Best lcd monitor gaming 500$

[Synon29]

I'm looking for an lcd monitor for gaming, i play crysis, hellgate london, wow etc. My budget is 500 dollars. Do you guys have any suggestions?

 

[Tyrant222]

Cant help you but others will chime in. I think we need to know what video card your using. It will be helpful if you want to be gaming without any scaling.

 

[Synon29]

Evga 8800 gts ( g92 )

 

[SickBeast]

I'd almost say get a cheap 42" LCD HDTV for that budget. If you could get a 1080P set for that much, I would jump on it. Games look incredible on a big screen, trust me. I use a 46" Sharp Aquos @ 1080P. It blows away my 1920x1200 Dell 2405FPW in terms of detail, color saturation, contrast, response time, and most definately black level.

In fact, I'm pretty sure you can get a 32" 1080P Sharp Aquos for around $500. I've heard they're quite good. You can probably tell I'm partial to Sharp at this point. My 2405 uses a Samsung panel and I've been blown away by how nice the Sharp looks in comparison.

 

[Synon29]

What kind of response time does it have?

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: Synon29
What kind of response time does it have?

Mine has 4ms. No ghosting whatsoever.

Even if you can't get a 1080P screen, 720P still looks very good on a 42" setup.

Oh, and make sure it has a DVI input, or preferrably some HDMI inputs (just about all HDTVs have these so don't sweat it).