Monitor For FPS Gaming: 120hz vs 60hz

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First of all LCD monitors don't refresh the whole screen every cycle so that term (refresh rate) doesn't mean the same thing on an LCD as compared to a CRT. Only the pixels that change will refresh, the others will remain static with 5hz or 5000hz. Simply put, 120hz LCD monitors do not refresh 120 times per second. It's a simulated effect produced by the monitor that does not effect the monitor's latency, which is actually the most important statistic on LCD screens when it comes to FPS performance & reaction time.

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Yes go with the larger resolution over 120hz refresh rate. Aside from the size, the difference will be minor. Upconverting a 60hz signal to 120hz simply doubles each of the 60 frames and not everyone can see a difference. A larger screen size & resolution will probably make more of a difference to you.

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First of all, CRT monitors are the best for raw performance. No other type of screen is as fast. Period. Many of them are able to produce more detail than LCDs. On the negative, they eat power like mad, are XL and very heavy.

As far as LCDs go, I recommend at least an HD monitor (a 24" monitor with 1920x1200 resolution is fine for me). Specifically I recommend the monitor in my sig rig or most Samsung TN panel monitors that don't have a built in TV tuner. Smasung has a zero dead pixel policy so you will not have a dead spot. Get it from tigerdirect.com or another retailer (lenovo.com) that has a better return policy than newegg.

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Ok, so pretty much the debate here is... If your eyes can see the difference go with the 120hz, but most people will be happy with the difference seen from 1280x to 1920x1200 res, correct?

I mean.. I somewhat understand about the latency issue, but isn't the 3ms GTG (not sure about BTG) a good #?

I want to play some new games, and they are going to be First-person-shooters... so a CRT monitor would probobly be very hard to find, and I don't want to buy a used one.

If it comes down to LCD choice:

Samsung/Viewsonic 120hz LCD monitors
Samsung/L brand that's in your sig LED 1920x1200 LCD Monitor

I am not sure which I would like.. I am going to message the second poster, and ask for videos for differences on the two monitors when playing counter-strike.

I am going to +rep everyone, thank you for helping me out so far!

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Which is best to get just for FPS-gaming monitor use and not 3d useage?
Samsung 2233RZ 120hz vs Viewsonic VX 120hz?

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I heard bad things about the Viewsonic one. It tends to be more "yellowish"
I dont know if its a true 120hz like the 2233RZ

Like people said, a 2 ms LCD is not 2ms delay. It takes way more time than that to put the frame on the monitor.

120hz, ur monitor works twice as fast for rendering frame compared to a 60hz ( or close to twice )

I think its like 14ms response time for a 60hz and 8ms for a 120hz LCD

I remember reading this in an article so dont quote me this is not exact numbers

The point is: 60hz LCDs works slower, so u get ghosting.

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That 2ms is only for G2G. Actually know what you are talking about when you post a comment.

http://www.digitalversus.com/duels.p...&p2=5373&ph=12

but screensize matters a lot too...especially for hitting opponents really far away for HS.

I found this peculiar viewsonic 26" model...very nice real world responsiveness for a 24"+ monitor.

http://www.digitalversus.com/duels.p...&p2=4467&ph=12

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Both are pretty much the same in terms of responsiveness and input lag.

"The VX2268vm goes one better than the 2233rz. It isn't very far ahead, with just half a frame of transparent ghosting less, but it can now claim the crown of the most responsive monitor yet. It's entirely worth its five stars, especially given that its input lag is less than one frame. In short, it's perfect for gaming!" - digitalversus.com

VIEWSONIC

+Better Quality greys
+Better colour accuracy

SAMSUNG

+Better contrast (Im guessing this would be good for 3d glasses as they dim the contrast naturally)