8ms TFT - not ghosting, but not good for games

[Blair]

I've just bought an 8ms TFT, and whilst 2d apps look fantastic, 3D FPS performance is...well, pretty awful.

San Andreas looks OK, but Half Life and Half Life 2 are really really bad. The screen update is jerky, and it just feels as if the controls just aren't responding as well. I just found them unplayable - I'm now typing this on my CRT that I plugged back in to test, and all of a sudden the games were fine again.

Do I need to tweak my HL games somehow for a TFT? It's all a bit odd...it felt like the wireless mouse had flat batteries again or something.

 

[Blair]

It's a Daewoo something-or-other. 8ms at 1280x1024.

Gaming sucks on it though

I've tried v-sync on and off on HL2, it doesn't seem to make a lot of difference.

Thing is - this might make a HUGE difference - I'm playing through a KVM switch. Funny thing is, the KVM was fantastically tolerant of trying to push unusable refresh rates through the CRT - it would always work, and resolution would always scroll nicely if it was beyond what the monitor would handle. Maybe that's the weak point?

I have 2 PCs I use by the way...that's why...was hoping to be able to continue to drive them both with a single keyboard/mouse/monitor but I'm starting to think I either send the TFT back or use a spare kb/mouse and set up the video editing PC with the TFT on another desk...

 

[Blair]

No DVI on the monitor, sadly!

 

[Blair]

Yeah, the thing is I think he was meaning using the D-sub for one PC and the DVI for another (instead of using the KVM for video as well as kb and mouse).

Anyway...oddly enough, it's fixed. I don't know why, but it is. I messed around with the video settings in both games to no avail, then tried the monitor direct to the PC. I set the refresh rates with the monitor connected, played the games - all was good. Plugged the KVM back in and sent the video through that - all is still good.

So I'm not sure what it was, I suspect v-sync. Anyway, it's sorted - looking good