LCD for Gaming

[Paablo]

ok I have been reading up on LCD and there performance for a couple weeks now. Trying to figure out what works well for the style games I play. Mostly WOW and some DAoC. all the reading I was doing was pointing me to the new LG 19" and from the demo's I had seen of it everything was pointing to me getting this model. I just got done reading a review here on anandtech about how that model LG I was so liking happened to be the worst monitor to play WoW on. so I was looking at the Dell that came out in Janurary but it seems that LCDs just are not up to the job of Online gaming yet. anyone have some ideas of where to go to next?

 

[Bona Fide]

If you want a 19" LCD...I would recommend these [based on your price point].

- Dell 1905FP
- Viewsonic VP191
- Viewsonic VX924
- Hyundai L90D+

 

[Paablo]

ok price is not a big deal. My concern is quality. do I lose too much quality by going from a flate screen CRT to an LCD? and which LCDs can handle games such as World of Warcraft?

 

[1sikbITCH]

I love my 2001FP. Halflife2 and Battlefield2 look great. It's the only LCD I've ever had so can't speak about any others.

However, it took about a week to get used to when I first switched.

 

[slpaulson]

The two best monitors for gaming are probably the Viewsonic VP191b (make sure it's the newest version!) or the Samsung 193P+.

Personally I find my VP191b just fine for fps game, so I'm sure it would be fine for WoW. However some people may feel differently.

 

[Bona Fide]

I have the 171B, so I can also vouch for the 191B. But if price is not a concern, check out the Dell 2405FPW. 24" of widescreen gaming goodness. Make sure you have a nice 7800GTX to go along with it.

 

[svi]

The biggest thing to worry about with LCDs for gaming is resolution switching. You're stuck gaming at native res on an LCD unless you can go down to an even divisor of it (on a 20" 1600x1200 LCD, that means 800x600-- a little low, isn't it?) or tolerate the ugliness that comes with running at non-native res.

In terms of color, speed, and so on, LCDs are more or less up to the task of gaming. Not much good in very dark games or dark areas unless you turn the gamma up, but that's about it.

 

[phatrabt]

Originally posted by: svi
The biggest thing to worry about with LCDs for gaming is resolution switching. You're stuck gaming at native res on an LCD unless you can go down to an even divisor of it (on a 20" 1600x1200 LCD, that means 800x600-- a little low, isn't it?) or tolerate the ugliness that comes with running at non-native res.

In terms of color, speed, and so on, LCDs are more or less up to the task of gaming. Not much good in very dark games or dark areas unless you turn the gamma up, but that's about it.

I agree, but up to a point. I have 2 2001FP's that I game on and with the newer tech the scaling issue isn't much of an issue (at least in my opinion).

 

[caz67]

I have the BenQ Fp937s, and i really like it, it's clear crisp and no ghosting.

 

[Excelsior]

If you still have the space, and have or can get a good trinitron/diamondtron CRT for $150 or less, then keep CRT.

However...the ideal situation IMO would be an LCD for surfing, word processing..etc...and a CRT for movies/games.

 

[First]

^ What he said. Believe it or not, moving from a good CRT to a good LCD is usually a step backwards if you're a gamer. In fact, pretty much always.