Is DELL 2005 LCD good for gaming?

[yomafire]

Thinking of buying it but some say its not the greatest...Right now Im using Sony one but its only 1280x1024 and I want to play AOE3

 

[jc9970]

I truly love my 2005fpw for gaming. It's great! 16:10 ftw

 

[fbrdphreak]

Great

 

[secretanchitman]

yup, its great. even though i dont have one, ive seen some and games look AWESOME on it (provided that you have a good video card in which case you do). widescreen all the way!

 

[Hadsus]

Check this out:

http://www.gateway.com/home/products/ret/ret_fpd2185w.shtml

Response time and contrast ratio crushes the Dells. More expensive but I'd give this a close look if I were you.

 

[Unkno]

I have the 2005 and it's the BEST purchase i ever made, no regrets at all.

 

[gi0rgi0]

Got one on the big sale they had a few weeks ago and its awesome. I just started playing guild wars and with all the eye candy up im just blown away.
I have a 7800gt and it handles it fine. Although I may go sli soon

 

[videopho]

GREAT BUT NOT THE GREATEST! the new 3007fpw will be the greatest! i start saving money now for it.

 

[xtknight]

Isn't there a new 2007WFP coming out?

 

[5150Joker]

It's a fantastic monitor for gaming. I switched from a 21" Sony G520 CRT and don't regret it at all.

 

[theMan]

Originally posted by: 5150Joker
It's a fantastic monitor for gaming. I switched from a 21" Sony G520 CRT and don't regret it at all.

really? thats the crt i have now. was it really better? im not sure if i should switch to lcd.

 

[5150Joker]

Originally posted by: theman

Originally posted by: 5150Joker
It's a fantastic monitor for gaming. I switched from a 21" Sony G520 CRT and don't regret it at all.

really? thats the crt i have now. was it really better? im not sure if i should switch to lcd.

Colors are more vibrant, text is much more crisp and I can't see any ghosting though some people that are really sensitive to it may be able to spot it a bit. The only downside to this monitor is that it is notorious for having blacklight bleeding and I had to do around 4 exchanges to finally get one that had none.

 

[w00t]

Originally posted by: xtknight
Isn't there a new 2007WFP coming out?

Yes, That is what myself is waiting for.

 

[Elfear]

Loved my 2005fpw. Absolutely no ghosting that I could see (I do know what ghosting looks like, horrible on my friends 19" Samsung) and the picture quality is just awesome. Definetely recommend it to anyone.

Does anyone have the Gateway monitor mentioned above? I only ask because I'm curious if it really outperfroms the Dell. I've seen a lot of monitors that have great specs but look dumpy in actual use.

 

[ayabe]

Originally posted by: videopho
GREAT BUT NOT THE GREATEST! the new 3007fpw will be the greatest! i start saving money now for it.

Yeah if you plan on running SLI/Crossfire ad infinitum, otherwise you will be playing CS against life sized Terrorists.

Edit - oh yes the 2005 is fantastic, I would hold out for the new model if you can though.

 

[aatf510]

For AOEIII, the 2005fpw is a great monitor.
For FPS, it's a no-no, and I am a owner of both the 2005fpw and 2405fpw.

 

[w00t]

Originally posted by: toattett
For AOEIII, the 2005fpw is a great monitor.
For FPS, it's a no-no, and I am a owner of both the 2005fpw and 2405fpw.

I plan on getting a 2007FPW for fps why do you say that the 2005fpw is bad for fps it's better than a 2405fpw.

 

[gi0rgi0]

Originally posted by: toattett
For AOEIII, the 2005fpw is a great monitor.
For FPS, it's a no-no, and I am a owner of both the 2005fpw and 2405fpw.

Huh !?! A no no for fps ? I play fps and dont know what your talking about.
Explain please

 

[5150Joker]

Originally posted by: w00t

Originally posted by: toattett
For AOEIII, the 2005fpw is a great monitor.
For FPS, it's a no-no, and I am a owner of both the 2005fpw and 2405fpw.

I plan on getting a 2007FPW for fps why do you say that the 2005fpw is bad for fps it's better than a 2405fpw.

What?? I play FPS games almost exclusively and the 2005 FPW is a fantastic monitor for those games. If anything, the 2405 is much worse for FPS games than a 2005 due to it being restricted to 60 hz (mouse lag).

 

[akugami]

Originally posted by: 5150Joker

Originally posted by: w00t

Originally posted by: toattett
For AOEIII, the 2005fpw is a great monitor.
For FPS, it's a no-no, and I am a owner of both the 2005fpw and 2405fpw.

I plan on getting a 2007FPW for fps why do you say that the 2005fpw is bad for fps it's better than a 2405fpw.

What?? I play FPS games almost exclusively and the 2005 FPW is a fantastic monitor for those games. If anything, the 2405 is much worse for FPS games than a 2005 due to it being restricted to 60 hz (mouse lag).

Couldn't agree more. Never used a 2405FPW, though I had assumed it was similar to the 2005FPW. However, the 2005FPW is a top of the line LCD that can play FPS's with ease. My experience with it is that there is no noticeable ghosting when you actually play a game on it. I'm not talking about looking at 3Dmark tests, or running a video game test. I'm talking about actually playing a game.

IMHO, the very people who always mention ghosting as a negative for LCD gaming usually have never used a high quality modern LCD or have never used the LCD model being mentioned. Playing games like Farcry, CoD2 and Doom3, as well as having used it for games like EQ2, I can say that the Dell 2005FPW is an excellent monitor for FPS gaming.

 

[w00t]

The 2005fpw actually is a higher grade panel than the 2405FPW just to tell everyone its based on a S-IPS panel while the 2405FPW is a S-PVA.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: w00t
The 2005fpw actually is a higher grade panel than the 2405FPW just to tell everyone its based on a S-IPS panel while the 2405FPW is a S-PVA.

In terms of viewing angle and color shift, but not contrast, and not necessarily in speed (panel alone doesn't account for overdrive). It's hard to say really. There is no one panel that reigns supreme over every other in every category.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Hadsus
Check this out:

http://www.gateway.com/home/products/ret/ret_fpd2185w.shtml

Response time and contrast ratio crushes the Dells. More expensive but I'd give this a close look if I were you.

Just redisplaying this. Not sure if its a better panel or not, but it is HDCP compliant. And if you ever plan to watch HD movies and get Windows Vista, you will need that. Unless you want to gamble on someone cracking HDCP. hardware copyright protection. (good luck to the crackers lol)
i have heard the Dell is an awesome monitor though too. And its cheaper, and if your not worried about HDCP and watching HD movies on Vista, it should be fine.

 

[xtknight]

HDCP has already been cracked by ze Deutschers.

http://www.immateriblog.de/archives/000242.html