Does the 2D output quality of a card matter on an LCD display?

[eyez]

I hear so much about the variability of 2D outputs of graphics cards (ie ATI vs. Matrox vs. nVidia), does it make a difference on an LCD monitor?

 

[AndyHui]

It shouldn't. I went from a 15 inch Viewsonic GS-3 to an LG 795FT Flatron Plus on a CL GeForce 2 GTS, and in the interim, I was using an NEC LCD 1525V for 2 months. Everything on the LCD was crisp, clear and bright. And now on the Flatron......*shudder*....

 

[eyez]

^

 

[yo2tup]

i can't tell the difference in 2d in a voodoo 3, voodoo 5, GTS, or s3 virge... on any monitor 😛

 

[Gunther]

No I don't think so. I think that only at high resolution can you actually tell the difference between any card and the g450 for 2d.

 

[BenSkywalker]

The output does matter, but not what you are used to thinking of. The RAMDAC is irrelevant, and much of the filtering used on an analog out won't be used as long as the monitor in question uses a direct DVI connector. If the monitor you are using does use an analog input, then the same quality issues that effect a tubed monitor will effect the LCD, though they tend to be less "picky" in terms of signal quality and will tend to look quite a bit better with even a poor 2D card.