mdameron
11-04-05, 05:56 PM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824014090
This thing is bad ass.
Lets start off right. I've never had an LCD, only CRT's. My latest and greatest was a Viewsonic A90F+ 19" Flat screen. It was badass too, but at higher resolutions for making maps (GIS), my eyes died.
Read around a bit, decided on this. Ordered yesterday at 3pm CST...
$335 shipped FedEx overnight (it was only $15 more for overnight... this dude was in my hands in 25 hours, yay newegg!)
- $30 MIR (newegg rebate, mailing off tomorrow)
- $100 (selling old monitor to my dad to offset cost)
= $205
Setup was a breeze... base just clips on. It was packaged beautifully.
Included:
Regular D-sub cable
DVI cable
Power cable
A CD, a couple booklets
So I fire everything up (using the included DVI cable), and right off the bat it turns on. Everything is crisp. I go into device manager and update the driver on "Plug n Play monitor", pointing to the CD... now it reads it as what it is.
Native res is 1280x1024. I'm doing that @ 75hz (though I heard that doesn't even matter on LCD's, but I'm a newb who likes my placebo FX.) If you're a gamer, be sure that your current card runs whatever game you like @ 1280x1024 before you buy an LCD... if you don't run at native res it won't look it's best.
I only play AOE3 and DoD:Source... and both are perfect. Equal to or better than the CRT. No ghosting. Flawless. Gorgeous. DVI mind you, analog mileage may vary.
Back to windows, it looks stunning. Text is crystal clear. I have cleartype powertoy which makes it even better. The monitor is further away from my face and looks clearer than my CRT. I can't say enough about the text/desktop improvement over the CRT.
My only complaint is the benq emblem in the bottom left is a little too big. Seriously. That's it. No dead pixels (thank god, i was so nervous/scared). I haven't even brought up the OSD yet... I haven't found anything I would like to change. Everything is beautiful by default.
I apologize, I have no digital camera, so I can't post pics. But this thing is gorgeous and matches my black antec case nicely. I'm so happy. :D :D :D
This thing is bad ass.
Lets start off right. I've never had an LCD, only CRT's. My latest and greatest was a Viewsonic A90F+ 19" Flat screen. It was badass too, but at higher resolutions for making maps (GIS), my eyes died.
Read around a bit, decided on this. Ordered yesterday at 3pm CST...
$335 shipped FedEx overnight (it was only $15 more for overnight... this dude was in my hands in 25 hours, yay newegg!)
- $30 MIR (newegg rebate, mailing off tomorrow)
- $100 (selling old monitor to my dad to offset cost)
= $205
Setup was a breeze... base just clips on. It was packaged beautifully.
Included:
Regular D-sub cable
DVI cable
Power cable
A CD, a couple booklets
So I fire everything up (using the included DVI cable), and right off the bat it turns on. Everything is crisp. I go into device manager and update the driver on "Plug n Play monitor", pointing to the CD... now it reads it as what it is.
Native res is 1280x1024. I'm doing that @ 75hz (though I heard that doesn't even matter on LCD's, but I'm a newb who likes my placebo FX.) If you're a gamer, be sure that your current card runs whatever game you like @ 1280x1024 before you buy an LCD... if you don't run at native res it won't look it's best.
I only play AOE3 and DoD:Source... and both are perfect. Equal to or better than the CRT. No ghosting. Flawless. Gorgeous. DVI mind you, analog mileage may vary.
Back to windows, it looks stunning. Text is crystal clear. I have cleartype powertoy which makes it even better. The monitor is further away from my face and looks clearer than my CRT. I can't say enough about the text/desktop improvement over the CRT.
My only complaint is the benq emblem in the bottom left is a little too big. Seriously. That's it. No dead pixels (thank god, i was so nervous/scared). I haven't even brought up the OSD yet... I haven't found anything I would like to change. Everything is beautiful by default.
I apologize, I have no digital camera, so I can't post pics. But this thing is gorgeous and matches my black antec case nicely. I'm so happy. :D :D :D