Is this 19" LCD worth the big pricetag?

MrEgo

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Couple questions.

Part 1)
I'm in the market for a new 19" LCD monitor. Money isn't too much of a factor. I'm willing to spend up to $600 if the price/performance is worth it. I'm also willing to listen to any great deals on $250-400 monitors. I'm using a 7800 GTX. This Sony Trinitron CRT does do a pretty good job, but after using a really nice LCD monitor at school, my mind is made up to upgrade. Anyway, here is a link to the monitor that I have my eye on:

LG L1981Q Black-Silver 19" 8ms LCD Monitor

So.. do you guys think this monitor is worth the hefty price tag? It does say that there is a $180.00 MIR.. so $385.00 seems like a great deal to me. I wouldn't be surprised if I never saw that rebate, though..

Part 2)
I run part of my home network through a KVM switch. My gaming rig is one of the computers that goes through the KVM. I just realized that I wouldn't be able to utilize DVI with my gaming rig plugged into that KVM. So my question is: are there KVM switches that support DVI? I'd rather not have to use the DVI->VGA connector. I'm also not sure if I should have my gaming rig run through a KVM due to performance loss. It doesn't seem like I'm losing any performance, but I could be wrong.

Thanks in advance all!
 

pulsedrive

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OK, if you are looking to user any of the horsepower you have in that GTX you need a display that at least does something aroudn 1600 x 1200, otherwise you are waisting that video card. So I would reccommend either a Dell 2001FP or a 2005FPW.
 

MrEgo

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Are the Dell monitors pretty well respected for gaming? I tried searching Dell's website for the two that you listed, but I only came up with the 20.1" monitors, which were a little above my price range. Can you post links to where I could find them?

I noticed this monitor listed at newegg:

ENVISION EN-2028 Black 20" 12ms LCD Monitor

No reviews for it, though.. I couldn't find any other monitors listed on their website that had 1600x1200 with at least 12ms or lower, except for this one.
 

Sunrise089

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Originally posted by: MrEgo
Are the Dell monitors pretty well respected for gaming? I tried searching Dell's website for the two that you listed, but I only came up with the 20.1" monitors, which were a little above my price range. Can you post links to where I could find them?

I noticed this monitor listed at newegg:

ENVISION EN-2028 Black 20" 12ms LCD Monitor

No reviews for it, though.. I couldn't find any other monitors listed on their website that had 1600x1200 with at least 12ms or lower, except for this one.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/Prod...&l=en&mnf=694&Page=productlisting.aspx
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/Prod...&l=en&mnf=694&Page=productlisting.aspx
 

KoolAidKid

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The Dell 2005FPW is currently on sale through Dell for $398 shipped. Check the AT hot deals forum. I really think that this would be your best bet.