P1Fanatic

I bought the girlfriend a Hyundai ImageQuest B71A which has an 8ms panel on it. Pending some testing this weekend on my pc with games, I wouldnt mind getting the 19" B91A model as its a really nice monitor.

The price for the B91A is approx £230. Checking out the next price level I see the Hyundai ImageQuest Q90U at £340. The only differences appear to be:

i) It has both dvi and d-sub connections. I have the 17" connected via d-sub and it looks fine. Will dvi make any noticeable difference?

ii) It has a 3ms panel

iii) It has a headphone connection and integrated speaker - I have no use for either.

Basically what Im asking is whether its worth spending an extra £90ish quid to get a dvi connector and a panel thats 5ms faster. I dont mind spending the extra money as long as I get something back for it.

My main use for the PC is gaming (CS:Source 99% of the time).

Cheers,
Simon.

Hanslow

I assume they both have the same native resolutions as well (sorry couldn't be ar$ed to google each of them )?

I make £110 quid difference as well

I'd be keen to see if the extra 5ms was noticeable, and if so, I'd go for the faster panel. I suppose with the extra inputs you'd have more options for using it as a TV and for connecting to consoles, etc.

fitzscoob

I doubt very much if you will notice the difference on source anything sub 10ms and you shouldnt notice a thing.

At the end of the day 5ms is damn fast, but is it worth the extra cash if you could not notice the difference between the 5ms and the 9ms?

lightning101

I tried to come up with an objective reply to this, but basically the 19" is a mans monitor and the 17" is for poofs.

P1Fanatic

Both are 1280x1024 native res so no diff there. Im not really bothered about using it as a tv or for consoles.

Cheers,
Simon.

P1Fanatic

Thanks for that but the discussion is between 2 different 19" models.

Simon.

EXSCOOBY

hahaha

P1Fanatic

Been playing CS Source all weekend on the B71A and its excellent. At first I wasnt sure on the colours but after some adjustments the picture is excellent and no lag/ghosting when playing. In fact I would go as to say the fps is higher and smoother on this TFT. I think my IIyama CRT can say good bye and make way for a B91A as I see no need for a 3ms panel.

Simon.