Flat Screen Monitor for Games?

I have been looking into a flat screen LCD to get more desk space... Ih ave a freind who can get me a good deal on an Acer 1912...19" LCD monitor. But the reviews I saw were a little 'ify' on it.... Anybody know anything about this monitor or have any recomendations? I want at least a 17" and would really like a 19" but cost is a serious consideration. TIA

I have some freinds who have tried some of the better SAMSUNG monitors, they said the're still a tiny bit of a trade-off... they are slower than monitors for sure (I am NOT as picky as they are), and expensive! for the faster response time ones... biggest hint I was given was contast ratios (clear/clarity of picture) then response times = kind of equates to speed of drawing the pixels your vid card pumps out... if you card pumps out 2 screens refreshes before the monitor can draw them, you going to feel like there is jittery movement you know... tlgtr enlightened us with:

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> I have been looking into a flat screen LCD to get more desk space... > Ih ave a freind who can get me a good deal on an Acer 1912...19" LCD > monitor. But the reviews I saw were a little 'ify' on it.... Anybody > know anything about this monitor or have any recomendations? I want > at least a 17" and would really like a 19" but cost is a serious > consideration. > > TIA

I have owned a Dell 18" 1800FP for about 18 months now. 1280x1024 native resolution. Aside from web surfing, email, taxes, word processing, it is exclusively for gaming. When I got mine, LCD's were really new to the market and concerns were over "Ghosting", due to the "refresh rate" (it's not refresh rate on an LCD,it's response time IIRC). I only play racing sims, GPL, NR2003, F1C, GTR, RBR and now NSR. Never, not once, have I had an issue with my LCD and it's ability to accurately display any of these titles. Knock on wood, no dead pixels eithers. Dell is selling their 20" LCD (1600x1200 res) for around $700 I think, which is about $100 or so more than I paid for mine a year and a half ago. I don't what your pricing requirements are, but I'll bet you can a similar model to mine for $500. They offer lots of other brands as well as the Dell (Look for the "Ultrasharp" tag) models. Dell always has tons of sales and coupon offers, so you be able to "buy up" if you time it right. Hope this helped. Darus

"tlgtr" wrote... > I have been looking into a flat screen LCD to get more > desk space... > <snip> I've been testing the screens that pass through our office (not aimed at gaming at all) with racing sims and have never really had any issues with any, other than a lack of contrast on a really cheap Philips 15" model. However, those with responstimes of 110ms or more really ghost when one scrolls webpages or other files with a lot of text in them across the screen. Jan. =---

"Jan Verschueren" wrote... > <snip> 110ms?? -where'd that come from? -try 38ms and up, think 45ms was the slowest one we had here. Jan./bad night, ok? :-/ =---

Just got a 19" Sceptre monitor for $404 including shipping and it is awsome! It's the model called Gamer and has .12ms speed. MILO "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:m2LSd.18412$[email hidden]...

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> "Jan Verschueren" wrote... >> <snip> > > 110ms?? -where'd that come from? -try 38ms and up, think 45ms was the > slowest one we had here. > > Jan./bad night, ok? :-/ > =--- > >

Racing sims don't seem so piccy, FPS's are ruined by slow response times. IMO 16ms response time is crucial and 12ms for an FPS. I'm using a BenQ FP937S and it's fabulous. -- Andi. Remove only one zero to reply "tlgtr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I have been looking into a flat screen LCD to get more desk space... > Ih ave a freind who can get me a good deal on an Acer 1912...19" LCD > monitor. But the reviews I saw were a little 'ify' on it.... Anybody > know anything about this monitor or have any recomendations? I want at > least a 17" and would really like a 19" but cost is a serious > consideration. > > TIA >

I bought this http://www.viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/xseries/vx910/ from Best Buy recently and couldn't be happier. It's on sale now for $500 with a $50.00 rebate. 16ms response time. No ghosting. Everything looks beautiful. -- David G Fisher "tlgtr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I have been looking into a flat screen LCD to get more desk space... > Ih ave a freind who can get me a good deal on an Acer 1912...19" LCD > monitor. But the reviews I saw were a little 'ify' on it.... Anybody > know anything about this monitor or have any recomendations? I want at > least a 17" and would really like a 19" but cost is a serious > consideration. > > TIA >

Samsung 915N (19-in., 8-12ms response time), here: http://www.cnet.com/4520-10602_1-5618782.html here: http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-ST-x-1403-x-x-x and here: http://www.samsung.com/PressCenter/PressRelease/PressRelease.asp?seq=20050106_0000090595 I'm getting one ASAP. "tlgtr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I have been looking into a flat screen LCD to get more desk space... > Ih ave a freind who can get me a good deal on an Acer 1912...19" LCD > monitor. But the reviews I saw were a little 'ify' on it.... Anybody > know anything about this monitor or have any recomendations? I want at > least a 17" and would really like a 19" but cost is a serious > consideration. > > TIA >

Slickdeals.net just had a Dell 19" for 370.00

Also note that the Dell 2001FP has a 16ms response time. About as fast as it gets for LCDs. 16ms = 60hz. Most LCDs are 25ms = 40Hz. Note that LCDs do not have the flicker issue of CRTs so higher refresh rates like 75hz do not really mean too much. Don't worry about contrast rations speced by manufactures. All are playing games with specs and no LCD comes anywhere close in real life to the ratio in the specs. Without running an objective test there is no way to know if one brand is stretching the ration a little and another stretching it a lot. In the interest of full disclosure. I have the 2001FP. Norman "Darus" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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>I have owned a Dell 18" 1800FP for about 18 months now. 1280x1024 > native resolution. Aside from web surfing, email, taxes, word > processing, it is exclusively for gaming. When I got mine, LCD's were > really new to the market and concerns were over "Ghosting", due to the > "refresh rate" (it's not refresh rate on an LCD,it's response time > IIRC). I only play racing sims, GPL, NR2003, F1C, GTR, RBR and now NSR. > Never, not once, have I had an issue with my LCD and it's ability to > accurately display any of these titles. Knock on wood, no dead pixels > eithers. > > Dell is selling their 20" LCD (1600x1200 res) for around $700 I think, > which is about $100 or so more than I paid for mine a year and a half > ago. I don't what your pricing requirements are, but I'll bet you can a > similar model to mine for $500. They offer lots of other brands as well > as the Dell (Look for the "Ultrasharp" tag) models. Dell always has > tons of sales and coupon offers, so you be able to "buy up" if you time > it right. > > Hope this helped. > > Darus >

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 05:27:18 GMT, "Norman Black" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Also note that the Dell 2001FP has a 16ms response time. About as fast as it >gets for LCDs. Nope. You can get as fast as 8ms now.

Hence my use of the phrase "about as fast". "Trinity" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 05:27:18 GMT, "Norman Black" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > >>Also note that the Dell 2001FP has a 16ms response time. About as fast as >>it >>gets for LCDs. > > Nope. You can get as fast as 8ms now.

If you have the right codes, you can get the Dell 2001FP shipped for about $505 right now :) -Larry "Norman Black" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:WuUSd.15028$uc.13493@trnddc09...

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> Also note that the Dell 2001FP has a 16ms response time. About as fast as > it gets for LCDs. 16ms = 60hz. Most LCDs are 25ms = 40Hz. Note that LCDs > do not have the flicker issue of CRTs so higher refresh rates like 75hz do > not really mean too much. Don't worry about contrast rations speced by > manufactures. All are playing games with specs and no LCD comes anywhere > close in real life to the ratio in the specs. Without running an objective > test there is no way to know if one brand is stretching the ration a > little and another stretching it a lot. > > In the interest of full disclosure. I have the 2001FP. > > Norman > > "Darus" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... >>I have owned a Dell 18" 1800FP for about 18 months now. 1280x1024 >> native resolution. Aside from web surfing, email, taxes, word >> processing, it is exclusively for gaming. When I got mine, LCD's were >> really new to the market and concerns were over "Ghosting", due to the >> "refresh rate" (it's not refresh rate on an LCD,it's response time >> IIRC). I only play racing sims, GPL, NR2003, F1C, GTR, RBR and now NSR. >> Never, not once, have I had an issue with my LCD and it's ability to >> accurately display any of these titles. Knock on wood, no dead pixels >> eithers. >> >> Dell is selling their 20" LCD (1600x1200 res) for around $700 I think, >> which is about $100 or so more than I paid for mine a year and a half >> ago. I don't what your pricing requirements are, but I'll bet you can a >> similar model to mine for $500. They offer lots of other brands as well >> as the Dell (Look for the "Ultrasharp" tag) models. Dell always has >> tons of sales and coupon offers, so you be able to "buy up" if you time >> it right. >> >> Hope this helped. >> >> Darus >> > >

Dave, Weak warranty :( "One-year limited warranty on parts, labor and backlight for units purchased in the U.S. only. Three-year limited warranty on units purchased outside of the U.S." Nice monitor though! -Larry "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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>I bought this > http://www.viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/xseries/vx910/ > from Best Buy recently and couldn't be happier. It's on sale now for $500 > with a $50.00 rebate. > > 16ms response time. No ghosting. Everything looks beautiful. > > > -- > David G Fisher > > > "tlgtr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... >> I have been looking into a flat screen LCD to get more desk space... >> Ih ave a freind who can get me a good deal on an Acer 1912...19" LCD >> monitor. But the reviews I saw were a little 'ify' on it.... Anybody >> know anything about this monitor or have any recomendations? I want at >> least a 17" and would really like a 19" but cost is a serious >> consideration. >> >> TIA >> > >

Maybe not. Only analog input, no digital. Pretty cheesy, IYAM. "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:TeNSd.33379$[email hidden]...

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> Samsung 915N (19-in., 8-12ms response time), here: > > http://www.cnet.com/4520-10602_1-5618782.html > > here: > > http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-ST-x-1403-x-x-x > > and here: > >

http://www.samsung.com/PressCenter/PressRelease/PressRelease.asp?seq=20050106_0000090595

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> > I'm getting one ASAP. > > "tlgtr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I have been looking into a flat screen LCD to get more desk space... > > Ih ave a freind who can get me a good deal on an Acer 1912...19" LCD > > monitor. But the reviews I saw were a little 'ify' on it.... Anybody > > know anything about this monitor or have any recomendations? I want at > > least a 17" and would really like a 19" but cost is a serious > > consideration. > > > > TIA > > > >

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