below that wouldn't look at nice.
Yesterday I picked up a new monitor, a 21.5 inch LG LED with a max resolution of 1920x1080. The screen size seems to be the same as my last... or so I think... 21.5 inches, I compared them next to each other and they seem the same...
So now I'm a little confused.
What decides whether a monitor is 16:9 or 16:10, and will 1680x1050 look the same on my new monitor as it did on the last one? Or will I have to start using different resolutions/aspect ratios for it to look the nicest.
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Anything below 1920x1080 is perfectly achievable.
