24" Widescreen for Gaming?

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adamvk

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I'm looking at purchasing a 24" lcd for gaming. How well do you think my pc I will build this summer will be able to play the best games at max resolution?

thanks!

heres my new specs:

either q9300 or q6700
4GB DDR2 PC6400
8800GT
320GB HDD 7200RPM
24" Acer Widescreen
 
Some you can. A sweet spot though is 1680 x 1050 for that 8800GT. But, you still will be fine though on a 24" with that 8800GT card. 1920 x 1200 will struggle on some games especially when you crank up the settings with AA/AF enabled.Games like UT3 and TF2 you will be able to go 1920 x 1200. But, games like Crysis and Stalker will be too much. You don't need to set every game at 1920 x 1200. For each game you play, gradually raise the res and settings to the point where you cant play the game smoothly.
 
I have a similar question. There are 2 specifications when it comes to monitors that I have been curious about. The response time (ms) and refresh rate (hz).

For a gaming LCD that is over 24", I recently heard that the refresh rate does not matter. I have a hard time believing that. There is a significant difference between a 60hz on a cheap monitor and 120hz on a more expensive one, at least there was years ago when I played on a desktop. Also, anything under 4ms is good, right?

Thanks!
 
FatcatX said:
I have a similar question. There are 2 specifications when it comes to monitors that I have been curious about. The response time (ms) and refresh rate (hz).

For a gaming LCD that is over 24", I recently heard that the refresh rate does not matter. I have a hard time believing that. There is a significant difference between a 60hz on a cheap monitor and 120hz on a more expensive one, at least there was years ago when I played on a desktop. Also, anything under 4ms is good, right?

Thanks!
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98% of all lcd's run at a native 60hz refresh rate that you cant change.
there is no lcd on earth within consumer spending limits that will do 120hz. if you need a monitor that has to have a high refresh rate, go with a crt.
 
You might want to consider an 8800GTS 512MB, which will give you more options available for game playing at 1920 x 1200. Also, the next gen AMD/ATI cards will be released this summer, which will then force nVidia to release their new cards, so you might have more graphic cards available to buy this summer... or a price decrease on older cards.
 
Dunan said:
98% of all lcd's run at a native 60hz refresh rate that you cant change.
there is no lcd on earth within consumer spending limits that will do 120hz. if you need a monitor that has to have a high refresh rate, go with a crt.
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Sony XBR4, Samsung 71F series, and Samsung A650 series are just a few consumer LCD HDTVs that have a 120hz refresh rate...and they are all "within consumer spending limits".
 
AndonSage said:
You might want to consider an 8800GTS 512MB, which will give you more options available for game playing at 1920 x 1200. Also, the next gen AMD/ATI cards will be released this summer, which will then force nVidia to release their new cards, so you might have more graphic cards available to buy this summer... or a price decrease on older cards.
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Perhaps but I just bought a 8800GT so I prob won't upgrade my video card for 4-6months.
 
I have a Benq FP241WZ and find it good for gamming. Only in a few games has I even noticed any ghosting. However, I am not well informed about current displays so there might be better options.

Colin

Also I am running it with an EVGA 8800GT SC and I have no problems with games so far (TF2, The Witcher, Sins, Company of Heros, Guild Wars, World in Conflict, NWN2)
 
Keep in mind, that the 120hz technology on these screens is FAR different than the 70, 75, 85 and 100hz refresh rate on CRT monitors.

The 120hz technology here is an "interim frame insertion" where the TV looks at frame 1 and then frame 2, and then inserts (using algorithms) an intermediate frame between 1 and 2, to allow 120 screen updates/second.

Some have said this creates weird effects like the triple ball effect where a bouncing basketball is seen three times on the screen at the same time.

The CRT technology is straight up 70, 75, 85, or even 100 updates to the screen at the same time. No funky algorithms or DSPs creating artificial frames as 'go-betweens'.

LCD monitors are a different beast. They do 60hz straight up. Most that allow high resolution and high refresh rates just discard frames causing potential judder. Initially this was seen when people would go 75 hz refresh and shut off the Vsync on their video cards and experience massive tearing on LCD monitors. This was caused by a monitor that can only refresh 60 times per second, and a video card that can do 100 frames per second and the monitor just couldn't keep up.

Hope that helps,

10e



crfracer290 said:
Sony XBR4, Samsung 71F series, and Samsung A650 series are just a few consumer LCD HDTVs that have a 120hz refresh rate...and they are all "within consumer spending limits".
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