What do you suggest?

[Archon3]

Hi. I'm new to these forums lol...hello
I'm looking for a LCD monitor but I don't know much about monitors.. Could someone please help? I know that I should look for 2ms response time, 3000:1 CR or higher, and 300..something.. bightness because thats the best... What would be the best suggestion for me to get? I've read about the Samsung 223BW and 2232W, the LG 1960TRBF & 1982U monitors... Other than that I don't know much... What do you people think? Any potential problems with these monitors? Value:Money?

I have an Intel E6400 2.13GHz, 2GB DDR2-800MHz Trancend JetRam @4-4-4-12, GA-965P-S3 rev.1 motherboard and an nVidia 8800GT 512mb graphics card. All standard clocked. Would 22" resolution (1680x1050) drastically affect performance?

 

[Slyr7.62]

Your 88GT is fine for this res(Crysis excluded, of course). For 22" LCD, I'll just link the one I'm eying, an Acer AL2216Wbd Black 22" 5ms for $220. Just take a look @ it, the reviews seem pretty good even if they're from normal people. This is the max I'm spending on a LCD, so that's why it's what I'm eying. I usually use a NEC Multisync FE950 CRT and a Sony SDM-HS75p, the Sony is a $400 8ms LCD, very lil ghosting on it and I'm a CRT 1st person shooter type of guy, so I bet even though this Acer is not a $300+ samsung it is 5ms and touted as being a gamer's monitor.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009094

 

[Sniviler]

2ms , 3000:1 , 300 cd/m2

 

[Biges]

What monitor do you have now?
8800GT can be fine for many games even in 1920x1200 - if they support it, of course.
I think the response speed is over-rated and as for brightness, I'd go for lower values actually, but forget about what manufacturers say, it is mostly crap. Real brightness/contrast values are usually measured in professional reviews:
http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/reviews.html
Personally I'd suggest PVA/MVA screen, but many people seem to be happy with TN+...

 

[Archon3]

i have a 17" really old sahara lcd. it is VERY bad
do you guys think that the samsung 2232w is of any good? should i get it? there aren't many different lcd`d readily available to me. so its iether mostly lg, samsung and other well known world wide brands.....
i need you guys to suggest one specific monitor that i should get. preferably with 2ms response time

thanx guys. your input is highly appriciated.
(sorry about spelling)

 

[zone_86]

I personally have an LG L226-WTQ-BF and love it, but I built a PC for my father in law this weekend and we then bought a Samsung 223BW to go with the PC @ Sams, and upon setup I was floored at the default quality and default color setup it's very good for a TN panel. I haven't had the time to get the actual INF/driver loaded for 223BW specific (it's @ default monitor right now) but it still looks extremely good and that's just with onboard DVI IGP from a 690G AMD mobo. My initial impressions were that the monitor really good. I might post back upon further tweaking and after installing a 3850 in his box to test with a few games to look for ghosting but just from watching the cursor in black and grey backgrounds with icons and dragging them around the screen I didn't notice any ghosting issues.