Which LCD monitor for gaming?

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HBAndrew

Geek Trainee
Hi, currently trying to find the best 19" LCD to replace my old cheap blurry CRT (around £250 maximum, $464).

I will mainly be gaming and watching movies, I want the best picture possible with no ghosting or anything.

I am pretty close to buying the Viewsonic VX922, I read it is the best LCD for gaming right now but it is also pretty old, end of 2005 so maybe theres better now.

I then found this Samsung SM 940BF which even though I found very few reviews about it, people say it is good for gaming too, but I also read elsewhere that it is just an average monitor not worth buying (Quote from ZDNet, The bad: Limited adjustment options; no cable-feed system; expensive, given mediocre features and performance.).

I have no idea which one to go for, I like the look of the samsung better than the Viewsonic, also the Samsung has 50 more contrast ratio, but I have no idea which one would be best for gaming, movies, internet etc.

Also according to a review at tomshardware the Viewsonic is very good not going above 10ms at all, but no such detailed review exists for the Samsung, so kinda leaning towards the Viewsonic

Any help appreciated.

EDIT: Ugh, reading around more, apparently the VX922 is terrible with movies/DVD, blue colours don't look right at all and moving very slightly up/down/left/right will make it hard to see the screen. I don't know anymore, as far as I can see, all LCD monitors are crap.

I just want something that is great for gaming and movies, and displays all colouring properly, how hard could it be.
 
AFAIK Samsung Syncmaster displays are the best LCD monitors for gaming on the market, with an amazing responsetime of 2ms that will probably be your best bet.

Even though ZDnet gives it a mediocre score, what gives if it lacks a cable feed system? Or has limited adjustement options? Most videocards offer many adjustable settings included in their software that make up for the absence of those options on the monitor itself.

I have an Acer 19" AL1951, it's got 8ms responsetime, and I never noticed / experienced any blurr or ghosting with it, 8ms responsetime is enough for me. And 90% of the settings are set through my Nvidia card's control panel.

Try looking for Syncmaster series display reviews instead of that specific model, you'll see many hardcore gamers also using Samsung Syncmaster displays too.
 
Definately go the Samsung.
Samsung's screens always have excellent colour depth and the whites are
usually not blinding. Other than that, Marcus_X is spot on in his recommendation :good:
 
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