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LCD Monitors for Games
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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I'm thinking about getting one of the Apple 17" LCD flat panel monitors. Apart from price, one thing holding me back is the question of whether LCD monitors respond fast enough for most modern games. The response time of the Apple monitor is (I think) about 40 millisec, which seems borderline for high-frame-rate games. Thoughts? Are there other monitors out there worth looking at?
Thanks!
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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There are two stats to look at, pixel response time and pixel fall time. Response time isn't much of a problem now a days if you get a good screen, but the fall time is. A game is rarely actually not smooth on a LCD unless the LCD is 100 bucks- it's the pixel fall time that you should pay attention to. With a long fall time, you get ghosting, so games will look blurry when you move. It shouldn't be a problem with the apple display though, they seem to be high quality.
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Well, I never got to comment in those many other threads, so I'm commenting here!
FWIW, I know nothing about refresh rates or pixel fall time, but I've had no issues at all gaming on my 17" LCD. Admittedly, my hardest gaming is Kabuto in single player mode, but I've never had problems that can be blamed on slow display response times.
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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on a recent screensavers episode, the co-host (patrick norton) said that CRTs are better for gaming. if you're a serious gamer, I'd go for a good CRT or, as he also suggested, a nice TV to act as the display. if you don't care and your computer is used for a lot of other stuff, then I'd get an LCD (unless you want to buy both and then interchange them as needed. that wouldn't be much fun).
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Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Pleasanton, CA
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Nice TV's suitable for gaming would cost you upwards of $2,000. Regular TV's in the $500-1,000 range aren't fast enough and aren't detailed enough for text. 
19-inch CRT's are wonderful for gaming. In fact, I have two, flat 19-inch ViewSonic monitors hooked up to my gaming rigs. I recommend flat CRT's in general. They're cheaper than smaller, laggier LCD panels, and they perform better. Unfortunately, they aren't as stylish.
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