With my tax money, I figured i'd spend a little bit of it to get one of the more highly recommended 8ms or 12ms 17" LCD screens, since I believe I would have no troubles with them in the games I play. This is my system:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 90nm @ 2.4Ghz
2x512Mb Crucial Ballistix DDR400
Abit AV8
2x80GB Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 SATA RAID0 (video creation/editing and more)
Leadtek GeForce 6600GT AGP overclocked ~18% (but is also stable at a MUCH higher percentage).
As you can see, I really shouldn't have any problems. I think its painfully obvious which ones are the best to get, but I can find other CRTs like a Sony CPD-E440 used on Amazon.com ('Very Good' condition rating) for $149 as well. Should I change my LCD decision and go for an FD Trinitron monitor instead? It sounds like a good choice, what do you guys think? I figure I should ask anandtech forum posters because, of course, they're just that awesome:beer:.
I have a Samsung SyncMaster 997DF T/T already and it is fabulous but I would like something better and I'm in a giving mood and would like to give my brother this one so that he can have a great monitor too.
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 90nm @ 2.4Ghz
2x512Mb Crucial Ballistix DDR400
Abit AV8
2x80GB Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 SATA RAID0 (video creation/editing and more)
Leadtek GeForce 6600GT AGP overclocked ~18% (but is also stable at a MUCH higher percentage).
As you can see, I really shouldn't have any problems. I think its painfully obvious which ones are the best to get, but I can find other CRTs like a Sony CPD-E440 used on Amazon.com ('Very Good' condition rating) for $149 as well. Should I change my LCD decision and go for an FD Trinitron monitor instead? It sounds like a good choice, what do you guys think? I figure I should ask anandtech forum posters because, of course, they're just that awesome:beer:.
I have a Samsung SyncMaster 997DF T/T already and it is fabulous but I would like something better and I'm in a giving mood and would like to give my brother this one so that he can have a great monitor too.