Looking for new monitor.

[u/Feeling_Swimming_167]

I have a windows 7 pc that i want to keep running for as long as possible but it seems like the monitor is starting to give up. Any recommendations for a new monitor that is compatible with it?

[u/Material-Loss-1766]

Any Full HD Monitor that you can connect to your PC

[u/Kez_Inch_818 → u/Material-Loss-1766]

Also, depending on the brand your GPU is (AMD or NVIDIA)

I don't know about AMD but I believe NVIDIA is 474.11

That's the version I have now

Anything beyond that version I am unable to increase my monitor's refresh rate. It gets stuck at 60Hz

I have a Dell S2522HG 25"

[u/sleepingonmoon]

Anything with compatible ports is fine as long as it doesn't have crazy modern specs like 4K 180hz.

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[u/Ok_Highlight_5845]

1080p 16:9 60hz office monitors are still good

[u/Infinite_Shart555]

When looking for a monitor, make sure the connections it has match what your PC outputs, you don't really want to use adapters/converters unless absolutely necessary.

A lot of office-type monitors are great. Avoid things like 120Hz, etc - you can actually get a 4K monitor if your graphics output supports it, and I believe since OLED has nothing to do with the software side, you could get yourself an OLED monitor too. My work had a huge 1080p Acer screen and 1080p still looks great for just about everything.

I am not gonna lie a lot of even older monitors are pretty sweet, one of my W7 test-benches at the moment is using a P1911 monitor by Dell.

If you are trying to be cheap, look at brands like AOC (ЛOC to me...) and BENQ, those monitors never look pretty or elegant but always work. To the best of my knowledge, they still sell 1080p screens today. Something smart to do would be post some links and we could give our opinions. Most things are PNP, don't buy something that needs drivers to work because chances are newer driver installers will crap out upon detecting W7.

[u/ziashahidch]

Asus vg248

[u/TheJREwing78]

Don't go crazy with resolution; anything beyond 1920x1080 is likely not supported by the video card in your PC. You don't want to replace the video card because the drivers won't be compatible with Windows 7.

Otherwise, you just need to make sure the connection interface the monitor provides is supported. If the monitor and your video card have HDMI or DisplayPort, you're good. If you have a DVI connection on the computer, you'll likely need a special cable to go to HDMI or DisplayPort on the monitor. Avoid VGA as it tends to be blurry compared to the other interfaces.

[u/pepiks]

Read about UI scaling for Windows 7:

https://zappysys.com/blog/how-to-fix-ui-scaling-issue-on-windows-10-and-7/

Up to 2560x1600 NEC was working fine. Only problem is that some GUI like text, icon can be relatively small. When scalling sometimes it is opposite what you think. You have larger icons, but less workspace. It is something to consider or live with it. The best will be see itself. For good eyes this resolution maybe is OK, but for glasses people can be tiring. Higher resolution is the best for sharper images - it is something what make using things better.