Upgrade my 24" display or keep it?

[2k3eblade]

Hey guys I got a Samsung 245bw that I purchased back in 2007 and I am trying to see if there is a better display since it is now 2012. The 245bw has given me almost zero issues; no dead pixels and tolerable CCFL bleeding. My only gripe is that the monitor has a banding problem on certain games. It doesn't matter if I have v-sync on or off it will still produce banding on these games (i.e. Dirt, Batman:AS, Witcher). Is it worth trying to get a new display or should I just live with what I have now? My budget is $400 and I mostly use my monitor for gaming.

 

[NCX]

Vsync has nothing to do with banding in games usually the monitor doesn't either. Some games will band regardless of the display.

If you get >60fps in games and turn off V-Sync the game will tear and some games tear regardless of the frame rate. V-Sync syncs the games FPS with your monitors max refresh rate (60hz) which is why many games cap out @60fps. If you like your display keep your money.