Posted: 6/10/2005 11:38:31 PM EDT
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I have a 5 year old crt monitor and wonder if a new lcd monitor would help with gaming. I am looking at Samsung 915N 19 inch, 700 to 1 contrast, 8 ms response monitor. The crt leaves my eyes feeling tired after 1 or more hours, maybe the lcd would be better that way? I have crt set at 85 refresh a second. Also is hard to see small things in background with crt, maybe no better with lcd. |
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Yes, it should help a lot, with you being tired from looking at a CRT. You made a good choice. No company makes a better LCD monitor than Samsung. I am running dual Samsung 172x monitors on my gaming setup, I love them. The 172x, even though it is a 12ms monitor, is still the best one around IMO. Remember that with LCD monitors, refresh rate has absolutely no relevance what-so-ever, and make sure you run it at the resolution it is designed to run at (usually 1280x1024). Make sure the refresh rate stays at default also (usually 60hz) |
Actually, in display, an LCD is a step down from a CRT. Getting tired eyes is usually the result of a lowe refresh rate on your CRT. Anything above 75Hz should be decent, but 80Hz+ is ideal. LCD's run at 60Hz. Also, the LCD's suffer from "ghosting" fast-moving images. If you set a CRT and LCD on the same computer with the same game, the display on the CRT will be MUCH better - compared side by side. However, for many, the benefits of an LCD outweigh the benefits of a CRT. Cost is becoming a null issue as LCD prices drop. LCD's use a fraction of the space that CRT's need and power consumption is significantly reduced by using an LCD as well. Then, of course, there's the coolness factor. 
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For gaming my LCD is a step UP. Better able to see detail. My eyes are much less fatigued by LCD, regardless of why that is. There is zero ghosting with this monitor, 8 ms response time gets the job done on FPS games. Some colors with LCD look a little strange, but maybe if I adjusted the color right? Anyways, the colors are more intense with the LCD. |
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Don't worry about the 60 ms with the LCD. The pixels disappear very fast with a CRT (the decay rate). With LCD, it's much slower, so you don't get the flicker (the pixels haven't faded away before the next refresh). But that's why you get ghosting with the slower LCD's and fast-moving images. Congrats! 
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