I am currently looking at a 5ms 23 inch led monitor for NVIDIA surround.. but I don't know if I should get the 5ms or pay almost 200-300 more dollars for 2ms, the 5ms leds are 12 mill,1 contrast etc.. and honestly I have never gamed on a 2ms. Will there really be a difference or is it minute?
2ms vs 5ms monitors
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rwiuviberwVFIUBER
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I currently have 2ms but my friend has a 5. Unless you game on one as much as the other, you wont notice a difference. Eventually youll just get adjusted. If you can afford 2ms, do so. Thats my input
theste
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I currently have 2ms but my friend has a 5. Unless you game on one as much as the other, you wont notice a difference. Eventually youll just get adjusted. If you can afford 2ms, do so. Thats my input
+1 the Endzy,
unless you are a heavy gamer, you would will not see that much difference at all
SkinToxicated
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just a quick qestion with regards to monitor resposne times, I see some give the ms on grey-grey, other are black to black, which one gives a better reperesentation of the monitors' capability?
eg which is better, a screem with 5ms grey to grey or one that has 5ms black to black?
eg which is better, a screem with 5ms grey to grey or one that has 5ms black to black?
If you got the money to spend on a 2ms screen I would just spend the same money on a bigger 5ms screen.
Unless you have super ultra eyes that can see that fast I wouldn't bother.
Your eyes can watch TV at 30fps fine, thats 33ms I think, Gaming needs a bit higher ms but. As kilobravo said I would go for the 120+ Mhz over 2ms
Unless you have super ultra eyes that can see that fast I wouldn't bother.
Your eyes can watch TV at 30fps fine, thats 33ms I think, Gaming needs a bit higher ms but. As kilobravo said I would go for the 120+ Mhz over 2ms
these are usually values used for good marketing. there's no way rise/fall grey-to-grey combined would be 2ms even with a fast TN panel. i personally would rather look at connectivity, ergonomics and picture quality than response times.
ergonomics how i look at it:
- hight adjustable
- tilt and pivot
- no bright LEDs
- no humming power supply
- it may matter to you for surround gaming: unit footprint, weight, power consumption, heat dissipation
- picture easily adjustable, perhaps by software or calibration unit
as i am a fan of good build and picture quality i'd probably go for an S(H)-IPS panel like the HP Z24w. i'm aware that's not the cheapest one but i just had one tested @work and we're very happy with it so far. but of course, if you wanna go 3D, then that's nothing for you. i don't like 3D. been there, done that. more than 10 years ago.
ergonomics how i look at it:
- hight adjustable
- tilt and pivot
- no bright LEDs
- no humming power supply
- it may matter to you for surround gaming: unit footprint, weight, power consumption, heat dissipation
- picture easily adjustable, perhaps by software or calibration unit
as i am a fan of good build and picture quality i'd probably go for an S(H)-IPS panel like the HP Z24w. i'm aware that's not the cheapest one but i just had one tested @work and we're very happy with it so far. but of course, if you wanna go 3D, then that's nothing for you. i don't like 3D. been there, done that. more than 10 years ago.
O.O, thank you for this. My simple minded ass though that meant (Good to go) -.-, Thank you thats a good little tip there.
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Ya93sin
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1ms response = >1000Hz needed to see the difference
2ms response = >500Hz needed to see the difference
3ms response = >333MHz needed to see the difference
4ms = >250Hz needed to see the difference
5ms = >200Hz needed to see the difference
6ms = >166Hz needed to see the difference
7ms = >142Hz needed to see the difference
8ms = >125Hz needed to see the difference
Now this is in an ideal situation, depending on monitor quality other things will come into it, but as long as the response time is 8ms MAX you will be absolutely fine.
So say 5ms GTG or 5ms pure would be fine.
Even for 3D, which you ideally want 120Hz for.
I don't know any gamer who uses over 120Hz.
So in theory you should be fine but other factors come into play.
2ms response = >500Hz needed to see the difference
3ms response = >333MHz needed to see the difference
4ms = >250Hz needed to see the difference
5ms = >200Hz needed to see the difference
6ms = >166Hz needed to see the difference
7ms = >142Hz needed to see the difference
8ms = >125Hz needed to see the difference
Now this is in an ideal situation, depending on monitor quality other things will come into it, but as long as the response time is 8ms MAX you will be absolutely fine.
So say 5ms GTG or 5ms pure would be fine.
Even for 3D, which you ideally want 120Hz for.
I don't know any gamer who uses over 120Hz.
So in theory you should be fine but other factors come into play.
