Dell 1905FP question

[semioptical]

I just bought a Dell 1905FP 19" LCD monitor. Initially I was pleased, no dead pixels, the image was incredibly sharp. Then I tried to play World of Warcraft and the game looks like I installed a motion blur. Things look okay with a large contrast variation, like a very light character on a dark background or vice versa, but with more moderate contrast variations, things leave trails horribly. Basically the whole image blurs badly when you rotate the camera at moderate speed.

Scrolling webpages does the same thing, and when I tried out solitaire, I found that dragging the cards around on the green background could leave trails so badly that I could read the number on the card against the background while I was moving it. Dell agreed to send me another unit, but I'm a bit skeptical. I know that all LCD's do this to some extent, but this seems excessive, especially for a unit with a supposed 20ms response time. I'm hoping that someone with one of these monitors or experience with one knows if this is just how they perform or if I have a defective unit.

Any help/advice is appreciated.

 

[Unauthorized]

20ms is bad

go for 12/8 for gaming

even my 30 ms sony lcd doesn't blur though

 

[SlitheryDee]

I don't have any experience with LCD's but I've heard that their not the best for gaming. If Dell's offering to replace the monitor, by all means get a new one. Then at least, you'll know for sure.

 

[stinkiesquirrel]

wait till dell puts their monitors on sale again (happens about every other day) and replace it with a 2005fpw. i myself have a 2001fp and couldnt be happier so i would asume that the 2005fpw be even better.

 

[tren001]

Yay, another 1905FP does it ghost? thread! This must be my tenth post trying to get people off of the 1905 and onto another Dell or some other panel.

Seriously, though, there does appear to be a lot of people (including me) who complain about ghosting on the 1905, especially on first person 3d games, which WoW sort of is, while nearly everyone finds the 2001FP and 2005FPW to be excellent for gaming.

Speaking of warcraft, I actually tested Warcraft III (the RTS) on the 1905, and it was gorgeous with no ghosting whatsoever. However, Freedom Force, also a isometric 3D game, ghosted and streaked like a mother, which confuses the hell out of me to this day.

Finally, I also found the 1905, although super sharp, to have a faded/washed out look when compared to other LCDs, which could probably be corrected with a lot of software tweaking, but nonetheless struck me as strange for a relatively high-end panel. Put together, the 1905FP really seems to be a mixed-bag panel. But many people seem to like it, some seem to get used to the ghosting, and the monitor can often be found now for just over $300, which is a pretty sweet deal, esp for those non-FPS gamers.

 

[aatf510]

AnandTech's reviews doesn't think the 1905fp got motion blur.
http://www.anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=2332&p=10

I nearly got myself one of those, however after seeing my friend's 2001fp in action, I went back to my old 19" CRT.
LCD simply doesn't compare!! CRT still rocks!!

 

[tart666]

got my 1905 last night, no ghost. I am on dvi at 70Hz... try different refresh?

 

[imported_itr]

Originally posted by: tart666
got my 1905 last night, no ghost. I am on dvi at 70Hz... try different refresh?

you can't change refresh rates on lcds.

 

[erikistired]

i have a 1905fp and i love it. played WoW on it and i just got done playing cs:source and i was killing people left and right with no blur. you're running it in the right resolution eh?

oh btw, diablo 2 looks horrid. the only thing i can think of is it maxes at 800x600 and that's the problem.

 

[tart666]

Originally posted by: itr

Originally posted by: tart666
got my 1905 last night, no ghost. I am on dvi at 70Hz... try different refresh?

you can't change refresh rates on lcds.

yes you can

 

[Known Unsoldier]

I am 95% pleased with my 1905FP. I don't notice ANY blur when gaming, but I'm sure there's a little there that I just don't pick up on, hence my only 95% aproval rating instead of 100%. Got it for free, and it's eleventy billion times better than my old viewsonic 19" CRT.

 

[imported_itr]

Originally posted by: tart666

Originally posted by: itr

Originally posted by: tart666
got my 1905 last night, no ghost. I am on dvi at 70Hz... try different refresh?

you can't change refresh rates on lcds.

yes you can

technically, you can change the refresh rates, however, there is no point. LCDs don't have to refresh the images like CRTs do.