LG L1710B 17" LCD screen...very bad ghosting :(

[JoyDi]

So, I read excellent reviews about this monitor (which has 16ms reponse time) and lots of people said they experience no ghosting with it. I went for it. I experience very bad ghosting in games that used to run fine on my CRT monitor.... I am using 1280x1024 - the fixed resolution for this screen, and on 60 hz, it says in the specifications it supports 75 hz as well but it only shows 60 for me...please, someone tell me if there's anything I can do!
I have the latest drivers...

 

[JoyDi]

Need to also add that for some reason my games appear much much darker, to the point I have a hard time seeing the game fully...and in windows everything is fine...

 

[someone16]

The LCD operates at 60hz. Which drivers do you have? For best image you need the video card driver, monitor driver, and color profile.

As for the darkness displayed, you have to play with the contrast and brightness controls. Google "LCD monitor calibration" for help

 

[welst10]

Originally posted by: JoyDi
So, I read excellent reviews about this monitor (which has 16ms reponse time) and lots of people said they experience no ghosting with it. I went for it. I experience very bad ghosting in games that used to run fine on my CRT monitor.... I am using 1280x1024 - the fixed resolution for this screen, and on 60 hz, it says in the specifications it supports 75 hz as well but it only shows 60 for me...please, someone tell me if there's anything I can do!
I have the latest drivers...

You didn't do a good research before buying. According to tomshardware, Hydis 20ms panel > AUO 16ms > LG 16ms, it terms of ghosting. You got the worst one among low response time LCD's.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: JoyDi
So, I read excellent reviews about this monitor (which has 16ms reponse time) and lots of people said they experience no ghosting with it. I went for it. I experience very bad ghosting in games that used to run fine on my CRT monitor.... I am using 1280x1024 - the fixed resolution for this screen, and on 60 hz, it says in the specifications it supports 75 hz as well but it only shows 60 for me...please, someone tell me if there's anything I can do!
I have the latest drivers...

Use the monitor for two weeks, and then see how you feel. No joke!

I'm using a 25ms Samsung LCD, and I don't even notice the ghosting anymore (after about a month).

At first it was pretty noticeable, but not I really don't see any ghosting in windows or in RTS games (ie Warcraft 3). If you play a lot of FPS games though (ie UT 2K4), you're gonna see ghosting no matter what LCD you go with.

 

[welst10]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024

Originally posted by: JoyDi
So, I read excellent reviews about this monitor (which has 16ms reponse time) and lots of people said they experience no ghosting with it. I went for it. I experience very bad ghosting in games that used to run fine on my CRT monitor.... I am using 1280x1024 - the fixed resolution for this screen, and on 60 hz, it says in the specifications it supports 75 hz as well but it only shows 60 for me...please, someone tell me if there's anything I can do!
I have the latest drivers...

Use the monitor for two weeks, and then see how you feel. No joke!

I'm using a 25ms Samsung LCD, and I don't even notice the ghosting anymore (after about a month).

At first it was pretty noticeable, but not I really don't see any ghosting in windows or in RTS games (ie Warcraft 3). If you play a lot of FPS games though (ie UT 2K4), you're gonna see ghosting no matter what LCD you go with.

Wrong. I play UT2004 only. No ghosting on my Acer AL1715BM (hydis 20ms panel). I had the dell 2001FP for a few days. 2001FP gave me headache after playing for a while, but this one never does.

 

[MichaelZ]

samsung 172x here. 12ms still not quite there in UT2004 or Quake 3, but it's getting damn close to un-noticable.