100 HZ LCD's ?

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i play FPS games and used to play on a 19" CRT with low resolutions like 640 x 480 and 800 x 600 with a high Refresh rate like 120 HZ and 140HZ this made the games run so smooth and the bullit reg was amazing

I bought a 22" LG Widescreen LCD a couple years ago and the refresh rate is only 60HZ and i have to play in 1680 x 1050 now this is no where near as smooth as my CRT and the bullit REG is no where near as good

I see there is now 100HZ LCDs ? how are they compared to CRT's?
 
It's possible you know more about this than me, but I think you've missed something fairly important here. Your eyes cant tell the difference between 60Hz and 100Hz, they just don't work quickly enough to.

By contrast, running games at higher resolutions is far more demanding on hardware. If you set your 22" screen down to 800 x 600 you'll suddenly find gameplay far smoother, but obviously the resolution will be far lower. I believe the issue you've hit it that your computer isn't capable of running your games well at 1680x1050.

However I don't know what you mean by 'built reg' so perhaps there is more to this than I'm seeing
 
I think he means bullet registration. The problem sounds like input lag to me, the time it takes between the LCD getting the signal from the PC and displaying it. CRTs have no input lag. What you're seeing on screen actually happened around 10-100ms ago.

You won't find input lag mentioned in specifications, only response time so you'll need to rely on reviews to find out. I'd find out what lag your current monitor has and compare it to other monitors to see if that's the problem.

You could also try running your LCD at half/quarter resolution (840x525) to minimize scaling artifacts. You can add custom resolutions in the nVidia control panel so that your games will list them as a selectable res. I'm not sure about ATI cards as the last one I owned was a PCI radeon 7000 :)
 
Ahh, hadn't seen that synonym before. Bullet registration would seem a sensible name for input lag. Anything you can do about it if your screen happens to suffer from it?
 
Got to love that. Still good to know, I'll file it alongside the rest of the things I'm learning about monitors. I'll get a new one if I find a job this summer, and would like to avoid the otherwise inevitable 'spec me' thread in the monitors section. Cheers Reaper

Sorry for the sidetrack OP
 
Hi Thanks for the Replys i have a 22" 2ms LG monitor so spec wise it is good. I play counter strike 1.6 in 1680 x 1050 and i have Vsync turned off and have 100 FPS constant according to Fraps and Counterstrikes netgraph but i was under the impression that because my monitor Hz is 60 in real terms i am playing at 60fps whereas with a CRT i was getting 100fps but my HZ was 120Hz+ so i was getting the full 100FPS hence it being smooth and bullit reg

Any serious gamer will tell you there indeed a difference between 60hz and 100 hz
 
yep, there is a difference :), but fo rmos tpeople it doesnt get noticed. 100hz will suit you more, but it also does sound like input lag, if yuor monitor has a scaling device in it this adds anything from 30-90ms input lag even when its not being used. The Hazros are good because they dont have any scaling in them, but they also dont have the highest response time.

CHeck out reviews on the new monitors, and on yours and see what they have to say about input lag, in ways its more important than response time. Either that or ask in the monitors section to see if people have them and have tested them out.
 
This has got me thinking, I suffer from poor reg in COD4 all the time, I fire at someone and they don't die and I die instead, really annoys me. My monitor is a 24" DGM, surely this has poor input lag.

Does anyone know which is meant to be the best monitor for gaming without going back to a CRT?
 
I have just been reading a review of the 22" Samsung Syncmaster 2233RZ LCD which has a refresh rate of 120HZ!!!!!!. The reveiwer was saying its a lot smoother with 120 Hz even on the desktop than 60 HZ and games was a lot smoother

Might have to invest in this monitor looks like OC.UK has it well it comes with them Nvidia glasses
 
iirc if u read the small print theyre conning you, it says 120Hz then breaks it down as 60Hz per eye when wearing the glasses, to me that still sounds like 60Hz, My screens 60Hz and Ive got 2 eyes so do I get to dbl mine up to 120? lol
 
the new 600hz tvs are 4 screens of 150hz each as well i think (was told by my housemate so might be wrong)....its like really, how does that work? So if i put 4 tvs next to each other it means im quadrupling their refresh rates? like hell. FOAD.
 
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