Ray_li

can anybody recommend me a 21-24" monitor for day in day out use of CAD for around £250-£350

what's important when looking for a LCD/TFT monitor?

Response time?

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

I just use a Dell 24" widescreen here at work. I guess the main thing for working with CAD is the resolution. Other than that I cant really offer much else.

Ray_li

whats better a TFT or LCD?

the director rejected £450 for a monitor

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

No idea. sorry. One of the nerds will know though

Ray_li

Found two

20.1" Resolution : 1680 x 1050 Pixels
SMALL BUSINESS: Dell UltraSharp™ 2007WFP 20.1" Widescreen LCD Flat Panel Monitor. 300 cd/m² brightness, 800:1 contrast, 16ms response time. Black TCO99

22" Resolution : 1680 x 1050 Pixels
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna...0265&sku=88221

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

top one is the same as the one I have here. Not certain on the size but think it's 24"

Ray_li

its gets a bit funny when its widescreen (20.1" to me means its 20.1" corner to corner)

Are you happy with yours for CAD?

hard work looking at SN for 35 hours a week

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

Was going to say Scoobynet looks Ok on it

Yeah it's fine. although I've turned the brightness down a fair bit. I should get an eye test but I found on full it was straining my eyes. Now though it's been fine. widescreen is good because you can have all your buttons on the side and still have at least the same working area I used to have before.
Quick rough measurement and this one is a 24".

Ray_li

if your monitor is the smae product number and you're happy with it i'll put this one to my manager

SMALL BUSINESS: Dell UltraSharp™ 2007WFP 20.1" Widescreen LCD Flat Panel Monitor. 300 cd/m² brightness, 800:1 contrast, 16ms response time. Black TCO99

Return of the Twig

Second one is fine mate. I'm stuck using CAD on my laptop monitor here in my work, so think yourself lucky!!

BTW 2008 is the doggies danglies if you have got it!

speedking

Dual monitors can be quite a good setup. If you have a decent graphics card with dual output, then 2 x 19" monitors may be cheaper than a widescreen 23". Worth considering.

messiah

AutoCAD 2008?

There's barely any difference between it and 2007 from what I can tell. Running both here, and prefer 2007 as it runs a bit quicker in my eyes.

Ray_li

whats the point?

they introduce all the new features but dont show you whats new and how to use it

messiah

the new features are a bit feeble this time around, one or two are interesting but will barely be used.

Only ever worth upgrading when a new file type is introduced IMHO. Going on a course soon showing how Autodesk Map 3D links in with ArcGIS soon which should be interesting, we've had some decent results just messing about with them in the office so far...

Ray_li

I'm a Solidworks user myself

Mick

iTrader: (1)

I'm looking for this size of monitor myself... This 22" CiBox seems good value 1680x1050 res, HDCP compatible and under £180 - the boss can't complain about that surely

Computer hardware and software at amazing prices, available online from Scan Computers UK

Good luck

Mick

marshyRA

Careful of all these cheap 1680x1050 monitors appearing atm, resolution is not supported by many graphics cards so a bit of tweaking is needed to get them displaying right.

We have dual 20.1" iiyama tfts at work, highly recommended rather than a single larger screen.

Mick

iTrader: (1)

Ooohh... No-one mentioned that before

My NVIDIA 6600GT card will do 1600 x 1024 from the setup screen - will that be close enough - or will it adapt once i get the new monitor plugged in? EEK

Mick

Return of the Twig

Used both ArcGIS and Autodesk map at my last place of work. (Was actually using Civil3D but Map is a part of that. They tie in pretty well, especially if you use a lot of things like LIDAR information.

Don't suppose you are looking for people with experience of both are you? (trying to get out of my current place because it's a bit backwards!!).

messiah

Twig - actually my place are.

Dont know where you are, but fancy relocating to the Lake District?

mannyo

You will have no problem getting 1680x1050 from a geforce 6600GT, mine is displaying 1680x1050 as I type this.

Return of the Twig

South Wales mate! So only if the package is significantly better than where I am now!!

Drop me a pm with your e-mail addy on it and I will get a CV sent to you.

messiah

Can't see there being a huge paypacket on offer, but will send email addy anyway mate...

Mick

iTrader: (1)

Thanks for the reassurance It arrives tomorrow

1280x1024 on my old 17" CRT is slightly blurry in places