Need a cheap monitor

[AliasX]

When I play Battlefield 2, and I swing my head to a side, everything that flies buy gets all chunky, and randomly, certain areas will flicker at times. I used my eVga control thing to make the refresh rate 75, but still, it is crappy.

With all my components, and there is no overheating, it seems that all it could be is my crappy 17icnh Dell monitor (CRT) that is causing this.

I want the cheapest bang for the buck monitor, 17" or 19", preferably 19", and it can be LCD or CRT, preferably LCD, but I want the cheapest good gaming one, so can't always get watcha want. Thanks.

Edit: I thought it was obvious, but I guess not. Someone post a link to a cheap, good gaming monitor, LCD or CRT, 17inch or 19inch.

Obviously I want 19inch and LCD, but price is an issue, and I want close to the cheapest.

 

[AliasX]

Bump

 

[bendixG15]

Do you have a question ????

Oh yes, the cheapest 17" CRT monitor that you can buy is going to be better than the 17" CRT Dell that you got. Makes sense to you I suppose.

 

[JSFLY]

you have a nice computer there

why not grab a nice 19" + lcd to go along with it

My suggestion: Benq FP91+ $260 NE

 

[AliasX]

bump

 

[Tostada]

Originally posted by: AliasX
When I play Battlefield 2, and I swing my head to a side, everything that flies buy gets all chunky, and randomly, certain areas will flicker at times. I used my eVga control thing to make the refresh rate 75, but still, it is crappy.

You didn't give any specs for the rest of your machine. What makes you think this is your CRT's fault and not just your video card?

 

[AliasX]

The vid card is brand new. Nobody told me how to check if its my vid card.

 

[AliasX]

bump

 

[w00t]

I am not sure what you mean is it artifcating like whole bunch of werd colored and stuff is coming on your screen? how do you know it's your CRT? try using another monitor or print screen when it is doing this and copying it in paint and seeing if it's your graphics card? that should work right I think.

I would just test out another monitor....

good 19'' CRT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001068

Just cause the video card is brand new doesn't mean it can't be defective.

 

[Tostada]

Originally posted by: AliasX
The vid card is brand new. Nobody told me how to check if its my vid card.

Nobody can help you if you're not going to put any effort whatsoever into your posts.

You haven't even said what type of video card you have, and the only problems you mention are "gets chunky" and "will flicker at times." It's blatantly obvious that you can't even say this is a monitor-related problem. To the contrary, if you only have problems in games, there is no chance watsoever that this is your monitor's fault.

It's pointless for you to bump this thread without adding any more info. You're wasting everybody's time.

Then again, if you don't really want any help, just go to the FS/FT forum and ask about monitors.

 

[AliasX]

You can't read my signature?

I think it is fair to say this is related to my monitor and its max refresh rate. By chunky, I mean when I turn my view to the left, somtimes the edge of a building will sort of slur out a little bit before going back.

 

[JoeFahey]

Hyundai l90d+....Ive never had any problems with it on BF2..No ghosting

 

[kmrivers]

Originally posted by: AliasX
You can't read my signature?

I think it is fair to say this is related to my monitor and its max refresh rate. By chunky, I mean when I turn my view to the left, somtimes the edge of a building will sort of slur out a little bit before going back.

You are still are giving us any more information. It may not be the monitor. W00t gave you a suggestion, did you try it? Are you overclocking your graphics card? If you are overclocking to much that will cause artifacting. A picture or print screen of what you are talking about would be some help.

It is evident that you have no idea if the monitor is the problem or not. If you want to figure this out then put some effort into this, if not then go blow your money on a cheap monitor and chances our the same problems will exist. Good luck mate.

 

[AliasX]

(Removed text, I overreacted.)

(Removed text, I overreacted.)

When I turn my view in the game, the edge of a building, for example, will sort of move in the direction I am turning. Sometimes the game gets glitchy, and it stutters every once in a while. I am not overheating. I have not overclocked. My graphics card runs around low 40's idle, high 60's max. My CPU runs around 31 idle, 44 max. My motherboard is around 31 idle, 38 max.

I have reinstalled drivers, and it doesn't fix the issue. (Removed text, I overreacted.) I think this is my monitor, because I heard the older they get, the worse they get, and I think my refresh rate might be pretty bad. This system is all brand new, and should be able to run BF2 with no stuttering. From reading other topics, I think the problem is my monitor. (Removed text, I overreacted.)

The only other thing I think might be the problem is my power supply might not be able to deliver enough power to my video card under load. I will replace that after I get a new monitor.

(Removed text, I overreacted.)

 

[kmrivers]

i am glad i didnt read it before you removed that text. to be sure, you need to try another monitor.

 

[AliasX]

Alright. I filmed some gameplay in FRaps, but unfortunately its like 500mb. Is there any way to make this smaller?

Now, when I was recording, the FPS dropped from 70 to 40, but during gameplay, FRAPS said I was getting around 70 FPS, never lower than 60, unless there was an explosion. The video honestly, it plays a lot better than the game. I turned, and while you can see it get a little skippy, you cant see any of the sluring I was seeing in gameplay. Does this make it look more like a monitor problem or what?

 

[Antisocial Virge]

I just picked up 2 used monitors from here for $200 http://www.accurateit.com/index.asp They may be used but for that price for a 21" hp p1130 and a 22" nec to replace her 15" crt I'm not gonna complain. I'm local so I could go see them in action and they are a real upgrade for my old one.

 

[Tostada]

Originally posted by: AliasX
You can't read my signature?

I think it is fair to say this is related to my monitor and its max refresh rate. By chunky, I mean when I turn my view to the left, somtimes the edge of a building will sort of slur out a little bit before going back.

Sorry, I've had signatures disabled for about 5 years. Seems like half the signatures I see are Americans who make me embarrassed to be an American, or else Canadians who think they're better than everyone. I just find it way too irritating having to see everybody's political opinions. I have no idea why people don't get banned for having political signatures (that's why there's a separate politics forum for the type of freaks who want to come to a hardware community to talk about how they feel about Bush). Maybe it's not like that anymore, but I'd still rather not have my opinion of someone immediately ruined by their signature.

Anyway, you still seem to be saying that your problems only occur in games, so it still seems unreasonable to assume this is your monitor's fault. If you think it's associated with your refresh rate, turn down the refresh rate. The bottom line is that your monitor doesn't know whether you're playing a game or not. It's just showing the signal. If your monitor is broken, it should act the same under a massive 3D load as it acts when your screen saver is on.

Of course, your games probably switch monitor modes, but most of the time you're switching modes to a lower resolution and/or a lower refresh when you're in the game, so this is actually putting less stress on the monitor.

 

[allanon1965]

I agree with tostada, the monitor here is not the issue, it does not matter what is on it, the problem you are having is directly related to the video SOURCE! (Video card, drivers, settings etc...) not the video DESTINATION(monitor). it seems on the surface you have enough ram, but I have had issues where a particular brand of ram(c*****r) made the games act up, while not showing up anywhere else, this was only discovered after one stick went bad and I replaced them both with another brand and to my surprise, no more problem...but I would lean more towards a setting or a driver issue, or an issue with the video card itself before going with monitors and ram....the quickest way to diagnose this is to borrow a video card and try it to see if the results are the same, I have had bad moitors do the things you are talking about at the edges, but it was that way for EVERYTHING, not just games....but go ahead and replace your monitor if you insist, but it will not fix the problem...

 

[AliasX]

Well, I am exchanging my 7800GT for a 7900GT, so that will fix any problems there... Although I sent the request to evga for a new one, and all I got was a confirmation email saying it might take a long time. When do I send my card in?

I think it is the monitor, because it happens whenever there is something like an object in a game. We will all find out soon enough though.

 

[allanon1965]

I can assure you it is not the monitor, I dont really understand why you are insisting it is, if you know thats it, why bother asking us in the first place, just buy another monitor and be done with it. Then when it doesnt fix it, maybe you will be willing to listen...just replacing the video card does not automatically mean it will be fixed...there are still other issues that are possible, but it is the better place to start with, but I would not guarrantee it is the card itself.....it could still be a driver issue, or a power issue....

 

[sniperruff]

any 8ms LCD will do i think. i'd undo any OC on your card and see if that solves the problem.