TFT Gaming advice

[oblivion_6]

Guys

Ive got the chance of a 19" tft and its my first one and im unsure of knowing how well it will perform with games

Response time is that what i should be looking at? Whats the ideal realistic value? I think the one im looking at is 20ms

and the Dot Pitch / Pixel Pitch is 0.294 mm

Its an acer as well anyone think this should be up to the task?

[The Raeven]

I don't know about the dot-pitch thingy...
...but I was once told that a response time of 16ms or less is good for gaming.
I have a BenQ 19" TFT and it has 8ms ... needless to say: I have no ghosting what-so-ever during my games.

EDIT:
Link to my TFT :: http://www.benq.nl/products/LCD/?pro...specifications
..it seems to have a pixel-pitch of 0,294 mm.

[PeteBrant]

I would steer clear of anything more than 16ms, that's what I use - But to be honest, I have had mine for 18 months or so, and were I to buy a new one, I wouldn't go over 12ms - You get what you pay for.

Aslo does it have a DVI connection? or does it just have analogue?

[oblivion_6]

Just an analogue connector, im thinking 20 isnt that bad a response time

plus its also really cheap, its a sale item and is only like 130 quid

[Rick]

Its definately worth getting a tft with a decent response time.

It may seem like a good deal, but it'll piss you off no end when your web browsing is blurry when you scroll down the page along with ghosting in games.

[superkully]

My main 17" TFT has a 16ms response time and I notice no ghosting in BF2. I do notice ghosting moving windows and their contents about - but only if I look for it.

I also use a 15" TFT with a 20ms response time and I don't notice/get annoyed with any ghosting in games. Ghosting in Windows, again, is only present when I look for it...

It all depends on you and the amount of money in your pocket in the the end...

[oblivion_6]

but would i get ghosting with 20ms?

Everywhere im checking is saying that this is the max response to accept

surely if things are running at what 30fps then thats 1 frame per 40ms? so i could cope with anything up to 60fps comfortably? or ???

ta for the advice so far btw guys

[superkully]

Read my post.

[oblivion_6]

Ah didnt see ur post b4 i went into post screen


THanks m8 that sounds pretty good then, i reckon if its only hard core nutters who would notice a major diff then im going to just buy it

if it works out pants i can always just stick it on ebay for a profit as the same monitors going for nearly 200 there

[charlesr]

Love the avatar Mr 6

[Kotatsu Neko]

20ms is definately too slow. You will notice pretty serious ghosting even when just moving your mouse pointer around.

I wouldn't accept less than 12ms now, and there are many panels about which do much lower than that...

[oblivion_6]

ah but are we talking about things a normal guy would notice

i understand that a lot of the guys on here are a bit hardcore with gaming and things, i really just wanna make sure that 20ms wont give me anything that i would notice through normal "more interested in game than staring at gfx" kinda way

[simoran1]

a normal guy will notice 20ms response time believe me. the ones at uni are ****ing horrible, the whole page becomes a blur when scrolling down a web page. if you want to use if for games, then 20ms is too much, its as simple as that.

[oblivion_6]

cheers for the replies guys

Ive decided to add a few extra notes and get a 19" 8ms DVI monitor from samsung looks the business and comes in at just under 200

[Leon Retro]

Samsung are a well respected company when it comes to LCD's- and 8ms sounds amazing!