Does Refresh Rate REally matter?

[TheArabian]

Title says it all.

 

[Ika]

between 2ms and 16ms, yes. Mostly, however, it depends on your eyes and if you are picky about ghosting or not.

BTW, LCDs don't have refresh rate - what you listed is response time.

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

Never go more than 8ms.

 

[Ulfhednar]

What GundamSonicZeroX said; I am a n00b to the flat panel monitor, and while I was shopping around and usage I've noticed no ghosting on 8ms panels. Pretty much anything higher though and I began to notice very faint ghosting, which would seriously annoy me if I was playing an FPS game or something.

 

[TheRyuu]

I have a VX2025 and apparently it has a 8ms g2g rating with a 16ms white black white rating.

I see no ghosting. Anything under 16ms white black white rating you should be fine and I see no ghosting on my monitor what so ever.

LCD monitors have really come to a point were ghosting isn't that much of an issue as long as you buy a good monitor from a good company (ex. VX2025/Dell 2007fpw/etc...)

 

[OCNewbie]

I saw noticeable ghosting, or maybe it was input-lag, but I think it was ghosting on a 5ms Hanns-G 19" widescreen. The one that tons of people have bought and seem to rave about.

 

[PianoMan]

Originally posted by: wizboy11
I have a VX2025 and apparently it has a 8ms g2g rating with a 16ms white black white rating.

I see no ghosting. Anything under 16ms white black white rating you should be fine and I see no ghosting on my monitor what so ever.

LCD monitors have really come to a point were ghosting isn't that much of an issue as long as you buy a good monitor from a good company (ex. VX2025/Dell 2007fpw/etc...)

Monitor manufacturers use different criteria when measure response time, so be sure you're comparing apples to apples. W-B-W, grey-2-grey, etc... it'll be hard to really compare some monitors you come across. Second the advice on just buying from a good company.

I think the 2407WFP has a 6ms response time - no ghosting what I can see (GRAW, Oblivion [hehe, that game's come to a crawl now that I've turned on all the eye candy], and BF2).

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[TheArabian]

what is ghosting?

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: TheArabian
what is ghosting?

Double images appear on fast moving things its like seeing a ghost behind a mob or character.

 

[imported_Seer]

It's more like a trail than a double image. Although if the image were jumping between two points you would see double.

 

[PianoMan]

Originally posted by: TheArabian
what is ghosting?

Enable pointer trails in your mouse.

Kinda an extreme example (yes, I know, software vs. hardware, as well) - but you can get the idea.

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