CaptainRox Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 I am updating to a new Alienware Aurora system but am undecided about the monitor. Dell are offering a 24" 4K option (P2415Q) but some people have said the very high resolution may make gauges and menus hard to read and for a 24" screen full HD is fine. Any opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napamule2 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 I have a Dell 23 inch HD, 2048x1152 native res. $199 including shipping at Amazon. 8,000 to 1 contrast ratio, built in 2.0 mp web cam. Height and Tilt adjust simply by moving screen. You plug it in and Windows installs drivers for it - no fiddleing with menus, etc. It (including my PC) has been turned on for 2 years straight 24/7 (no screen saver or 'sleeping' allowed!! hehe). No issues. This model has been discontinued but it still kicks ash if you ask me. Love it. Chuck B Napamule Edit: The model: SP2309W (Digital) i7 2600K @ 3.4 Ghz (Turbo-Boost to 3.877 Ghz), Asus P8H67 Pro, Super Talent 8 Gb DDR3/1333 Dual Channel, XFX Radeon R7-360B 2Gb DDR5, Corsair 650 W PSU, Dell 23 in (2048x1152), Windows7 Pro 64 bit, MS Sidewinder Precision 2 Joy, Logitech K-360 wireless KB & Mouse, Targus PAUK10U USB Keypad for Throttle (F1 to F4)/Spoiler/Tailhook/Wing Fold/Pitch Trim/Parking Brake/Snap to 2D Panel/View Change. Installed on 250 Gb (D:). FS9 and FSX Acceleration (locked at 30 FPS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFamilyMan Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Driving a 4k monitor takes lots of graphics power, a needing high end graphics card: gtx 1070 (barely) a minimum. For 24" 4k res is a bit of overkill IMO (yes I know, the 4k image quality at 24" is amazing). Consider also 2k (2560 x 1440) monitors for the 24" size family. IMO that res is the sweet spot now-a-days for that size. Rod O. MSFS or BUST!: i7 10700k @ 4.9Ghz, 2x16GB DDR4 @ 4000 cas 16, evga RTX 3080 ti FTW III Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFamilyMan Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I use this 25" monitor: https://www.asus.com/us/Commercial-Monitors/PB258Q/ Flight sims look a dream on it, though if you are into twitch master FPS games it won't serve you well. No FSX menu size problem, at least for me. The ONLY reason I use a 25" monitor is my limited desk area. If size wasn't an issue I definitely would have (and recommend) a 27" or 30" panel. 24" is the max size for FHD (1920x1080), FHD monitors beyond that size will have noticeable "graininess". Rod O. MSFS or BUST!: i7 10700k @ 4.9Ghz, 2x16GB DDR4 @ 4000 cas 16, evga RTX 3080 ti FTW III Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rcca Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I have been using a 27" Acer monitor, love it! CyberPowerPC Desktop Gamer Xtreme Liquid cool GLC3200F Intel i7-4790k 4.0 CPU Z97,NEW-GPU Gigabyte OC GTX1060 6GB ,128GB SSD W10 Home 64-Bit 1TB SATA III- SSD 850 EVO 500GB for FSX only,Force Feedback 2 joystick] Notebook MSI GP62MVR 7RFX i7 7700HQ 2.8/3.8 turbo- 16gb Memory-GPU GTX 1060 6 GB Memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooitou Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 You can't go wrong with 27" 2560x1440. Everything is nice and big and crisp. Just make sure that your refresh rate is 5ms or better for nice smooth graphics. Or you can go one step up from there and get a 34" 3440x1440 monitor (21:9 aspect ratio). It is like having two monitors side-by-side without the bezel in-between and great for extra peripheral vision in flight sims. That is what I currently have after a 27" and a triple-screen setup. Triple screen was nice but unwieldy and took up a lot of space and tricky to set up in some programs. I don't miss the triple-screen or 27" at all - 34" 21:9 is the best combination of all of those. i5-10600K @ 5.0 GHz, Gigabyte Z490M motherboard, RTX 2080 Super 8GB, 64GB DDR4 3200MHz, ASUS ROG PG278Q 1440p monitor, CH Products Fighterstick, Pro Throttle and Pro Pedals, Track IR 5, Oculus Quest 2, Windows 10 64-bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRox Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Thanks for the comments. A 30" or bigger screen would be a bit hard to explain to the wife, so it seems like a 27" at 2560 x 1440 is the go. Is response time critical for FSXSE/XPlane/FSW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jandjfrench Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Hi Captain, I'm using a 23" monitor. I have a CH yoke and I have the monitor positioned so that the back of the control just misses the monitor. When I use the hat switch to pan down to look at the display yoke or when look down to look at the CH one they appear the same size. I do not have the forced wide angle view enabled in FSX.cfg. I have my default zoom set to 1.00. These settings greatly reduce what I see on the screen at any one time. But what I do see is what I believe is close to what I'd see in reality. I have the trigger on my controllers set to "Look forward (3-D cockpit)" so that after looking around in the VC (or in any view) I'm instantly returned to looking straight forward in the cockpit. I've seen some YouTube videos, which were praised as being realistic, in which the yoke appears to be the size of a donut. Different strokes as they say. Jim F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel.T Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 For response time, try to get a 5ms or less monitor. I'm using an Asus 27" (VK278Q) with TrackIR, perfect for my needs, flying mostly bush and amphibian planes. Look at the pic of my little set-up to have an idea of the size ratio of a 27" monitor close(over) a Saitek yoke. i7-4790K @4400 on Gigabyte Z97X (16gb), GeForce GTX 970 OC, Corsair Spec case Win7 Ult(64) on Samsung850 SSD(256), FSX+Accell on Samsung850 SSD(256), Track IR5 Saitek yoke/rudder radio/multi/switch panels, Logitech G13, GMap on Samsung tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerc154 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Hello Capt. Rox! I am planning to purchase a new Aleinware Aurora myself. I was wondering how yours is working out and which monitor you ended up getting... I'm also planning on purchasing FSX ES as well. Also, which add-ons are you running? Are you running Captain Sim C-130? CLS DC-10? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromep Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I would like to get a 40 inch monitor. would that work with FSX and X Plane 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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