Looking for a gaming monitor

If you haven't bought that compute yet, don't. You're getting ripped off badly.

I already did I bought it threw my work and i know its a rip but they just take it out of my checks so i dont have to save up for the computer. Im not too into dell and ive never built a PC but i decided all of my upgrading will now be done myself and when i need my next computer i will be building it. Im trying to learn everything about computers now and figure out the best type of things to buy

That Asus you provided definatly is one ive been looking at. I just cant figure out what to buy though lol. at first i was looking to spend around 170 and just get a 19.5 but now that ive been looking i keep thinking a 22 to 24 would be nicer.

It seems like a waste to me to buy a really nice rig and then get a tiny (19" ) monitor. I would say get a 22" at least.

Well, even with included speakers, its still pretty reasonable price for a 24". I personally don't notice a difference between say, 2ms and 5ms, but some do. In case he is one of those people, he might appreciate a 2ms response rate. I also have never noticed an ASUS screen having a too strong backlight or poor color, but I haven't done side by side comparisons. I also am not very picky with these things. My last LCD monitor was a 9 year old samsung 15 inch, and even though I replaced it with a cheap BenQ (22" 1080p) I am still super happy with my choice. It's not that the old screen was that bad (though it was) but this benQ performs beyond my expectations and its price ($130 on sale the day I built this rig.)

Anyhow, I still think it would be a good bang for buck monitor, and prefferable over a 19.5 at the least, heh, if not a really nice (expensive) 19.5.

The Asus is good for the price, IMO (i have the 23.6" variant) it works fine for games and decent in movies

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If you can scratch together a few more bucks for it, that monitor would be a great, long term addition to your rig, and indeed, make a bit better use of the 5870.

I just got a Samsung 2570hd and was happy until I went to play Quake III and the 4 ms refresh rate advertised didn't seem to be good enough and made the game harder to play because of image smearing. I was using a 19" crt. Would the Hans help solve this problem? I love the size and it will just barely fit in my computer desk under the bookcase underhang. Am I simply expecting too much from an LCD? I have a plasma TV and it is great with my PS3. Doesn't fit on a computer desk though.

what about samsung p2250 ?

Samsung 2233 - 5ms response time - 1920x1080
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824001308

or the P2070 - 2ms response time - 1600x900
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824001329

i currently have a pair of 2270's and will never change monitors until high lifespan OLED's come out.

they are not the brightest monitors but that works very well considering my room is not very bright normally anyway.

250 lumens vs 300 of normal monitors. but currently the 2270 and 2370's are the top of every review i've seen.

A guy at Office Depot suggested I use the HDMI input instead of the AVI input to play my games. My Dell Studio435mt i7 920 came with an ATI 4670xt card with no HDMI out. He told me to buy an adapter- AVI to HDMI. I did and now Quake III seems to be playing with better frame rates, but on 2D desktop stuff the picture is noticeably blurier. Right now I am typing this with the AVI hooked in and the text has very clear edges. If I hook the same cable up to the HDMI adapter it looks a little blurier and the colors aren't quite as nice. Yes, I've played with screen resolutions in both to make sure I am comparing correctly. Maybe if I had a video card with an HDMI out it might work correctly?

Here's another question. I don't really need the TV option on this thing although it is nice to have. I was looking at the Hans G on this thread. I guess it might be better for gaming than this and it has a higher resolution. How do you think the overall prettiness of the picture would be compared to this Samsung. I mean, I imagine the color and contrast would probably be better than this one. I know size and resolution are nice, but sometimes an inferior picture isn't worth it. I mean, I prefer my 720p Panasonic plasma to many 1080p LCDs.

Has anyone used the Hans G281-whatever letters and the Samsung 2570 or 2370 who could offer some insight?

This monitor looks nice right now I must say. A moment ago with the slight blur and bluish tint when I had the HDMI converter plugged in I thought, "Man, I've got to ditch this thing." For some reason it is looking better in XP here than it did in Vista a moment ago- even at the same resolution. I have two drive on this computer because some of my expensive software didn't want to work in Vista so I decided to buy a second hard drive rather than shell out hundreds in software.