LCD or CRT for gaming?

I upgraded from a 15" crt to a 17" LCD (Rad 7c). I wouldn't even consider
going back right now. Not a single think I've done has looked better on the
CRT (Divine Divinity, Anarchy Online, Shadowbane, Star Wars Galaxies,
GeForce demos, Wallpapers, etc.) As you can see I haven't tried war games
like Battlefield 1942 on it but I don't forsee it being a problem. I get no
blurring between frames on the LCD.

If you do end up going LCD though, go with some with a high contrast ratio
(higher the better). My only other recomendation would be to look for a DVI
capable LCD if your video card supports it; neither my Rad 7c or my Palit
Daytona GF4 Ti4200 do

-Rob

"Colin" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
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> I've been thinking of upgrading my NEC FE700+ crt monitor to either a 15"

or

> 17" LCD like a NEC1700V, price being a consideration.
>
> I've heard that LCD's are not as good for gaming due to some video lag. I
> was wondering if that is true and whether you would recommend going to a

LCD

> display or should I stick with my CRT?
>
> Thanks for your response
> Colin
>
>

"Robert Lankey" <rlankey@tlmc.cc> wrote in message
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> I upgraded from a 15" crt to a 17" LCD (Rad 7c). I wouldn't even consider
> going back right now. Not a single think I've done has looked better on

the

> CRT (Divine Divinity, Anarchy Online, Shadowbane, Star Wars Galaxies,
> GeForce demos, Wallpapers, etc.) As you can see I haven't tried war games
> like Battlefield 1942 on it but I don't forsee it being a problem. I get

no

> blurring between frames on the LCD.
>
> If you do end up going LCD though, go with some with a high contrast ratio
> (higher the better). My only other recomendation would be to look for a

DVI

> capable LCD if your video card supports it; neither my Rad 7c or my Palit
> Daytona GF4 Ti4200 do
>
> -Rob

Ditto here. There seems to be a misconception (mainly from the LCD bashers)
that LCDs or Flat Panels are not good for gaming. I haven't had a single
problem; and like you, I wouldn't ever consider going back. I have a GF4
Ti4200, which does support DVI. My LCD is DVI capable too. So I'm all set.

Alanb

I like my LCD and don't think I'd ever go back.

>-----Original Message-----
>I've been thinking of upgrading my NEC FE700+ crt monitor

to either a 15" or

>17" LCD like a NEC1700V, price being a consideration.
>
>I've heard that LCD's are not as good for gaming due to

some video lag. I

>was wondering if that is true and whether you would

recommend going to a LCD

>display or should I stick with my CRT?
>
>Thanks for your response
>Colin
>
>
>.
>

"Alan Bernardo" <alanbernardo@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>

> Ditto here. There seems to be a misconception (mainly from the LCD

bashers)

> that LCDs or Flat Panels are not good for gaming. I haven't had a single
> problem; and like you, I wouldn't ever consider going back. I have a GF4
> Ti4200, which does support DVI. My LCD is DVI capable too. So I'm all

set.

>
> Alanb

Well, LCDs used to (stressing the used to) have slower response, which made
for bad gaming. Cheap LCDs probably still do. Having it all-digital (instead
of converting from analog - the classic VGA outlet - to digital) probably
helps, too.

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