Need some TFT Advice!

AvengerUK · 8 Jul 2006 at 21:27

Hey all,

Over the last month my CRT has started to cause me eye-strain (My monitor only, LCD's are fine

) - so ive decided to upgrade to a TFT

Only i have no knowlegde of TFT's, Im looking for either a 17inch or a 19inch screen, to be used for Gaming purposes, so a low response time is required! - also, do some TFT's have a no dead pixels guarantee?, the last thing id want is dead pixels

Thats where my knowlegde on TFT's ends....
Can anyone recommend some TFT's that are good for gaming use?

Thanks!

pcknight · 8 Jul 2006 at 22:51

Samsung do some nice TFT's for gaming. 940bf springs to mind.

I use an XEROX XAP17" TFT with an 8ms response. One word to describe it:

AWESOME

Black Dog · 8 Jul 2006 at 23:15

Viewsonic VX922 is currently the best for gaming. I have one and it's the dog's.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/19_Inch_LCD_Monitors.html

David230 · 9 Jul 2006 at 00:09

NEC 20.1 widescreen is my recommendation to you. I've tried a few tft's recently and it is such an awesome bit of kit.

AvengerUK · 10 Jul 2006 at 09:09

Thanks for your advice,

Im off to pick one up this afternoon (From overclockers of course

), But i cant really decide between these two screens:

Viewsonic VX922
or
samsung 940BF

Im going towards the viewsonic....but not entirely sure!

wellibob · 10 Jul 2006 at 10:06

NEC 20.1 widescreen is a bloody good unit. I`d have one.

AvengerUK · 10 Jul 2006 at 10:32

Can someone tell me what the Dead Pixel 'arrangement' (cant think of the right word!) is with these screens?

I.e. do either have a 0 dead pixel or...3? or...etc

uk_sam · 10 Jul 2006 at 10:41

AvengerUK said:
Can someone tell me what the Dead Pixel 'arrangement' (cant think of the right word!) is with these screens?

I.e. do either have a 0 dead pixel or...3? or...etc

Not quite sure what you mean. Dead pixels are fault with the monitor so you can't really say how many they will have. You will be unlucky to get a monitor with dead pixels but it can happen.

AvengerUK · 10 Jul 2006 at 10:47

uk_sam said:
Not quite sure what you mean. Dead pixels are fault with the monitor so you can't really say how many they will have. You will be unlucky to get a monitor with dead pixels but it can happen.

Oops, what i ment was the warrenty? on dead pixels, ie, some manufacturers offer a No dead pixel warrenty, and some offer 3 Dead pixels...etc if you see what i mean!

shimy182 · 10 Jul 2006 at 15:57

sorry to change course of this.. but

i was wondering about the refresh time or whatever its called

is 16ms noticable? i usually play driving sims and FPSs.

sorry to jack a piece of this thread.

and whats reccomended for now?

David230 · 10 Jul 2006 at 17:29

shimy182 said:
sorry to change course of this.. but

i was wondering about the refresh time or whatever its called

is 16ms noticable? i usually play driving sims and FPSs.

sorry to jack a piece of this thread.

and whats reccomended for now?

I noticed it on a 8ms screen so I would hazard a guess that yes you probably will notice blur "after glow". I've changed to a 6ms screen and thats pretty much the same performance as my old trinitron CRT (as in not really an issue).

Although it does depend on the game you play. I found it was bad when playing GT legends if say you were using a tele view and the car went shooting by. FPS's dont seem to be so much of a problem.