There isn't a standard.

1920x1080 is going to be a lot harder on your graphics card, and thus more expensive to keep up with, 1680x1050 is a much more reasonable point to aim for if you're not willing to spent so much on graphics cards over time.

1920x1080 is the standard for medium to high end.

Get the highest 16.9 resolution setup you can get.

The bigger the better.

>>92312822
>1920x1080 is going to be a lot harder on your graphics card

Yeah, hard if you're using a ten year old graphics card

I prefer 1920 x 1200 myself

>>92312822
Oh lawd... stop talking our of your ass

The resolution problem is officially gone with 1gb and gddr5 memory for your standard cookie cutter 200$ gfx card.
Why the 200$ range for gfx? That's always the best value for money since under is usually outdated and over is overpriced.

Right now you can get a kickass geforce 560 or radeon 6950 for that money that will run anything at 1920 resolution.

Unfortunately I am still on an 8800gt with ancient 512mb memory so running SOME games on max at 1920 is not an option.

>>92312911
Depends what game you're playing, the point remains that as time goes on and your card ages, it's going to struggle a lot sooner with a higher resolution.

Go with either 1680x1050 or 1920x1200.

A 16:10 ratio works pretty darn well for games.

>>92312822
>1920x1080 is going to be a lot harder on your graphics card, and thus more expensive to keep up with

As long as it lasts a reasonable amount of time, like 5+ years, I don't mind. I don't really have a price limit at the moment so I'm just trying to get stuff that will last.

Get a 16:9 setup for games. Most of them support Hor+ for scaling, which means the higher the ratio, the bigger your field of view gets.