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Is 12ms good enough? If so, is 16ms good enough?

For games like Doom3.
I'm sure 16ms is good enough for Warcraft 3 type games.

Just like some opinions.

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12-16ms would probably be fine. You will always get some streaky/wavyness from lcds and it takes a little while to get used to but if you are fine with it/adjusted to it then it won't be much of an impact in any game.
I myself will never give up my CRT because I can't deal with any latency but thats just me.

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ive got a samsung 172x (with a filthy dead pixel) and it is excellent for fast FPS games and dvd's. the colour is also very vivid.

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That's a 12ms panel. So it sounds like 12ms is good for gaming. And the one I'm looking at, the 12ms model is only $20cdn more than the 16ms model, so it kinda makes sense to go for the 12ms ($435cdn).

Huge advantage would be the space I save on my desk.

Still debating.

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Any 16ms or lower models are good for gaming, just stay away from the 20ms and up models.


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Do you think the average person can see a difference between a 16ms and 12ms panel?

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I have had a 17" Iiyama 431 (16ms) for a couple of weeks... it is brill for Joint Ops & dawn of war so I would think it would b fine for doom3 etc...

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The one that I'm looking at is this one: <A HREF="http://www.benq.com/display/lcd_fp757-12.html" target="_new">http://www.benq.com/display/lcd_fp757-12.html</A>

It's $435 Canadian ($337 US)

Let me know if anyone has has this or a similar model or has heard anything about it.

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