refresh rate

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Limp Gawd
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what is the lowest refresh rate i should go with an lcd for gaming because i wana buy a nice widescreen but they all seem to be 5ms.
 
Ok, first of all the "5ms" is the response time (which affects the amount of ghosting) and not the refresh rate. Lcd's don't use the refresh rate in the same way that crt's do...most are set at 60hz for the native resolution. If you really need a higher refresh rate (such as professional gaming) then you should either get a crt or wait for the super expensive 100hz lcd's to be offered for sale.
 
anywhere below 12 should be fine for the most part... 16 and you'll be able to tell.
 
Reponse time is different between real and "paper" values, i think all LCD monitors have much more response time than "paper" informations. for example: LCD monitor have 5 ms response time, in real his have 8 or 12 ms...
 
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