Flat Panel Monitor

**Augurr** · January 9th, 2005, 10:55 PM

I am in the search for a good flat panel monitor now. I have a ATI 9600SE card with 128MB and DVI outputs. I would like to stay at a 17" since that is what I will be replacing and it also needs to be able to handle gaming well. I don't game much, but when I do, it is intensive games such as Doom 3, HL2, Quake 3, Halo, etc. Got any good suggestions?

Augurr

Edit:
I did a search afterwards and found some posts about flat panels, but they were 2 years old. I figure they have gotten better and I know they have gotten much cheaper since then.

**TechZ** · January 10th, 2005, 04:22 AM

Hey Augrr, for gaming, most people here would suggest a CRT monitor, cheaper and you can get a bigger size, I on the other hand have been using my ViewSonic for gaming for the last 2 years, and more than happy with it. Get a decent brand, like LG, Sony, ViewSonic, or if you can afford better, then go for it. Also see that its the new spec 10ms or under LCD's, it makes a big difference while gaming.

**Augurr** · January 10th, 2005, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by TechZ

Hey Augrr, for gaming, most people here would suggest a CRT monitor, cheaper and you can get a bigger size, I on the other hand have been using my ViewSonic for gaming for the last 2 years, and more than happy with it. Get a decent brand, like LG, Sony, ViewSonic, or if you can afford better, then go for it. Also see that its the new spec 10ms or under LCD's, it makes a big difference while gaming.

Thanks TechZ. Any good places to find a roundup of current FP's? Toms's hasn't had anything since October and well outta my price range.

**TechZ** · January 10th, 2005, 03:13 PM

you got to look a bit but,

http://gameguru.box.sk/
and xbitlabs, anandtech, tomshardware. All good places to look.

**TechZ** · January 11th, 2005, 05:21 AM

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**meatwad** · January 11th, 2005, 10:25 AM

IMO LCDs are not ready for gaming. I have yet to see an LCD that I was satisfied with for gaming.

We've been selling Iiyama H series LCDs. I really like em alot. Plus they have this cool pivot feature that lets you rotate the screen 90 degrees for word processing and web browsing.

**TechZ** · January 11th, 2005, 01:40 PM

I've used a few LCD's for gamin and still do today, the better brands do a lot better, esp. for gaming. Iiyama are really good.

**Phaeton** · January 15th, 2005, 07:51 PM

Well it looks like I have decided on what I'm getting . Decided against the LCD route, though I would love to save the space with flat monitor. Here it is ...

http://product.samsung.com/cgi-bin/n...d_id=AN19JSBLQ

newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...001-166&DEPA=0

I saw it today at BestBuy when looking at flat panels. I saw the screen and was like "whoa! is that a cheap flat panel?" nope .. flat screen crt 19" that looks just as good as most of the LCD's I saw, of which the Sony was most awesome. For $500 it better be. The samsung was only $199 for the 19" or $139 for th 17". The damn thing is so small. It is about 1/2 the size of my current CTX 17" monster. I think it will work perfectly.