Best LCDs for gaming? (refresh rates, etc)

This should answer your question.

http://www.br.viewsonic.com/pdf/Wh [...] _14_05.pdf

I'm guessing you have vsync turned on when you used the CRT monitor. Refresh rates are important on CRT monitors (high refresh rates to get rid of the flicking), but not as much on an LCD (flicker-free). I suggest that you turn off vsync and have the refresh rate at 75hz if you aren't satisfied with 60hz. Also, new LCD monitors rarely have major problems with tearing or ghosting in games now.

LCD and CRT are two different technologies. You should do some more research. http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKno [...] nitors.asp

try for the 120hz ones, its kinda like a new generational thing, this generation of lcds rock because the mid-higher class ones are all 1080p or higher have more than 1hdmi input and low response times - what kind of gfx card?

Thanks for the responses.

strangestranger:
If it were a purchase, I would've researched the **** out of it. But I had it handed to me.

aylafan:
I have done some research. Most of my research has presented me with retarded contentions about how refresh rates don't apply to LCD monitors. The two technologies seem to be the same where it matters. What it boils down to is how many times a pixel can be repainted a second. In that sense, refresh rate means exactly the same thing. The fact that LCD monitors present no flicker is irrelevant.
It is a new monitor, and 60Hz is utterly appalling. 75Hz is better, but not fluid, and I'm still losing a good 25-50 frames/second.

silversurfer:
I'll have a look at that. I'm running a GeForce 8500 GT.

yeah if you fps drop below your refresh rate it will lock it into these set frame rates because the frames still need to be timed right to avoid tearing (my interpretation). I don't really know how it all works but i know triple buffering usually helps a lot to raise fps when vsync is enabled.

hopefully somebody else will tell me I'm wrong and post a better explanation cause I sure cbf researching lol.