120hz Acer GD245HQ 23.6"

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Only a few months ago I bought my LG 23" LCD, 60hz, 2ms 1920 x 1080. I love it.
Now I have a dilemma. I play quakelive a lot and loads of quakers swear by 120hz crts for much better aim. Considerably better aim apparently because of the 120hz refresh rate for a smoother experience. I read about someone who went from a 120hz LG CRT to a Samsung 20" 60hz which made his very good aim become average.

For me to sell the LG and still spend a shedload of money on the Acer for the sake of double refresh rate, well, I don't know if it's worth it? What's annoying is that I took my perfectly working phillips 19" 120hz CRT and left it at a rubbish dump when I bought this LCD.


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Also, I read an article on a forum that talks about true 120hz and I'm not even sure if the acer is true 120hz. Here's a paragraph from it:

"Regarding all 60hz Displays and Current 120hz LCD HDTV Displays

If the primary application of your display is gaming, I suggest against purchasing a 120hz[HDTV]. The benefit of 120hz technology in 120hz LCD HDTVs will not be utilized in gaming applications. The reason for this is, a 120hz LCD HDTV refreshes at 120hz, although, it will only accept a 60hz or lower input[even if they did accept 120hz inputs, it would simply render it at 60hz and double the frames; 60hz x2=120 instead of TRUE 120hz. In other words, 120hz LCD HDTVs are not TRUE 120hz displays]. Consequently, even if you are gaming at above 120 frames per second, you will not gain the benefit of seeing those additional frames. "
 
My understanding is that HDTVs and Monitors have different technologies and that the monitor one is superior and is really 120Hz whereas that article focuses primarily on HDTVs.

120Hz for FPS gaming will be smoother on the Acer screen.

I would personally say that if you did not notice much difference coming from a CRT to a "standard" TFT screen then it would probably not make much difference in upgrading to 120Hz display.
 
Culinia said:
My understanding is that HDTVs and Monitors have different technologies and that the monitor one is superior and is really 120Hz whereas that article focuses primarily on HDTVs.

120Hz for FPS gaming will be smoother on the Acer screen.

I would personally say that if you did not notice much difference coming from a CRT to a "standard" TFT screen then it would probably not make much difference in upgrading to 120Hz display.
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Problem is, I took a long break from quake 3 while still with the CRT, then after buying the LCD, started quakelive, which is the same game essentially. I can't recall if there was any major difference tbh, I certainly don't remember 'owning' on the CRT, but then, my general standard of playing wasn't as good then either. I wish I'd kept the CRT just for a side by side comparison. But I suspect you might be right.
 
I play quakelive a lot at a high level and have experience with 120hz lcd's.

Yes it would certainly be worth it but you may find the samsung/viewsonic 22" 120hz screens as an even better bet, especially as they are both 16:10 and when you compare 24" 16:9 with 22" 16:10 then the difference isn't massive and both of these 22" screens have even less input lag. Regadless of this 120hz lcd absolutely wipes the floor with any 60hz lcd with this sort of game and is genuinely "as good" to a high end 120hz crt. Any input lag you do get is outweighed by the brilliant clarity gained from the higher res and green enemies stand out better too compared to CRT.

Even 60hz 2ms displays vs any genuine 120hz lcd..the difference is absolutely night and day for response. Massive difference.
 
after about a billion hours playing enemy territory on a 19" crt i swapped it for the alienware 120hz, my aim was a bit naff comming back but i think thats more down to going from 19" 4:3 to a 23" 16:9 but its a great screen and rock solid IQ
 
I'm reading that 120Hz monitors that carry Nvidia 3D stickers have proprietary DVI connectors that only work with Nvidia cards. Is this true? I'd like a 120Hz monitor, but no way I'll be making a purchase if it locks me out from using what GPU I can choose.

Perhaps it only locks ATI cards out of the 3D part of things, but still, if true, that really sucks.

some ATI bods said:
You know, with the 3D Vision programme, those monitors are locked out of working with ATI graphics cards. Nvidia locks out any cards other than theirs.

There's a pin on the DVI connector which sends the signal to check the presence of an Nvidia graphics card. This is why those monitors won't work with us.
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Dinkas said:
I'm reading that 120Hz monitors that carry Nvidia 3D stickers have proprietary DVI connectors that only work with Nvidia cards. Is this true? I'd like a 120Hz monitor, but no way I'll be making a purchase if it locks me out from using what GPU I can choose.

Perhaps it only locks ATI cards out of the 3D part of things, but still, if true, that really sucks.
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It is a load of cobblers. You do need to use a dual link cable to get the 120Hz, but it certainly isnt proprietary to nvidia.
 
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