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I have a Dell 2007 and a 2405. I have been playing on the 2405 as of late (CF 3870), but I'm starting to think the monitor is too laggy (or that I just don't play as much as I used to). It seems on COD4 when I watch the replays people just see me before I see them.

So, I've been thinking about going to my 2007wfp for gaming. Is this a better monitor for games?

I plan to upgrade in the future, but I'd rather get the best bang that I can with what I have in the meantime.
 
Hard to say. But I'm prone to think that all Dells have a high-input lag as their feature :D
So, do you actually own 2007wfp? Or do you want to buy it? Or how much do you want to spend?
 
I have them both, and don't want to spend the money *yet* to upgrade. I have a vacation coming up. :p

I plan on probably getting a 30" and a new 24" for gaming, although the 30" may be a while. Just trying to get the best out of what I currently have. Seems like my gaming has gone down a bit since I got away from my VX922.
 
The 3007, I believe, is an IPS so it actually has the lowest input lag for the >20" crowd from Dell. Pretty much all of Dells 24" are garbage, the 2407 being the "least worst".

And I say this as a 2405 owner :(
 
Input lag is high on the 2405, but low on the 2007, so if you want high speed responsiveness and believe the monitor is causing you to be "behind the 8 ball" try the 2007 and see what happens.



iroc409 said:
I have a Dell 2007 and a 2405. I have been playing on the 2405 as of late (CF 3870), but I'm starting to think the monitor is too laggy (or that I just don't play as much as I used to). It seems on COD4 when I watch the replays people just see me before I see them.

So, I've been thinking about going to my 2007wfp for gaming. Is this a better monitor for games?

I plan to upgrade in the future, but I'd rather get the best bang that I can with what I have in the meantime.
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The 2405 has noticeably more lag. The 2007 is better, as is the 2407. Sadly the 2408 is actually a little worse than the 2405 when it comes to input lag.

And yes, AthlonXP, it makes a difference, especially if you come off another monitor with zero or low input lag.
 
Your 2007wfp is using a S-IPS panel (note that unlucky peoples got a S-PVA thanks to the panel lottery).
S-IPS panel has less input lag than your 2405's S-PVA panel.
On the other hand, the 2007 respond time is not the fastest and motion blur may be visible.

Personally, if your video card performance allows it go with the 2405. Otherwise, the 2007 is a good alternative.
 
Thanks for the replies all!

I might try it for a bit and see how it goes I guess, both monitors are hooked to the machine currently. I'm not really worried about video power with dual 3870's, but who knows.
 
You may even want to turn off CF. I haven't experienced it, but some gamers believe that CF/SLI can increase input lag too.

Only if you aren't satisfied gaming with the 2007WFP would I suggest that though.

iroc409 said:
Thanks for the replies all!

I might try it for a bit and see how it goes I guess, both monitors are hooked to the machine currently. I'm not really worried about video power with dual 3870's, but who knows.
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Interesting idea, I'd never thought of that. I'm actually planning on trading in the 3870's for a single 4870 (or maybe x2). I had a CF 1900 system and liked it too, but having two cards is a lot of trouble for cooling and the like.
 
It's the way frames are rendered in crossfire or SLI, where each card generally does alternating frames.

I had the 3870 CF set up and I agree that it was more trouble than it's worth. I get similar performance from a single 4850 card, so a 4870 is even better.

Of course the advantage to two single cards vs. an X2 card is that Crossfire can be turned off at will, whereas with X2 cards it's never completely off, or if it is, you can't really tell because there is no control over this.

iroc409 said:
Interesting idea, I'd never thought of that. I'm actually planning on trading in the 3870's for a single 4870 (or maybe x2). I had a CF 1900 system and liked it too, but having two cards is a lot of trouble for cooling and the like.
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Mav451 said:
The 3007, I believe, is an IPS so it actually has the lowest input lag for the >20" crowd from Dell. Pretty much all of Dells 24" are garbage, the 2407 being the "least worst".

And I say this as a 2405 owner :(
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Well Dell has had three 30" LCD's. The 3007WFP has no noticable input lag. (BTW I'm very sensitive to it.) The 3007WFP-HC was basically the same thing with better color gamut and the 3008WFP has a scaler in it and supposedly sucks ass as far as input lag goes.
 
I thought about getting two 4850's, but even with the lower power draw I'm still dealing with two cards - and probably a newer (expensive) motherboard to maximize the performance. A good P43/45 motherboard with a 4870 should fit the bill.

Funny though, I would have though there would be less glitches with an X2 card, but I suppose that's not really the case - it's just a more convenient package. I guess I would look at it more from an integrated solution and not just two hardwired video cards.

Good to know about the 3007's. That's a few months away though at this point and there will probably be something better along.
 
iroc409 said:
I thought about getting two 4850's, but even with the lower power draw I'm still dealing with two cards - and probably a newer (expensive) motherboard to maximize the performance. A good P43/45 motherboard with a 4870 should fit the bill.

Funny though, I would have though there would be less glitches with an X2 card, but I suppose that's not really the case - it's just a more convenient package. I guess I would look at it more from an integrated solution and not just two hardwired video cards.

Good to know about the 3007's. That's a few months away though at this point and there will probably be something better along.
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Well the 3007WFP was succeeded by the 3007WFP-HC which had the improved color gamut but was otherwise unchanged. The 3008WFP was supposed to address the lack of inputs the 3007WFP and 3007WFP-HC have and while it does do that, it also introduced a scaler which is generally the cause of input lag. Granted some scaling methods and technologies are better than others. Personally I'd prefer to use the video card to handle the scaling as that has proven to be the best approach from a performance standpoint. However if you are using an XBox 360 or a DVD player with your monitor then a hardware scaler is needed otherwise the image will be displayed in the correct size on the monitor which means you'll get black bars with your 360, Blu-Ray player etc.
 
Wow.. good explanation. I have pretty limited knowledge on displays, my area is more desktop hardware.

The 30" isn't going to be on my gaming machine, at least I doubt, just the workstation. I'm separating my stuff out to a dedicated OC'd gaming machine and a machine for "everything else". I have the parts, just as well use them. I will probably upgrade to a fast/cheap 24" for the gaming machine.

For the 30", quality over quantity - since I use Photoshop and that kinda stuff with it. Watching movies on it would be nice, but I'll probably keep the 2405 as a secondary so I can always use that.
 
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