Advice on new monitor and video card

[dw58]

My current LCD monitor, a ViewSonic VA800 (17.4"), is starting to have problems. I'm looking at an LG L1980U or L1980Q monitor, Q has 8ms and U has 12ms. Does anyone have any experience with either of these?

I am also looking to install a new video card with DVI output for the new monitor. I currently have an ASUS V9520 Magic card (FX5200) which does not have a DVI output.

My system is an ASUS P4P800 Deluxe motherboard with 1 G of ram (dual channel), P4 2.4 with hyper threading, and I'm using XP home.

I do not do any heavy gaming, mostly photo editing. I would appreciate any info that you can supply.

 

[langpfeife]

For photo editing, I would definately recommend something with an 8 bit panel (like a Samsung 910T/LG L1910), generally the "faster" panels use dithering to achieve 16.2 million colors, which may not be 'ideal' for color sensitive work. Downside is you may notice a bit more "blur" effect (especially in FPS games) with the slower panels.

For a video card...I'd say a Sapphire Radeon 9600 (minimum), or better a 9800 pro/nvidia 6600GT would make an excellent choice for the occasional game.

cheers

 

[dw58]

Thank you for your reply and I'm sorry to take so long in getting back. My cable went out and I just got back on line.

After reading your comments, I did some further studying of panels and concluded that it would be better for me to get an 8 bit panel. I don't do any 3D gaming, so I don't need the speed. I'm now looking at the Samsung 193p or the new version of it, the 920t.

I am looking at the Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro (128 mb) for the video card. This should be all that I need.

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.