LCD's: Which are decent for gaming?

[bwb]

oh btw, you can buy them on ebay or if you watch the for/sale forum or arstechnica's sale forum you can usually get one off there.

 

[Fun Guy]

Whatever, if you want to fork out money for an obsolete monitor that requires a special video card with no chance of support - over newer technology that's better and cheaper, go right ahead. It's a free country.

 

[Nutdotnet]

Originally posted by: KraziKid
I have the Viewsonic VA520. I love it for gaming. It's a 15 incher, with a typical constrast ration of 400:1. It has a 25 ms pixel response time. It has no blurring or ghosting. The maximum refresh rate is 75 Hz at 1024x768. Everything is crystal clear on it, games/movies all look great.

I agree! Great monitor for the money.

 

[KF]

Some people have more money than they should, as demonstrated by this thread. If elected to Congress I can change all that.

 

[Staples]

Originally posted by: grimreaper19
Does anyone have more info on the Viewsonic VG-800 18" LCD. The price is great, around $580 shipped. It has a 600:1 contrast ratio, 25ms response time, but it features only an analog connector.

I have been looking at the monitor for a few weeks and from what I can tell is that this monitor uses the same screen at the high-end VX800 except that it doesn't feature a digital connector. I am considering it since it is such a good deal. Viewsonic is advertising this monitor on their site and since then, they have dropped the price a bit. Although they claim 600:1, its brightness is on par with other LCDs that claim as low as 350:1.

 

[bwb]

Originally posted by: Fun Guy
Whatever, if you want to fork out money for an obsolete monitor that requires a special video card with no chance of support - over newer technology that's better and cheaper, go right ahead. It's a free country.

ahahahhah, it dosent require a special video card, just get the multi link adapter and use it with any card that has dvi or a vga, such as a geforce 4

and no i dont think that newer lcds are as good as it, ive used them and always gone back, plus the wide screen is really usefull when working

 

[azkiwi]

ahahahhah, it dosent require a special video card, just get the multi link adapter and use it with any card that has dvi or a vga, such as a geforce 4

yeah and the multi-link adapter (IF you can find it) costs more than most video cards

Anything with 25ms response times is fair for gaming - though a few folks find that intolerable. Stick with digital because very little recent technology has appeared without it. FFD was supposed to be out for Christmas LAST year too. Brightness is hardly a problem with current tech screens so doubled brightness = no big deal. New LCD tech usually comes out in the most expensive screens first - so while you are waiting for your FFD monitor to appear and then become affordable we will all be happily chugging along on our 25ms LCDs.

 

[bwb]

Originally posted by: azkiwi

ahahahhah, it dosent require a special video card, just get the multi link adapter and use it with any card that has dvi or a vga, such as a geforce 4

yeah and the multi-link adapter (IF you can find it) costs more than most video cards

Anything with 25ms response times is fair for gaming - though a few folks find that intolerable. Stick with digital because very little recent technology has appeared without it. FFD was supposed to be out for Christmas LAST year too. Brightness is hardly a problem with current tech screens so doubled brightness = no big deal. New LCD tech usually comes out in the most expensive screens first - so while you are waiting for your FFD monitor to appear and then become affordable we will all be happily chugging along on our 25ms LCDs.

ya i got a good deal on mine and if you look hard enough it dosent cost that much

 

[grant2]

(off topic) .. I've never heard of Kia having 'poor' reliability. Especially since they include a lot more warranty than any other manufacturer...

Originally posted by: Rhombuss
Yeah, I think Samsung is the biggest Korean success story - they've broken through the shell of bad Korean reputation . IE - Hyundai, KIA.

 

[grant2]

FFD was supposed to be out for Christmas LAST year too.

According to who?

The oft-quoted FFD article actually said "quarter 1, 2002".

Furthermore, that prediction was made by a journalist, NOT an LCD manufacturer. Believing some hack is a WHOLE lot different than believing a company that can actually make it happen.

 

[cct]

FWIW my vote goes to either the Eizo L365 or NEC's LCD1550M (both use same panel).
I own a pair of the NEC 1550M - it has 450:1 contrast, 300 cd/m2 brightness and 25ms (black-white-black) pixel response time.
Unusually it comes with only HD15 connection yet with my Geforce2MX looks superb.
My 2 cents for the 15" category.

If you need to find out on here then you really need to see them in the flesh to decide on such an expensive outlay rather than accepting peoples recommendations as everyone will praise their TFT if theyve seen nothing better in the flesh.

Try ringing round some retailers till you find one that will offer you a no quibble return if your not happy with it.
Here in the UK it is law that when purchasing via mail order/internet your statutory rights allow you to return things within IIRC 14 days for a refund if your not happy. Something to do with buying things you cannot see IIRC.
Some retailers who are unscrupilous try to ignore this but you do have the right - best to enquire about their attitude towards this first to save hassle.
May be different elsewhere in the world?

Wish you luck.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

15":
NEC 1550M (If you don't want DVI)
EIZO L365
SAMSUNG 152T, 151P, 152B (if you don't want DVI)

17":
EIZO L565
SAMSUNG 172T, 171P, 172B (if you don't want DVI)

These are the only choices I'd consider and suggest to you. All others suck - by spec, price, quality.

 

[cct]

I forgot to mention a thread i read a while back just before i got my TFT's.
Click here for linkage....
Better set aside a few evenings to read the guts of it as ive never seen a thread get this big before :/
Some good info in there though.

Dunno if the mods here mind linkys to other forums? Please accept my apologies if you do not.