Best monitor with as little input lag as possible?

Darkhadou

Darkhadou

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No ghosting either and having great picture quality would be a plus since I'm a fighting gamer I need instant responses. The Evo ASUS models seem to be highly talked about, apparently lagless but are hard to find in Europe.

Also the monitors should support HDMI input too. £250 max spend, ideally between 22-24"

Hit me with your rhythm stick Overclockers!
 
TN display is fine as it'd be a secondary display for console gaming (again, mainly for fighting games). Having it running at 120Hz seems like I'll be paying too much for a feature I wouldn't necessarily use on a secondary display.
Will keep tabs on it, any other suggestions?
 
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bobert50 said:
Define fighting gamer i guess would be the next question? :)
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Fighting games are up there with rhythm games for the genre that most need instant feedback with your buttons moving from various TVs can really screw up your game and timings for links since you're dealing with buttons that are spaced 1/60th of a second apart (this is really apparent to anyone that plays SSF4 and the like). 1 frame of lag is about 16ms so ideally I'd want something that is 8 or less but 16 is still acceptable. Anymore than 1 frame of lag and it's a no go zone.

With FPS games it's the response time that really matters (not the input lag too much) as there aren't many monitors out there that can screw up your game thanks to having say 1-2 frames of lag.

So yeah, as a fighting gamer you need instant feedback else fear dropping links and combos you would otherwise never do ;-)
 
PCM2 said:
The LG has, in practice, very low input lag and good overall image quality for the price. Don't get bogged down by the measurements as input lag varies a lot depending on situation and unless you are taking oscilloscope-based or similar measurements the accuracy of such figures is highly dubious. The 120Hz capability is nullified by your HDMI -> console connection but given the price the LG is still a good choice.
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Good point, can anyone confirm whether Thru Mode works on HDMI or is it just for dual DVI?
 
cmndr_andi said:
Aye, 120Hz doesn't work via the HDMI port, but the OP is trying to find out if the "thru mode" (zero input lag) works with HDMI.

I believe it should do - since it is just another on of the digital inputs into the monitor, but I can't find anywhere that confirms this.

Hopefully one of the guys who has this monitor will be able to try it out and report back.
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Yep that's exactly what I'm asking I know 120Hz is only possible on HDMI 1.4 ports (or in the case of every 3d monitor out there) Dual DVI. I'm wondering about the Thru Mode which supposedly eliminates lag.
 
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