22 inch blues

[FireChicken]

ANybody know of any 22 inch monitors that can do 75hz at 1680X1050

This viewsonic only does 60hz and I am getting horrible tearing.

I also looked at the Asus 22" which looks bitchin but it also cannot do 75hz at 1680x1050.

Anybody know of a 22" that can? or is this something inherent to the 22" monitors or inherent to that resolution?

 

[PorscheMaD911]

Turn Vsync on?

 

[apoppin]

are you talking LCD?

doesn't matter if its 60hz or more

Use vsynch
[eliminates tearing]

 

[imported_RedStar]

the short answer ...no 22 inch does more than a rr of 60 Hz at native resolution.

The problem with vsynch....

http://www.tweakguides.com/Graphics_8.html (read the whole page as it is very informative

"The main reason why the refresh rate on an LCD may matter in gaming is because of VSync - which is discussed in greater detail in the Vertical Synchronization setting. The simple fact of the matter is that LCD monitors have to work on the basis of receiving new frames of information from a graphics card's frame buffer like a CRT would: i.e, during the VBI. So when VSync is disabled the graphics card will sometimes race ahead and when the LCD monitor indicates it is ready for a new frame during the blanking interval, the graphics card may provide a partially new frame overlapping an older one, just like it would for a CRT. An LCD monitor will then display this just the same way a CRT monitor would, resulting in visible tearing. The alternative of enabling VSync can resolve this, but in turn can reduce FPS to a fraction of the refresh rate. The lower your refresh rate, the greater the performance drop, which is why a 60Hz refresh rate on an LCD may be problem."

I'm not sure if vista has the same LCD limitation (forcing it to act like a crt) ...probably/
Of course this is not such a bad trade off...at high resolutions and max visual settings.
But, it is a reason why professional gamers still prefer CRT's.

This is why "100hz refresh rate" panels are on the horizon ...

 

[TheRyuu]

My 20in monitor can't do 75hz at native Resolution.

My 19in. non-ws monitor can do it but I never really use vsync so it's not a problem for me.

 

[BassBomb]

All the 22" are 97% the same panel, so good luck finding one that will do what yours wont

 

[FireChicken]

Thanks for the reply guys. I do not have Vsync enabled but I have tried that in the past and it didnt seem to work very well. I had an older Dell 19 in that only did 60hz and I tried Vsync with that monitor. Game got all choppy. But befor I return the monitor I will give vsync a try.

So basically what all this means is LCD monitors 20 in and above are limited to 60FPS at their native resolution. So when are these 100hz monitors supposed to be out....

 

[postmortemIA]

put more AA/ AF till you get to 60Hz range.

 

[imported_RedStar]

I can not tighten up horizon timeframe about 100hz but i do suggest you read this about such a future:

http://www.behardware.com/articles/641-...cd-at-100-hz-the-end-of-afterglow.html


"Partially unveiled at CeBIT 2006, 100 Hz technology is coming for LCDs. The idea is that monitors will no longer display 50 or 60 images per second but 100. How it does this is something we will go into later. What is important is that Samsung is headed in the right direction. Finally, LCD technology is considerably improving much more than going from 16 to 2ms. Under certain circumstances, the first 100 Hz LCD is as good as a CRT. ..."

read on

 

[IlllI]

Originally posted by: FireChicken
So when are these 100hz monitors supposed to be out....

probably not for at least a year. i'm guessing that they will start with the larger-sized lcds (and slap a price premium on it) and then slllloowly trickle down to the smaller ones.