I am pretty new and even though I have recently been talking to some people. I wanted to know which monitors you guys think is the best for gaming.. I want to buy myself a new one because my old one is horrible and driving me insane
Best for color and image quality is still CRT. You can get a 22 cheap nowdays and used if you want to save a lot of money. Next would be LCD but only if the screen is a S-IPS panel. TN and other panel types are poor performance for color and video and have worse lag. So if you go LCD and truely want the best be ready to shell out a few hundred dollars for a S-IPS panel starting at 19'' for $500 and going up from there.
Best monitors right now are OLEDs. However, you will have major trouble finding them right now due to the cost of making them.
Threw one out there didn't ya True that is a far superior display for LCD when the technology becomes mainstream but we wont see this in our homes for many many years. A 11 inch organic LCD display will run you well over $5000 today. Thats the going price and not retail. I been watching this technology for 5yrs now when Sony first shown us the 3 inch OLED flex screen which was estimated at $20,000 USD for that when it was first shown. They came a long way to reduce the cost.
But lets get real for a minute, we wouldn't want to recomend something to someone that they can not get or probably afford right now. This is why CRT in my opinion is still the best game monitor followed by a low 2 to 3 ms timing S-IPS panel LCD screen. Better yet a 1080p 46inch HDTV LCD 120MHZ refresh from Samsung, nice gaming screen if you got a video card capable of displaying a resolution that high without lagging in games on max settings.
We are a good 10yrs off from seeing OLED prices in the range where at today with comparable image quality and price. I found 1 Sony OLED 27'' for sale in Germany for about $15,000 USD.
Yup I did have to throw one out there. But you are right on terms of image quality. However, I wouldn't recommend a CRT anymore since it has been proven bad for your eyesight. I would aim at those low response time LCDs. Or wait for the new flat panel touch screens making thier way soon since Windows 11 will be a touch screen based OS.
Yup I did have to throw one out there. But you are right on terms of image quality. However, I wouldn't recommend a CRT anymore since it has been proven bad for your eyesight. I would aim at those low response time LCDs. Or wait for the new flat panel touch screens making thier way soon since Windows 11 will be a touch screen based OS.
Something im not familar with, what I thought was the monitors refresh rate was what placed strain on your eyes. Low horizontal refresh rates place alot of strain on your eyes. I could be wrong though, not going to look it up either it's not important. But it seems when I look at a LCD running on a 24inch with 60Hz my eyes hurt after a couple hours and I get headaches. On a 20'' CRT 90Hz or about I get no eye problems. Probably just me.
But yeah I would love to own a OLED screen, but not for 15k dollars or more. I would settle on a 30 to 40 inch for gaming at $5000 when the price ever reaches there and the screens sizes get that big. MTF of 120k hrs, I am sold!
Originally posted by Tyres100 Better yet a 1080p 46inch HDTV LCD 120MHZ refresh from Samsung, nice gaming screen if you got a video card capable of displaying a resolution that high without lagging in games on max settings.
I have a Samsung 1080p 40inch HDTV LCD , but it's only 60MHZ refresh, and TBH it doesn't bother me at all. Granted it needs some serious GPU power to run it on native resolution with high enough settings on games. On the plus side it doubles as a great main monitor for everything from gaming, TV watching and movie viewing... all in one so to speak. However it's of course much more expensive than buying even a great NEC 20" LCD with S-IPS. I think I paid a little over $1100 for mine a few months ago. Still a great option if you have the cash, but bearing in mind technology never stops developing, so don't feel as though you're wasting money when it becomes obsolete in 2 years or less.
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Pretty good review. I made my choice according to that thread and don't regret it one bit. They also keep it up to date.
And I got the LG Flatron L226. Simply awesome.
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Hey I have a few PC's
Monitors in use I have
LG: Flatron Wide L226WTY-BF ~ 22inch
Samsung 245T ~ 24inch
Samsung 2443BW ~ 24 inch (just brought)
I have to say the LG is awesome - great picture and viewing angles - no dead pixels at all - only draw back no height adjust
The 245T I have had ages and provides the best screen from all 3, I had a dell 24" before and this Sammy beats that hands down
The 2443BW is a cheap 24inch, cost me $299 from its usual price of $339 at my local PC store, its a great picture too and I appreciate the height adjust.
All 3 I can recommend to game on in all genre's of games. The 245T is best for graphical work for me.
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Best for color and image quality is still CRT. You can get a 22 cheap nowdays and used if you want to save a lot of money. Next would be LCD but only if the screen is a S-IPS panel. TN and other panel types are poor performance for color and video and have worse lag. So if you go LCD and truely want the best be ready to shell out a few hundred dollars for a S-IPS panel starting at 19'' for $500 and going up from there.
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Best monitors right now are OLEDs. However, you will have major trouble finding them right now due to the cost of making them.
Threw one out there didn't ya
True that is a far superior display for LCD when the technology becomes mainstream but we wont see this in our homes for many many years. A 11 inch organic LCD display will run you well over $5000 today. Thats the going price and not retail. I been watching this technology for 5yrs now when Sony first shown us the 3 inch OLED flex screen which was estimated at $20,000 USD for that when it was first shown. They came a long way to reduce the cost.
But lets get real for a minute, we wouldn't want to recomend something to someone that they can not get or probably afford right now. This is why CRT in my opinion is still the best game monitor followed by a low 2 to 3 ms timing S-IPS panel LCD screen. Better yet a 1080p 46inch HDTV LCD 120MHZ refresh from Samsung, nice gaming screen if you got a video card capable of displaying a resolution that high without lagging in games on max settings.
We are a good 10yrs off from seeing OLED prices in the range where at today with comparable image quality and price. I found 1 Sony OLED 27'' for sale in Germany for about $15,000 USD.
Who let you in the VIP section?
Yup I did have to throw one out there. But you are right on terms of image quality. However, I wouldn't recommend a CRT anymore since it has been proven bad for your eyesight. I would aim at those low response time LCDs. Or wait for the new flat panel touch screens making thier way soon since Windows 11 will be a touch screen based OS.
Something im not familar with, what I thought was the monitors refresh rate was what placed strain on your eyes. Low horizontal refresh rates place alot of strain on your eyes. I could be wrong though, not going to look it up either it's not important. But it seems when I look at a LCD running on a 24inch with 60Hz my eyes hurt after a couple hours and I get headaches. On a 20'' CRT 90Hz or about I get no eye problems. Probably just me.
But yeah I would love to own a OLED screen, but not for 15k dollars or more. I would settle on a 30 to 40 inch for gaming at $5000 when the price ever reaches there and the screens sizes get that big. MTF of 120k hrs, I am sold!
Who let you in the VIP section?
I have a Samsung 1080p 40inch HDTV LCD , but it's only 60MHZ refresh, and TBH it doesn't bother me at all. Granted it needs some serious GPU power to run it on native resolution with high enough settings on games. On the plus side it doubles as a great main monitor for everything from gaming, TV watching and movie viewing... all in one so to speak. However it's of course much more expensive than buying even a great NEC 20" LCD with S-IPS. I think I paid a little over $1100 for mine a few months ago. Still a great option if you have the cash, but bearing in mind technology never stops developing, so don't feel as though you're wasting money when it becomes obsolete in 2 years or less.
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Pretty good review. I made my choice according to that thread and don't regret it one bit. They also keep it up to date.
And I got the LG Flatron L226. Simply awesome.
Hey I have a few PC's
Monitors in use I have
LG: Flatron Wide L226WTY-BF ~ 22inch
Samsung 245T ~ 24inch
Samsung 2443BW ~ 24 inch (just brought)
I have to say the LG is awesome - great picture and viewing angles - no dead pixels at all - only draw back no height adjust
The 245T I have had ages and provides the best screen from all 3, I had a dell 24" before and this Sammy beats that hands down
The 2443BW is a cheap 24inch, cost me $299 from its usual price of $339 at my local PC store, its a great picture too and I appreciate the height adjust.
All 3 I can recommend to game on in all genre's of games. The 245T is best for graphical work for me.