Hello all,
I have never owned an LCD monitor. I am in major need of help. I really want to reclaim some desk space without sacrificing video quality. I currently own a viewsonic 19" crt and have been quite pleased with it overall.
I have a modest system, Athlon 2400+ with (soon to be) 1.25g of ram and a Radeon 9700 pro.
My inclination is to think that I should get a 19" monitor since I currently play most games at 1280. I had assumed (perhaps wrongly?) that the dell would be a higher native resolution.
Here is what I have discovered:
Newegg has the Viewsonic 191b for $514.99
The 191b appears to have the best response/contrast for the $, but I am unsure about the brightness (both it and the dell list 250 cd/m2). I think it may be a 6 bit panel as well. The specs of relevance are: response time 16ms, contrast ratio 700:1, brightness 250/cdm2.
It also has the 912b for $559.00 I know that this monitor has gotten glowing reviews from the industry. However, I also belive that the 191b was recently upgraded so it could be that its reviews are outdated. I certainly wouldn't mind spending $44 for a better monitor. But I'm not sure about the contrast. 12ms, contrast 450:1, brightness 400 cd/m2. I have no idea still if it is 6 or 8 bit.
Then there's the old standby dell 2001fp for $639.20. It appears to have the worst specs, but then again it is 1 inch larger. 400:1 contrast, 250cd/m2. I have no idea what the response time or native resolution are. It also seems a bit pricey.
So, help me out here folks! Any recommendations of the three? What should I expect to be different? Any others I should consider? (I have already ruled out the ludicrously cheap princetons due to response time).
I have never owned an LCD monitor. I am in major need of help. I really want to reclaim some desk space without sacrificing video quality. I currently own a viewsonic 19" crt and have been quite pleased with it overall.
I have a modest system, Athlon 2400+ with (soon to be) 1.25g of ram and a Radeon 9700 pro.
My inclination is to think that I should get a 19" monitor since I currently play most games at 1280. I had assumed (perhaps wrongly?) that the dell would be a higher native resolution.
Here is what I have discovered:
Newegg has the Viewsonic 191b for $514.99
The 191b appears to have the best response/contrast for the $, but I am unsure about the brightness (both it and the dell list 250 cd/m2). I think it may be a 6 bit panel as well. The specs of relevance are: response time 16ms, contrast ratio 700:1, brightness 250/cdm2.
It also has the 912b for $559.00 I know that this monitor has gotten glowing reviews from the industry. However, I also belive that the 191b was recently upgraded so it could be that its reviews are outdated. I certainly wouldn't mind spending $44 for a better monitor. But I'm not sure about the contrast. 12ms, contrast 450:1, brightness 400 cd/m2. I have no idea still if it is 6 or 8 bit.
Then there's the old standby dell 2001fp for $639.20. It appears to have the worst specs, but then again it is 1 inch larger. 400:1 contrast, 250cd/m2. I have no idea what the response time or native resolution are. It also seems a bit pricey.
So, help me out here folks! Any recommendations of the three? What should I expect to be different? Any others I should consider? (I have already ruled out the ludicrously cheap princetons due to response time).
