DescentBB

I'm moving to Hawaii and so rather than ship my two Sony 21\" CRT monitors, I'm thinking that I should just sell them and purchase an LCD monitor (in Hawaii) to replace them.

I used to keep up on the progress of LCDs, but lost interest when I got my 2nd 21\" monitor and began running them in dual mode. So I dont know much about LCDs atm.

Here's the pertinent information:

I want an LCD to game with, that doesnt have ghosting or blurring problems.

I'd like to stay under $500 or so.

If it's feasible, I might like to get a 2nd LCD to run in dual mode, because I cant imagine not having 2 monitors running side by side anymore...dunno if I can go back to just one (though money is always the final arbiter).

I saw this at Best Buy...Samsung 19\" 2ms response time, 700 to 1 contrast...here's a link on newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6824001230

Is this LCD any good? Is it just low response time and contrast that makes it good?
What other LCD would you recommend?

thanks for any input!
RM

I have a Samsung 204b 20\" LCD, it is the least expensive 20\" 1600x1200 LCD I could find, it comes with a 5 MS latency and reasonable contrast. Running it side by side with a CRT, the only thing the CRT really looks better at is showing an all black screen. LCDs just can't touch the pure black level of a CRT, other then that, any kind of picture or text and the LCD looks better and sharper. And my CRT is no pushover, its a NEC-Mitsubishi 930SB.

Granted, I use the CRT for gaming since I can see ghosting even in the best LCDs out there, it depends a long on your eyes if you can see the latency or not. But I would recommend getting a Samsung 204b if you are in the market for a LCD. The horizontal viewing angle is a little bit narrow so you will sometimes see the top of the screen is a slightly different shade of color then the bottom, but you get used to it and a full 1600x1200 resolution with all that space can make you forgive and forget a lot. And you really can not complain about it since it costs around $300-340 (I have seen it as low as $280). It really is worth every penny.

I have a Viewsonic VX2025W. It's 20.1 inches and it's great. Works in all the gmaes I have and it's native resolution is 1680x1050

It seems that one of the determining factors of an LCD is the native resolution....
Is there an optimal native resolution...best for games?
I currently run my games and my desktop at 1280 x 1024, on an X2 4400 with an nvidia 7800 GT copper video card (if that makes any difference)

LCDs all look bad unless you run them at exactly their native resolution.

P4 2.4
1.5 gig ram
9800 pro ATI 128meg

I have games like D3, Diablo 2, BF 1942, UT 2004, Q4 and they all work fine. No hiccups.

so what is the *best* (all around most usefull) native resolution?

ReadyMan wrote:so what is the *best* (all around most usefull) native resolution?

pick a monitor you like, and stick with its native resolution.

let me rephrase something: native resolution to only resolution.

anything lower than that is scaled, either by the monitor or your video card.

The best is what your eyes can see. If you can read at 1600x1200, then that's the best resolution.

Viewsonic makes a 2ms response-time lcd. WarAdvocat has one, says it's the (J)bomb.

My LCD is 8ms response and trust me, it's plenty fast enough for any game. And the native resolution (1680x1050) is easy on the eyes. You can always adjust the icon/text size if it's to small.