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Thread ID: 36987	2003-08-25 08:33:00	Radeon card + LCD = crap gameplay?	John Doe (4461)	Press F1

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170429	2003-08-25 08:33:00	What I want is a LCD acceptable for game play, powered by a graphics card powerful enough to do that, and able to 'out' to my TV so I can watch DVDs on the telly. I don't think that's rocket science, but I keep reading LCD screens are no good for game play. I'm looking at a Radeon card @ www.quay.co.nz (bottom right, ATI Radeon AGP) but an LCD from there, or anywhere, decent enough will do (black is back...) Can anyone give me some advice? I've done some reading, but want to hear your opinion....	John Doe (4461)
170430	2003-08-25 08:53:00	LCDs of a couple of years ago, or bottom of the range (cheap) LCDs may be less than ideal, but I run several LCDs here, and would comment that a good LCD should hold its own against a CRT nowdays for games. For office applications they are far superior to CRTs in my opinion. I could never change back. Remember though, that LCDs are optimised at a native resolution (1024 x 768 for a 15") and operating at 640 x 480, or 800 x 600 will give much less that optimum results.	godfather (25)
170431	2003-08-25 10:06:00	Hi John Doe, I am hoping my new LCD monitor arrives tomorrow and since I started researching the pro's&con's of them,have found some interesting things! Besides Brightness and Contrast(the higher the price the better they are) in most cases!for B,400 is better than 300,and C,260 is better than 250, the important thing to look for if using LCD for gaming,is Response time,(measured in milli-seconds) In reports I have seen to date,it is suggested that .25ms is the highest you want to go and if you can get one with a speed of .16ms that is excellent! BUT, There is some confusion as to how this response-time is measured? A few of the Panels on the market are measuring this .16ms on 256000 colours while the .25 and slower,are measured on 16.7 million colours! The difference in 256000 pixels is that the 4 slightly lower shade pixels surrounding the main coloured one,are not there! Reports also indicate that this would be hard to distinguish to the common eye in a fast moving gaming situation,but would not be good enough for text or still graphics! I am not into gaming,so am getting a middle of the road model that can be bought for very competitive prices if you take time to do a bit of research! Hope this helps,Cheers,Kiwitas,;-)	Kiwitas (514)
170432	2003-08-27 22:58:00	Thanks guys!	John Doe (4461)
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