excellent if you don't game or plan on watching any sort of movies. someone in my office just picked one up out at sams club for 300 bucks with a matching keyboard and mouse, I must say, it has a very clear picture and nice color for the price. I've had no experience with a viewsonic lcd, so I'm no help there. Have you checked out the dell 15" lcd's though? I believe they are 350 direct from dell, maybe cheaper off of ebay, now those are a nice display, and no problems for games of videos on them.