rec.autos.simulators

by **Dan** » Thu, 03 Jun 2004 05:35:42

Does anyone use an LCD display? Wondering if they have the reaction
time to display car motion extra. Any opinions?

Dan

by **Andi Col** » Fri, 04 Jun 2004 00:42:58

I'm currently using a 19" 25ms Neovo, works fine except on FPS's. Might want
to look at a Iiyama 511 though.

Andi.

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by **Dan** » Fri, 04 Jun 2004 03:08:58

I found a review of the fastest lcd's and the opinion was still not good
for games. Too much ghosting.

Dan

by **Stuart Becktel** » Fri, 04 Jun 2004 04:21:39

I've got an Ultrasharp 1801FP, it runs great. Just make sure that it is
below 25ms, I believe mine is 16ms.

by **Andi Col** » Fri, 04 Jun 2004 06:30:20

I have to say from my experience they're not right. Now my monitor is by no
means fast and I'd only say I see ghosting on FPS's. I know many people who
happily play on TFT's at 16ms. If you're a hard core gamer wanting instant
action, superfast graphics then stick witha CRT because nothing else will
do. But I do not believe that driving games stress a monitor much. In my
opinion of threee typss of game I play, driving is the least of the worries
on a TFT.

Two things to bear in mind, having said that. 1. You must run a TFT at it's
native resolution, so find out what it is, not what the max res is but how
many individual pixels it has been built with. 2. Make sure you understand
what the response times are and also take into account contrast and
brightness levels.

Andi.

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> > I'm currently using a 19" 25ms Neovo, works fine except on FPS's. Might
want
> > to look at a Iiyama 511 though.

> > Andi.

> I found a review of the fastest lcd's and the opinion was still not good
> for games. Too much ghosting.

> Dan

by **Internet Use** » Fri, 04 Jun 2004 20:13:59

> I have to say from my experience they're not right. Now my monitor is by no
> means fast and I'd only say I see ghosting on FPS's. I know many people who
> happily play on TFT's at 16ms. If you're a hard core gamer wanting instant
> action, superfast graphics then stick witha CRT because nothing else will
> do. But I do not believe that driving games stress a monitor much. In my
> opinion of threee typss of game I play, driving is the least of the worries
> on a TFT.

I'd agree with this 100%. I've been using an LCD (20" Dell LCD 200FP)
for 2 years now and would never go back to a CRT. Driving games/sims do
not tax an LCD at all, and I'm also happy with the performance with FPS.
The positives far outweigh any negatives.

by **Klin** » Fri, 04 Jun 2004 20:47:51

I've been using a Dell FP2001 for many months now. This is a panel rated at
16ms response time. No problems in any racing sim - GPL, NR2003, F1CS, etc,
etc. I don't play too many FPS but I'll say FarCry sure looks gorgeous on
it! <grin> If you are looking specifically for an LCD with a low response
time, be aware that some manufacturers only achieved this by limiting the
number of colours the display can produce.

Here's a good review of the Dell FP2001 at Anand:
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1918

As mentioned by a previous poster, it is best to run at the native
resolution of the panel. If that's 1600x1200 like the Dell, also be aware
that this gets close to the theorectical capabilities of the DVI interface,
so you need a video card that adheres to that spec closely. Unfortunately
some of the previous generation nVidia cards did not do so well at that.
Here's a comparision done by ExtremeTech:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1367926,00.asp

...Klinn

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