looking for help buying a 23 or 24 inch monitor

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bradyapba

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Heres the choices I was looking at:

This is for a gaming rig, i7,920 5850 video card:

23's:

acer: 50000 contrast, but 5ms response time, 300:1 contrast ratio: $180

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009179

asus: 20000 contrast, but 2ms response time,300:1 contrast ratio: $181

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236059

24's:

asus: 20000 contrast, 2 ms, 300:1 contrast: $239

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236049

Samsung: 50000 contrast, 5 ms, 300:1 contrast: $219

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001338


I have 2 questions:

1. Is contrast 50000 vs 20000, or response time 5ms to 2 ms, more important for a gamer?

2. There a big difference between 23 and 24? The jump in price is $30 to $50, which is a 16% to 27% increase in price. Just wondering if its worth it.

thanks for any advice in advance. Ive been gaming on a 19 LCD non WS, for about the last 5 years, for a reference point.
 
bradyapba said:
1. Is contrast 50000 vs 20000
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Dynamic contrast ratio is not at all important because it is 100% marketing figure and anything above 5000 is likely made up. Even if it happens to be somewhat realistic figure (like 3000:1), to achieve it the monitor's dynamic mode needs to be enabled (monitor adjusts backlight automatically) and it's possible only with certain kind of material. Contrast itself as a quality is very important. If it's proven in a test that a monitor can achieve a constant contrast of 1000, it is a great achievement* - this should tell how far from reality these dynamic contrast ratios are.

* for non-PVA panels

or response time 5ms to 2 ms, more important for a gamer?
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Fast response time is important for a gamer, but only thing these figures tell is that the monitors are using aggressive overdrives and most overdriven TN monitors are fast. The figure is just a claim basically.

2. There a big difference between 23 and 24? The jump in price is $30 to $50, which is a 16% to 27% increase in price. Just wondering if its worth it.
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See a comparison here: http://www.displaywars.com/23-inch-16x9-vs-24-inch-16x9
 
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how are you getting the 300:1 number? thats like 2002 era garbage

ignore the DC claims, as meanwhile says they're all made up marketing fluff

newegg states 1000:1 for all of those monitors static contrast, so I have no idea where you pulled 300:1 from

any of those monitors would be fine, just pick a size (meanwhile provided a great link)
 
Now that you've purchased a monitor you can forget about MFR fluffed up contrast numbers since they mean nothing, you can almost throw the whole response time thing in the garbage while you're at it.

It's very hard purchasing the right monitor for you based upon the manufacturers' specs.
 
Good choice on picking the ASUS monitor. I would have picked the ASUS myself. I'm quite pleased with the ASUS lcd monitors. Low response times, no stuck or dead pixels, no really bad issues with backlight bleeding and crisp colors. I have an ASUS monitor myself and have no issues with it.
 
Thanks HG. Its gotten a lot of good reviews on the net. And $170 is a great price, and im coming from a 5 year old LCD, 19 inch, square, samsung. So this is gonna be a great upgrade.
 
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