Monitor LCD which one ?

[bernardo]

Hi,

I want to invest in a flat LCD monitor ...
Can you tell me what is the best 20" LCD monitor to play CS in 1600x1200 ?

PS:I have a ATI 9800 Pro graphic card.

Thx

[$tephen]

I bought this 19" Flatron TFT with a 12ms response time for £298. Its now £250 !!! Fantastic monitor though. Just depends on your budget.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=5413859430&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=73980

[Scooter]

Marvins one is the dogs nadgers im gonna get it when i get some reddies, ask him :D

[$tephen]

marvins is the same as mine, copycat!

[[Quite]Kev*]

Anyone who went to LL2 probably saw my NEC Multisync LCD2080ux monitor... absolute dogs bollocks!! If you want one then you'll have to shell out quite a bot more than £300 - in fact a bit more than double that when i bought it, but well worth every penny and runs native 1600x1200 at about 16ms and colour reproduction is pretty tasty too - use it for graphic design at work....

[$tephen]

I dont see the point in paying twice the price of a 19" for a 20".

My 19" runs native at 1280x1204 @ 12ms

[Graverob..Dog]

Grrr Stephen

You've gone and convinced me and I've ordered one of these bloody things. I will have to rent my butt on the docks for a whole month to pay for it !

[$tephen]

you wont regret it, the lightview settings make dark maps a thing of the past.

And £50 cheaper than when I bought it :/

[Scooter]

Kevs was the shiznay i have to say but pron will look the same on that steve's one.

[BulletMagnet]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but ain't 16ms response bad for playing games(i.e. blurring)?
I read somewhere that it had to be below 16ms. But hey I'm a n00b when it comes to tech, so as I said I could be completely wrong.

[$tephen]

The lower the response time the better. My friend with a 19" TFT noticed bluring with a response of 30ms.

On my old 15" TFT with a response of 25ms was fine.

My 12ms on a 19" has never blured.

[InQuiz]

I am buying the new Hyundai L90D+ soon , it has a impressive 8ms responsetime, high brightness and good contrast.
I have seen some nice reviews on anandtech that convinced me :)

[Afrodo]

Sry to be a noob, but whats the difference between active matrix and passive matrix?

[Buggems]

those new 8ms 19" monitors are supposed to be only good at games, they perform poor on dvd/movies or sommit.

edit: i also read the you shouldn't just rely on the reponse (ms) times when buying monitors

[TheTrout]

Sry to be a noob, but whats the difference between active matrix and passive matrix?

One's Active and the other is Passive :P

[Graverob..Dog]

Got my monitor this evening, the one Stephen recommended. One word...Superb ! Cheers