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I have never owned a flat panel monitor but I have a circa 1998-1999 laptop I use for work. I love the laptop LCD and am going to invest in a 15" desktop FP model that won't break the bank for my home PC. So here are my questions.
1. How important is the response time for a non-gamer? A friend of mine has a nice looking no-name LCD monitor that he is willing to sell (going bigger) to me for a good price. I have not used his monitor much but I know it is rated around 50ms response time. The only games I like to play are strategy games - Alpha Centauri, Civ 3, Starcraft, Baldur's Gate. No Quake etc, no FPS games. I have a progressive scan Toshiba DVD player in my living room so I don't think that DVD playback is an issue either. Is 50ms response time sufficient for web browsing, Office apps, and the types of games I mentioned here?
2. Related to above is there any way to find out the pixel response time on the laptop? Is that type of thing published for laptop screen or is there a program I can download? The reason I ask is I have never had a complaint about the way the laptop screen looks so if the desktop LCD is at least as good I am sure it will be fine.
3. Can someone point me to an FAQ type site or explain ghosting in a little more detail? I'm not quite sure what I am looking for on that.
Thanks!
1. How important is the response time for a non-gamer? A friend of mine has a nice looking no-name LCD monitor that he is willing to sell (going bigger) to me for a good price. I have not used his monitor much but I know it is rated around 50ms response time. The only games I like to play are strategy games - Alpha Centauri, Civ 3, Starcraft, Baldur's Gate. No Quake etc, no FPS games. I have a progressive scan Toshiba DVD player in my living room so I don't think that DVD playback is an issue either. Is 50ms response time sufficient for web browsing, Office apps, and the types of games I mentioned here?
2. Related to above is there any way to find out the pixel response time on the laptop? Is that type of thing published for laptop screen or is there a program I can download? The reason I ask is I have never had a complaint about the way the laptop screen looks so if the desktop LCD is at least as good I am sure it will be fine.
3. Can someone point me to an FAQ type site or explain ghosting in a little more detail? I'm not quite sure what I am looking for on that.
Thanks!