Plz help, good gaming 22inch lcd should i buy?

Hi all,

I require some help from my good forum friends.

I wish to buy a new gaming monitor. Id like a 22 inch, 1600 is a good native rez. I know a 2ms would be good but that dosnt alone make a monitor a good buy.

Thanks for input

ASUS VH226H

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824236051

16:9 Full HD(1920x1080) with 2ms reponse time. Comes with D-Sub, DVI & HDMI ports and in-built speaker(though not effective)

The best thing for you to do is go to an electronics store and look at the monitors and move the cursors and windows around to test latency, ghosting, and tearing. Contrast ratio and response time should be used as a very very abstract, general guide, but not as facts or performance figures. As long as you don't buy from Best Buy, the monitor prices should be close to Newegg's.

But anyway, I went to Fry's and looked at 4 long rows of monitors and decided on this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824009145

22 inch
1680x1050
$149 w/ Free Shipping

Pros:
Matte screen - I don't see any annoying reflections even with sunlight directly behind me.
Performance + Image Quality / Price - If you want something subtly better than this, expect to spend over $300.
My mom can't tell the image quality difference between this and a properly calibrated CRT

Cons:
Screen tearing
Lower contrast and colors aren't as vibrant when compared to a CRT
The stand is too low. I have two text books and a surge protector under my stand to have the screen at eye level.