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need help with LCD settings for games

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nevamore

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Hi All. I just received this Sony LCD yesterday. I hooked it up to my system (see sig) last night using the digital connection.

I should note this is the first LCD I have had at home. It is for gaming. I do have Planar LCDs at work and love them - obviously no gaming. The first thing I noticed with my Sony is that WinXP display settings showed the only 60Hz as an option for the LCD refresh rate. The option to not show refresh rates that are unsupported is checked.

I played a bit of Doom 3 and things looked good. Then I switched to Battlefield: Vietnam and noticed some blurriness when making sudden motions. Any suggestions? Is this something inherent in LCDs? Or is there a tweak I don't know about?
 
The blurriness is what they call "ghosting",all LCD's have it.It is much more noticable in fast lighter games then dark ones,also some people notice it more then others.

If your LCD supports higher refresh rates you can go ahead and uncheck that box and use the highest one the manufacturer suggests.


Chris
 
could be a couple of things... first of all, unfortunately, the response times of LCDs tend to be slower than CRTs. your sony has a response time of 16ms (or 1 / 0.016 = 62 hz), which is slowish. the newer ones are running at 12ms, which is 1 / 0.012 or 83 hz (or frames per second if u will).

secondly, are u running BFVietnam at something other than 1280x1072? if so, you could be seeing the blurriness of your LCD running at non-native resolution. bump up the res and see what happens.

hope it helps.
MuadDib420
 
the rated response times on lcds are kinda misleading. like the 12ms response lcds were found to be slower or either just as fast as the 16ms response lcds. and the fastest lcd is the 20ms hydis panel.
 
Response times really can be misleading. 16 ms is actually a good number... I don't want nevamore to think that his brand new LCD monitor is sub par or less than what everybody else has... The fact is that 12ms of course is better than 16, but that is not the end all be all of visual clarity. The most popular response time standards are 25ms, 16ms, and 12ms. 12ms panels are relatively new. 25ms is considered to be on the slow end, and, conversely, 16ms on the good end. But again, this does not mean that is all to be taken into account.

Like others have all ready said, try playing your game in your native resolution or exactly half that. Also, and I don't know what this will change, load the drivers that came with your monitor rather than the Windows default if you haven't all ready.

edit: Oh, and also, don't compare your LCD refresh rate to a CRTs refresh rate. They are different.... 25 ms, or 1 / .025 is 40 hertz, which I don't think anyone would tolerate on a CRT. Most people complained about 60hz CRTs yet some 25ms LCD panels are good in gaming. So they aren't always apples to apples comparisons.
 
RawsonDR said:
Response times really can be misleading. 16 ms is actually a good number... I don't want nevamore to think that his brand new LCD monitor is sub par or less than what everybody else has... The fact is that 12ms of course is better than 16, but that is not the end all be all of visual clarity. The most popular response time standards are 25ms, 16ms, and 12ms. 12ms panels are relatively new. 25ms is considered to be on the slow end, and, conversely, 16ms on the good end. But again, this does not mean that is all to be taken into account.

Like others have all ready said, try playing your game in your native resolution or exactly half that. Also, and I don't know what this will change, load the drivers that came with your monitor rather than the Windows default if you haven't all ready.

edit: Oh, and also, don't compare your LCD refresh rate to a CRTs refresh rate. They are different.... 25 ms, or 1 / .025 is 40 hertz, which I don't think anyone would tolerate on a CRT. Most people complained about 60hz CRTs yet some 25ms LCD panels are good in gaming. So they aren't always apples to apples comparisons.
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Valid points all. Another thing you have to keep in mind is many manufactures “measured response times” are “black to white” period. This is not at all indicative of the “speed” of the display.

I love a good LCD and use them exclusively. I do game a bit and the fact is nothing in an LCD can currently match a good CRT. That said there are so many other advantages to and LCD display I can’t see myself ever going back to CRT.

I’ve seen cost no object LCD’s for medical and research work and even those ghost a bit, however they are not much worse in that category then a good home display.

Fact of life, LCD displays ghost, at least for now ;)

BillR
 
MuadDib420 said:
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are u running BFVietnam at something other than 1280x1072? if so, you could be seeing the blurriness of your LCD running at non-native resolution. bump up the res and see what happens.

hope it helps.
MuadDib420
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This might be it. I will check when I get home tonight. So should I run all my games at native resolution? I did a lot of research on LCDs and waited a LONG time before buying one. This Sony model had a lot of great reviews. I just figured there was something I overlooked or just wasn't aware of.

Someone refresh my memory on the benefits of using the digital connection over the analog.
 
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