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I found a deal about Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC 30 inch Wide-Screen Black Flat Panel Monitor for $1199. But at this price..... worth to buy? anyone have got it yet? how do you think of it? is it a good deal?

I'm about to head out to see what they've got for models.

I have the 22" and frankly I don't know why you would need anything larger.

$1200 for a monitor alone? What in the world are you planing on using it for?

IMHO, if you have that type of money to spend, you should get two high-end, Crossfire etc.-capable graphics cards instead.

They said it's very exciting for gaming

At that scale won't things get ugly again? Can graphics cards cope?

My school has them in its computer lab. They're awesome. I can have two full-sized browsers and a chatroom side to side next to each other. If there's one thing I'm going to miss about graduating it's those moniters.

I have the 22" and frankly I don't know why you would need anything larger.

I thought the same thing back on my 640x480 14" CRT.

$1200 for a monitor alone? What in the world are you planing on using it for?

If I had to guess, HD movies, HD TV content, gaming, and graphics/other work would be my guess.

IMHO, if you have that type of money to spend, you should get two high-end, Crossfire etc.-capable graphics cards instead.

Not much point in high-end video cards if you don't have a good monitor though. And any crossfire setup struggles at 2560x1600, much better going with SLI.


To the OP:

Perf is right, those monitors are beautiful. Take a look at them before buying, to see if they're worth the money for you.

I'd buy a couple of them if I had the money, I'm currently running dual 24" screens instead. (3840x1200 res, compared to 2560x1600 on the 30")


At that scale won't things get ugly again? Can graphics cards cope?

Good ones can cope fine.

Scale isn't really an issue, people play PS3 and 360 games on 50"+ TVs, and they look great, and PCs can drive significantly better graphics than either console.

Moved to computer talk.

A monitor of that size is useless if you cannot power it. You would need a very beefy setup to run most games at 1650x1080 at max settings, and thats not to even say anything about 2560x1600. Unless you seriously need a monitor of that size ( graphics design, etc), you'd be fine with a 22" at 1650x1080. If you get that, you'll still have 950$ to put towards a gaming rig that can give you a very nice gaming experience.

A GF8800 wouldn't be really that expensive on top of that monitor price, and it should be able to run at least older games at native resolution.

Besides, a good monitor should serve well for a lot longer that a high-end gaming machine.