Best Gaming Monitor?

I'm looking for a good gaming monitor. What should i be looking for? Widescreen? Large? I just need a few tips before i spend my money.

Thanks.

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Has HDMI, VGA, DVI... can plug 1080p DVD players/Blu Ray players, PS3, 360... Great all around monitor...

I like my dell 24".stele29

[QUOTE="stele29"]I like my dell 24".CellAnimation

CRT is the way to go. No native resolution BS and perfect black. I will never give up my Viewsonic P97f+.HenriH-42

I felt the same way to till my monitor died and i had to buy a new one. The desk space you save by switchin to LCD is alone worth it.

[QUOTE="stele29"]I like my dell 24".CellAnimation

CRT is the way to go. No native resolution BS and perfect black. I will never give up my Viewsonic P97f+.HenriH-42

[QUOTE="CellAnimation"][QUOTE="stele29"]I like my dell 24".MGS-GrayFox

I have the 2407 Rev .04 and it has no HDMI ports. They didn't show up till the 2408.

[QUOTE="HenriH-42"]CRT is the way to go. No native resolution BS and perfect black. I will never give up my Viewsonic P97f+.sSubZerOo

Thats not true anymore. I've been gaming at 1920X1200 for over two years now. The newer video cards are all optimized for 1920+. I admit it was trickier early on because I had to turn some games down to get a decent framerate on my ATI 9800 PRO but since the 8000+ nvidia came out I have had no problem cranking it up. I can never go back to lower res.

Edit : 1080P = 1920X1080 < 24" native = 1920X1200 = uber.

[QUOTE="MGS-GrayFox"][QUOTE="CellAnimation"] I have a 2408WFP here. Best monitor I've owned.stele29

I have the 2407 Rev .04 and it has no HDMI ports. They didn't show up till the 2408.

I play on a Samsung Syncmaster T220 22" widescreen monitor. native res is 1680x1050 @ 60hz with a 2MS response time. It's a fantastic monitor that cost only $279.Johnny_Rock

I had to pay 340$ for it. D:

But yeah, it's very good monitor.

CRT's still rule, if your a hardcore gamer.1q3er5

I'd agree with you except for that fact that widescreen is not easily viable as a computer user with a CRT, and without widescreen you are handicapping yourself, considering most new game software is designed using widescreen as the rule and not the exception. There is also the problem with high resolution. Unless you forking out thousands, most crts in the 19-21" range have a max res of 1600X1200 at 60hz, which can create a fuzzy mess. The better crts have 72-75 hz availiable for this resolution, but its hard to find them. You can still use pixel mapping to play older software at there native resolutions...true, you'll lose a little screen realestate but with a 24" screen you still end up with a screen equivilent in size to a 17" CR, unless you drop to 640X480..which the newer LCDs can scale very well. In fact, LCD tech has greatly improved so much that they are superior in almost every way. Connectively, foot print, max resolution, clarity. So I counter that arguement, saying that current day "hardcore" gamers have 24"+ LCDs running at least 1920X1200, which is the domain of the new video cards. I'd still keep the crt for rainy day nostalgia kicks in and you need support for resolutions as low as 320. People talk about CPU and GPU bottenecks all the time, but the CRT is also a bottleneck. Its time to move on.

CRT's still rule, if your a hardcore gamer.1q3er5

My current CRT monitor (19") supports 1600x1200 @ 85 Hz, 1920x1440 @ 70 Hz and 2048x1536 @ 60 Hz. Why would I "upgrade" to LCD monitor when I'd get lower resolution (unless I pay A LOT), trouble with native resolution and I have never seen a LCD monitor with black that is nothing short of atrocious. Also, the size of a monitor doesn't really matter, since I'm just a few centimeters away from the monitor anyway. LCD just isn't worth it IMO, and I'm lucky to have 5 backup CRT's when my current one dies (and you can get them used for REALLY cheap, I found a 21" CRT for just 10 euros.)HenriH-42

First, your monitor is not considered normal by any standpoint...it was/is extremly high end even when crts were common and would have cost alot, same as high end LCDS today. I do agree with your black levels, but that is changing. The latest LCDs have extremly high contrast levels. The one thing I would recommend trying a good LCD. Like you, i used to sit inchs away from my 19" crt. Now I sit about 18 inches from my 24" and can't imagine going back to that. It was wierd at first, but the additional clarity is amazing. But I will concede that it is all in the eye of the beholder. I'd like to know what software your using that won't run at current native resolutions other than old games. I run a seperate machine for those sorts of games.

1600+ on a 17" screen. holy cow. The text must be crazy small 1920 and above. Are you using one of the monitors used for design?

[QUOTE="stele29"]I like my dell 24".CellAnimation

I play on a Samsung Syncmaster T220 22" widescreen monitor. native res is 1680x1050 @ 60hz with a 2MS response time. It's a fantastic monitor that cost only $279.Johnny_Rock

CRTs are best? I thought same until I got my LCD.

Low resolutions on CRT are horrible, but on LCD it doesn't matter how big it is.

But you can happily stay on your old big CRTs.;)