Neil Smalley

Still trying to spec bits for the PC

I know LCD monitors are ok for applications, but how to they cope with games? Is'nt the refresh rate a little low or am I thinking of the ones 2 years ago..

Fosters

the 16" tft on my vaio laptop is more than fine for quake 3 . I'm sure standalone tft monitors are even better.

bashful

My Belinea 10 17 10 was about the cheapest 17" you could buy a year or so ago. At 1280x1024 (it's native res) you can swing Quake II or Hitman2 about as fast as your graphics card can handle - certainly faster than your eye can focus. I'd be suprised if any modern LCD would have a problem.

OTOH, I had a PICO laptop a couple of years ago which I would play Desert Strike on at 800x600. Every time the screen scrolled diagonally, the whole display would turn to mush for half a second or more - eurgh!

BuRR

Check out the lag on the screen. Some TFT's lag, and from an online gamer's point of view, LAG = the devil

some screens take 30ms or so to update.

[Edited by BuRR - 1/13/2003 7:23:17 PM]

Mr.M

Can highly recommend the Samsung 171s. Spend most of my time playing CS with it.

STI MAN

I've got one of those cheapo AOC 720 17" jobbies, No problems here.

caz1562

I've got no complaints whatsoever

matt5cott

You need to throw a lot of money at a TFT screen that performs up to scratch, as far as im concerned unless you REALLY must have a TFT then get a proper monitor! you will save money and usually get a much better gaming experience

Check out www.tomshardware.com he does regular round ups of TFT technology

towzer

to get close to a CRT you need a contrast ration of greater the 400:1 and a response time of 25ms or less.

If you go for a good TFT make sure it has a digital input and therefore your video card needs a digital output.

Phil