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Samsung's 17" LCD Gaming Monitor Rated
An anonymous reader writes "A year ago gaming on LCD monitors was laughed at, now days it's becoming much more practical thanks to more responsive LCDs like Samsung's SyncMaster 172X, reviewed over at OverClocker's Club. The 172X is a 17" monitor, with a very important feature for us gamers and hardcore computer geeks, a 12ms response time. A 12ms response time literally means zero ghosting in games and in fast action movies."
A year ago gaming on LCD monitors was laughed at...
It was laughed at by some perhaps, but a year ago LCD monitors were quite capable of handling games. I got my 19in. 25ms LCD monitor about a year ago, and there were already many people using them for gaming at the time. I have yet to see any problems whatsoever with any games that I have played on that monitor.
No doubt, a 12ms will be even better, but many current monitors are probably good enough for most gamers.
Does anyone know of a good graphics card for two LCDs? I really want to stick with the DVI outputs because the 2001FPs from Dell look so much better on their DVI inputs.
Thanks!
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The article also complained that the pixels were bigger than on another 17 inch Samsung monitor running at the same resolution. Obviously someone doesn't understand what dot pitch is.
Lasers Controlled Games!
People used to mock me back then, but I liked it when X-Wing would ghost on my old pc.
Example: when moving around, if there was another X-wing in the distance, it would bluf slightly as I moved it.
Back then, I thought that was so cool. I though (in my pre-pc-knowledge days), that meant my machine was so powerful (which it wasn't), that it was running beyond smooth, and it was artificial motion blur.
Granted, I know better now, but I miss the old days. Back then, games were FUN and you didn't complain about how they looked because (at the time) they were top-of-the-line graphics.
I think I'm gonna try finding my old Tie-Fighter disks and dust off the old 486.
For me, the only important information is right there on the first page:
"Native resolution: 1280x1024"
That's a 5:4 aspect ratio. Every CRT monitor and every other LCD native resolution has a 4:3 aspect ratio.
"They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.
oh, there sure is a better alternative. If you don't care about refresh rates and you want more than 17" in size DO NOT buy this monitor. Especially don't buy this monitor if you care about getting the best deal.
But if 17" 1280x1024 is enough for you and you need that 12ms real bad, buy this. It's sooooo bright!
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