LCD monitor for home use?

**PatO** · 10-05-2006, 11:16 PM

My company just bought me two 19" Viewsonic VP930b displays. As they only display 1280x1024, I was skeptical about their value coming off a 19" Monitor at 1600x1280. After two days, I was hooked! Those things are awesome! I think it's the lack of flicker that sold me.

I bought a $1200 Sony G500 a few years ago for my home setup and after those LCD's, I can't stand this thing. Res is phenominal - 1920x1440 (I like small text), but even at 85Hz, the flicker hurts.

I'm willing to take the hit in resolution if I get a couple of LCD's for home use, but I'm really concerned about video game play. Is slow pixel refresh really that much of a concern? Is there any way I can test a video game on my work monitors without being fired? (winamp vis, perhaps?)

Do any of you have one (or two) high-end LCD's which are acceptable at FPS type games? Money is no conern. (it is, but I'm not going to ditch my Sony for a crappy display)

**tom61** · 10-06-2006, 06:22 PM

Anything below 10ms latency will be fine for gaming, and the newer 6ms LCDs should be great.

Play a good quality vid with a fair bit of action and you'll get a good idea on how well they'll handle gaming.

**PatO** · 10-07-2006, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by tom61

Anything below 10ms latency will be fine for gaming, and the newer 6ms LCDs should be great.

Play a good quality vid with a fair bit of action and you'll get a good idea on how well they'll handle gaming.

As far as I can tell (I read the article on TomsHardware), ms are no longer a useful criteria... But I might be able to get away with playing a movie... I can chop one of my movies up to fit on a flash drive and try it after hours....

Thanks!

**PatO** · 10-07-2006, 11:55 PM

Let me simplify my question (for those who are clicking through new threads...)
Please post if you have an LCD monitor on your home computer.
Make/Model
Do you do any FPS gaming?
Which game?
Do you see ghosting?

**sxott** · 10-08-2006, 09:22 AM

Maybe MP3 car isn't the best place to ask.

I have a dell 2001fpw or whatever it is called. I do play FPS and yes there can be a bit of ghosting sometimes, but I don't find it distracting or intolerable.

As far as the game
Urban Terror mainly.