Shopping for an LCD, looking for suggestions

[HockeyTownUSA]

If your main purpose is playing games LCD is NOT the way to go.
CRT monitors remain the best for gameplay, if any store/salesman tells
you differently they are lying through their teeth.


Gordon

Huh? Been using my Dell 2001FP for about a year now mainly for gaming and it
is the clearest, crispest, and best picture I have ever had even compared
with my Sony Trinitron 19". Not to mention I gained back 80% of my desk
space. 16ms or faster response time is awesome for gaming. Also recommend
getting one with a 1600x1200 native resolution since it tends to scale best
to lower resolutions while keeping its crispness, presumably by its massive
amounts of pixels.

 

[Matt]

If your main purpose is playing games LCD is NOT the way to go.

FWIW, I have a 25ms ViewSonic VX900. At that speed games are fine. If you can
find yourself a 16ms monitor you will be fine.

Since I removed my ViewSonic P810 I've gained so much more desk space! The
sharpness and clairity is awesome compared to the CRT's in my house.


Matt

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M and M Electronics
6661 Stanford Ranch Road
Suite F, PMB 105
Rocklin Ca 95677
916-275-5871

 

[Shawk]

FWIW, I have a 25ms ViewSonic VX900. At that speed games are fine. If you can
find yourself a 16ms monitor you will be fine.

Since I removed my ViewSonic P810 I've gained so much more desk space! The
sharpness and clairity is awesome compared to the CRT's in my house.


Matt

(e-mail address removed)

M and M Electronics
6661 Stanford Ranch Road
Suite F, PMB 105
Rocklin Ca 95677
916-275-5871

Same here. Got a cheap (£150) Aria 17" LCD monitor yesterday. Looks
great, takes up no desk space and HL2 and UT2004 play great. No
ghosting whatsoever. 14ms screen. Shaun

 

[Russ Panneton]

Refresh rate is irrelevant with LCD monitors. Set your refresh rate to 60 or
70 Hz, set vertical retrace sync and let your GPU cool down

 

[smithy]

picked up an acer al1715bm 12ms lcd $390Aus, HLF2 and CS S etc, wow!!! my
old CRT is blur central compared this baby

smithy

 

[Fleabus]

I also plan to try to use dual monitor until my current CRT up and quits.
Due to desk space, I am unable to fit two CRTs on the desk, which is
another reason for shopping for a LCD.

Jason:

ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256MB AGP retail (Cat4.12)
DV-I: Monitor #1 Samsung SyncMaster 213T Black 21.3" TFT
1600x1200 32bit 60Hz (native)
VGA: Monitor #2 ViewSonic P225f 22" Aperture Grille CRT
1600x1200 32bit 85Hz
WinXP HE SP2 clean slipstream
P4 2.8b/1GB PC1066 RIMMs
etc

I'm really pleased with the Samsung TFT.
I play bf1942+ add-ons, DC, DCX and Enhanced DC with all the eye-candy
maxed at native and it looks/plays great.
When the CRT goes, I will replace it with another TFT.
Samsung will be at the top of my shopping list.
They have a 19" model. Look it over and google some reviews.

Happy trails,

 

[Jason Ash]

Jason:

ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256MB AGP retail (Cat4.12)
DV-I: Monitor #1 Samsung SyncMaster 213T Black 21.3" TFT
1600x1200 32bit 60Hz (native)
VGA: Monitor #2 ViewSonic P225f 22" Aperture Grille CRT
1600x1200 32bit 85Hz
WinXP HE SP2 clean slipstream
P4 2.8b/1GB PC1066 RIMMs
etc

I'm really pleased with the Samsung TFT.
I play bf1942+ add-ons, DC, DCX and Enhanced DC with all the eye-candy
maxed at native and it looks/plays great.
When the CRT goes, I will replace it with another TFT.
Samsung will be at the top of my shopping list.
They have a 19" model. Look it over and google some reviews.

Happy trails,

Well, the wife let me run up the Dell card, and get a refurbished 2001FP.

Thus far (about a weekend in), I'm quite happy with it. No stuck or dead
pixels, no bleed from the backlight.
I've played some games on it, BattleField1942, Desert Combat, Halo, Need
For Speed: Underground, and have not noticed any "shadows" or "blurring"
of the images.

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