what monitor?

[Albromor]

Originally posted by ZFR: quote: Originally posted by SpiritWarrior: Go with the lowest MS you can as a high MS can result in "ghosting" makes gaming a pain.

Now sorry for my noobiness but what is MS? the only thing I could think of is ms as in milliseconds of response time. is that what you meant or is it something else for CRTs? [/QUOTE]You don't have to worry about ms in CRTs. That is an LCD monitor designation.

[shamrock_uk]

I'd agree with all the above comments, except that it looks like it's hard to get an lcd monitor with a bad response time these days! I've seen 4ms ones last time I was browsing - my two year old Viewsonic one with a 16ms response time displays first person shooters and other fast games with no motion blur, so I really wouldn't worry about that.

Watch out for your blacks as someone else mentioned - its really worth trying to get a look at one in a shop, even if you don't buy it from there. It is a pain and it's the one thing I would say CRTs do better (and I moved from a gorgeous Iiyama one) - the backlight basically means that black never really is 100% black.

The solution to this is a glossy screen, the Sony X-Black ones in particular have stunning contrast and true blacks, but if you'll be using it where the sun shines onto it then it will probably be a bit reflective. You'll also pay a serious premium, as with all Sony kit.

Dead pixels are less of an issue these days, stick with a known make and you should be ok.

Manufacturers offer vastly different warranties re dead pixels (Viewsonic was really good a couple of years ago when I got mine) so it's worth investigating that if it bothers you. Watch out for the wording in your warranties though, what you might call a 'dead' pixel may actually be a 'stuck' pixel and thus not covered.

[ZFR]

Originally posted by Albromor: You don't have to worry about ms in CRTs. That is an LCD monitor designation.

oh I knew that, it's only that he was talking about CRTs and suddenly mentioned MS so I thought it might be something else.

Thanks for all your imput. I'll be coming back to Poland in a few days and will be buying the PC then. Might have more questions (regarding monitors or otherwise) then. Price is also an issue (I'm trying to fit within 1500-1800 euro for everything), so I'm more inclined towards CRTs.