Hey I am casually looking to buy a monitor some time no rush or anything but I have a few questions.
I've come to the conclusion that Ips monitors are the way to go in general for a good experience whether it be games, vides, etc. And yes i know TN panel monitors some hardcore gamers people will want the 2ms response time. But I am worried about what i read from this thread here in tomshardware
Quoting a person named goldchain here on the forums:
Let's look at the facts:
1ms = 1/1000 of a second
2ms response time = 500fps
4ms response time = 250fps
8ms response time = 125fps
I don't know ANYONE who uses a monitor in ANY display mode with a refresh rate higher than 120Hz. So, an 8ms response time would be adequate handle 120Hz. As someone who has been a gamer since video games have existed, I can say that 8ms is *more* than adequate, even for hardcore gamers. Anything beyond that is market hype meant to sell cheap 6-bit monitors.
And, as a gamer who also does OTHER things with my monitors, I would choose a monitor with 8ms response time that has TRUE 8-bit color for things like image/video editing over a 2ms TN panel that can't display any sort of color gradient to save it's life.....
Now, if you're a gamer, and all you do is gaming and you have some non-existent computer and video cards capable of playing games at 1920x1200 (or 1080) at 500fps (which would be the framerate required to demand 2ms response time), then by all means, pickup a TN panel........ But I doubt you do, so at this point, you're simply showing that you got caught by the marketing hype and bought into the whole 2ms response time as actually having value, which it doesn't.
Same thing with these 120Hz and now 240Hz HDTVs. People swear that it makes fast-motion video look crisper. I'd like to see that considering the video source itself is limited to 30/60fps (30fps in 1080, 60fps in 720). More marketing hype. Another way to charge more for the same old displays...... Fools......
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So basically, for all these years have monitor companies just gimmicked us with new things like response time and dynamic contrast ratios? Or are monitors getting better but maybe at a pace that these companies could--if they wanted to-- speed up but won't since everyone buys buys buys when something new and "improved" comes out and finally when they've racked in all they can THEN they release the real deal.
So i mean is there any huge breakthroughs in the monitor technology world going to come of age any time soon? Im really content with my monitor it works great. But is a bit small for my liking
thanks
I've come to the conclusion that Ips monitors are the way to go in general for a good experience whether it be games, vides, etc. And yes i know TN panel monitors some hardcore gamers people will want the 2ms response time. But I am worried about what i read from this thread here in tomshardware
Quoting a person named goldchain here on the forums:
Let's look at the facts:
1ms = 1/1000 of a second
2ms response time = 500fps
4ms response time = 250fps
8ms response time = 125fps
I don't know ANYONE who uses a monitor in ANY display mode with a refresh rate higher than 120Hz. So, an 8ms response time would be adequate handle 120Hz. As someone who has been a gamer since video games have existed, I can say that 8ms is *more* than adequate, even for hardcore gamers. Anything beyond that is market hype meant to sell cheap 6-bit monitors.
And, as a gamer who also does OTHER things with my monitors, I would choose a monitor with 8ms response time that has TRUE 8-bit color for things like image/video editing over a 2ms TN panel that can't display any sort of color gradient to save it's life.....
Now, if you're a gamer, and all you do is gaming and you have some non-existent computer and video cards capable of playing games at 1920x1200 (or 1080) at 500fps (which would be the framerate required to demand 2ms response time), then by all means, pickup a TN panel........ But I doubt you do, so at this point, you're simply showing that you got caught by the marketing hype and bought into the whole 2ms response time as actually having value, which it doesn't.
Same thing with these 120Hz and now 240Hz HDTVs. People swear that it makes fast-motion video look crisper. I'd like to see that considering the video source itself is limited to 30/60fps (30fps in 1080, 60fps in 720). More marketing hype. Another way to charge more for the same old displays...... Fools......
Message quoted 3 times
So basically, for all these years have monitor companies just gimmicked us with new things like response time and dynamic contrast ratios? Or are monitors getting better but maybe at a pace that these companies could--if they wanted to-- speed up but won't since everyone buys buys buys when something new and "improved" comes out and finally when they've racked in all they can THEN they release the real deal.
So i mean is there any huge breakthroughs in the monitor technology world going to come of age any time soon? Im really content with my monitor it works great. But is a bit small for my liking
thanks