Re: Video Response Time

LCD displays essentially use a single refresh rate and have one ideal
(native) resolution. Those two factors can both impact gaming experience
negatively. Using the typically higher native resolution requires a more
powerfull processor and graphics card to maintain adequate framerates in
games. Using lower than native resolution on LCDs generally degrades the
image quality. Games that require synching the frame rate to the monitor
refresh rate will not get as high framerates as are possible with CRT
monitors. The 5ms video response time is adequate for many or even most
games. Ghosting would be the issue with longer response times (similar to
the effect of turning on mouse trails) but I personally haven't seen it
happening on an 8ms or even 15ms LCD monitors.

CRT displays are completely different. Different models come in a much wider
range of usable resolutions, refresh rates and picture tube quality so you
cannot easily generalize about HD video quality. CRTs have both colour and
physical (electron beam) alignment issues that don't apply to LCDs. The
image on a CRT is formed entirely differently than on an LCD. The display
will normally be the same quality at any resolution that the CRT is capable
of. That means you can lower the display resolution to get higher framerates
in games without losing image quality (other than resolution itself). CRT
vertical refresh rates can be well over 100Hz so synched frame rates in
games can be much higher than with an LCD.

"titus12" <titus12@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eEuZI6Q7HHA.5404@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am about to buy a LCD monitor. Is 5ms video response time OK for today's
games? Can you still get the same HD video quality on a CRT monitor with
one of the latest video cards with dual DVI connectors with use of an
adapter?

Thank you;
David



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