Decent Gaming LCD with a low price.

[ComradeMikhail]

I know, the word "LCD" and phrase "low price" don't go together unless followed by "crap". But I am on a $300 budget and I need to get an LCD moniter (CRT won't do), and one that can handle games and doesn't ghost (or does so ever so slightly). I was looking at a Neso A700, for $230 at www.newegg.com, but I have never heard of "Neso". Also I saw a Rosewell for a simlilar price and about the same specs. Does anyone have some suggestions on a good LCD at sub-$300 prices?

[goob]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-001-171&depa=0

is good its 319.99 if u can swing another 20bucks or so

sub 300 i dont know really

Never heard of those manufac. before so i cant say if they are any good or not.

maybe http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=24-005-028&DEPA=0

lg 269.00

also this acer one http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-009-027&depa=0

those are all 12ms i think the best out now response time wise.

[Xenocide]

that lg is 16ms, i have the upgraded one with DVI, the L1710B and i LOVE it. egg doesn't mention that it has dvi, but it really does. i have never seen ghosting yet, and its extremly bright!

[ComradeMikhail]

Well I am thinking about the SAMSUNG 710N-2-Black now, it is a name I know and has 12ms response (though whether that is accurate...). Has anyone had any experance with this monitor?

[Mr.Guvernment]

just because it nsays 12ms does not mean it is :D be sure to reearch the LCD's - there is more to it such as grey to grey response time, full on to off positions which are often more then the suggested "12ms".

[ComradeMikhail]

And how can I find that out?

[goob]

Here are some reviews of the samsung 710

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=5&id=1297

http://www.pcunleash.com/bbs/zboard.php?id=MyItemReview&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=41

http://www.modthebox.com/review360_1.shtml

http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h638.htm

[Mr.Guvernment]

And how can I find that out?

will try to lcoate the thread i was reading the past day - it was connect to the dell 2005FP LCD"s and i branched off from there - was some great reading on LCD's and the marketing tricks they use such as "claiming" a monitor to be 12ms when it can be as high as 20ms pending on the "state" the pixel is changing.

[ComradeMikhail]

Thanks for your input, everyone. After doing some additional research and reading those reviews (thanks goob), I think I will get either Samsung 710 or the Benq FP767... great now which one of those do I get?

[goob]

no problem.

Anyway i dont really know what to tell you about picking between those two, i dont know much about lcd's anyway, maybe see which one has a better contrast ratio,the higher that is the better. I was thinking about getting the samsung 710 myself, but i dont know i've used crt's my whole life. Only lcd's i have used are on laptops.

I tired to play q3 on my laptop i think the response time on there is 25ms. I could not play it very long, i dont think it was really from ghosting, just the fact that i've never used lcds to play fast paced games, and it just was wierd, depth perception i guess. I suppose you have to get used to it, so i haven't got a lcd yet. Really nothing wrong with my crt i'm just tired of 50lb bulk of **** taking up my whole desk lol.

Was thinking about going to a store and looking, but i dont think you can load games on them and test the lcd's out, and beside i think most stores don't have a large selection to choose from.