Shopping for an LCD, looking for suggestions

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Gordon Scott said:
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
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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.
 
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
 
Matt said:
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
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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
 
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 :-)
 
picked up an acer al1715bm 12ms lcd $390Aus, HLF2 and CS S etc, wow!!! my
old CRT is blur central compared this baby

smithy
 
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.
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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:

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,
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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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