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**gonX** · 09-19-06

I'd reread that soon again... I gotta go.

**gonX** · 09-23-06

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Originally Posted by Mootsfox

Unless you are buying used CRTs in a store, an equal LCD may be cheaper. Shipping CRTs is crazy and if you figure 150w vs 50w, 10hours a day, 300 days a year, thats a savings of 300kilowatts a year, one kilowatt/hr is about $.07 here, so thats $21 a year in savings just from power. So after four years you have saved over $80 on your power bill, and helped reduce the amount of power used overall in the country, even if just by a little bit. (If you ran both montiors 24 hours a day, 365 days a year(which some do) you'd spend somewhere around $92 a year just to power your CRT. After 3 years, you could buy a very nice LCD just from power savings.)

Uh... You're writing that after 4 years, you can get 80$ of it, but you're also saying that after 3 years (Where you have 60$) you can get a nice LCD.
You won't get a nice gaming LCD before the +250$ish

**Mootsfox** · 09-23-06

Quote:

Originally Posted by gonX

Uh... You're writing that after 4 years, you can get 80$ of it, but you're also saying that after 3 years (Where you have 60$) you can get a nice LCD.
You won't get a nice gaming LCD before the +250$ish

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mootsfox

(If you ran both montiors 24 hours a day, 365 days a year(which some do) you'd spend somewhere around $92 a year just to power your CRT. After 3 years, you could buy a very nice LCD just from power savings.)

The $80 savings after four years was the difference in price between running a 150W CRT and a 50W LCD, for 10 hours a day, 300 days a year. If you run your computer 24/7 all year, than you will spend about $92 A YEAR on power for it.

**gonX** · 09-25-06

4 years doesn't cut it. We will have new tech. by there.

DaRkLoRd65535 · 09-25-06

"let it be at 8ms AT LEAST"
Dont you mean 8ms AT MOST?
because ms = .001sec so more delay is worse (doesnt matter much because its really tiny)
and the only difference CRT > LCD is:
1) cheaper (up front)
2) higher resolutions (well for a fair price)
3) the ms, but you REALLY CANT tell when its that low

why LCD > CRT
1) lighter
2) better on eyes
3) power saving
4) it looks better (to me)

DaRkLoRd65535 · 09-25-06

Quote:

Originally Posted by gonX

Uh... You're writing that after 4 years, you can get 80$ of it, but you're also saying that after 3 years (Where you have 60$) you can get a nice LCD.
You won't get a nice gaming LCD before the +250$ish

well look at MY LCD, i know its not "gamming" but http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824009070
its not the exact one but a similer specs and $20 cheaper and still only 40W power...

and im thinking about getting this moniter http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824112003
its a $260 LCD that looks nice...

noxious89123 · 09-27-06

The fact your using tweaks like those you mentioned (changing crosshair size etc) to give you an advantage is basically cheating. There are probably alot of people that dont know how to do these tweaks, so they DO give you an advantage.

Why not just get used to playing the game with the standard size/colour crosshair?

**gonX** · 09-27-06

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaRkLoRd65535

"let it be at 8ms AT LEAST"
Dont you mean 8ms AT MOST?
because ms = .001sec so more delay is worse (doesnt matter much because its really tiny)
and the only difference CRT > LCD is:
1) cheaper (up front)
2) higher resolutions (well for a fair price)
3) the ms, but you REALLY CANT tell when its that low

why LCD > CRT
1) lighter
2) better on eyes
3) power saving
4) it looks better (to me)

That's pretty much true. That LCDs are better on the eyes is correct by a VERY small margin. Turn up the refresh rates for CRTs if your eyes hurts.
And yeah, I ment at most :)

**gonX** · 09-28-06

Oh yeah, missed your post noxious, but people who wants to play better will search for those tweaks, in-game or OOG (Out-Of-Game).
The standard crosshair (Even small) just doesn't cut it.
It is a tad easier to hit the head, and often I don't even note that the standard crosshair is on at all.

**Mootsfox** · 09-28-06

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaRkLoRd65535

"let it be at 8ms AT LEAST"
Dont you mean 8ms AT MOST?
because ms = .001sec so more delay is worse (doesnt matter much because its really tiny)
and the only difference CRT > LCD is:
1) cheaper (up front)
2) higher resolutions (well for a fair price)
3) the ms, but you REALLY CANT tell when its that low

why LCD > CRT
1) lighter
2) better on eyes
3) power saving
4) it looks better (to me)

About number two for CRTs, LCDs are now surpassing them in that field. 30" 2560x(1800?) beats any CRT I've ever heard of. I got out my Gateway EV700 CRT and compaired it with my Samsung 915N LCD. The LCD beats the EV700 is every way I can think of (although the gateway has a slightly cooler control panel). Compaired to a new LCD, the colors on the CRT are horrible, and I can't even see some of the colors on it. The CRT is also very dark, even at the brightest settings. I think that some LCDs do suck, but the higher end models now proform better than CRTs. I see really no reason to justify buying a new CRT.

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