Choosing the Right Gaming LCD Monitor as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2015-05-07
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1,185 words · ~5 min read
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what makes a monitor good for gaming well for one thing it needs to plug into
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a device that runs video games whether it's a PC a console or a kitchen
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appliance so let's kick things off with inputs most gaming monitors these days
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will have DVI DisplayPort and HDMI or some combination of the three if you're
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gaming on a PC and you want to keep things simple pick either of the first
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two with confidence and go about your business although HDMI will work fine
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too as long as you don't need to run at a resolution over 1080P or a refresh
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rate over 60 HZ HDMI 2.0 is coming soon to address these shortcomings but in the
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meantime don't worry because those HDMI connections might still come in handy
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you can use them for a secondary gaming device like a console and switch between
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your gaming devices with the push of a button convenient eh so that's tip
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number one look for a monitor that has the inputs you need speaking of inputs
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size matters but not for the reason that many people think it does a larger
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monitor just puts a bigger image in front of your face and isn't any more
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difficult for your graphics card to power so pick a monitor that will be a
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comfortable size for the distance you want to sit from it the spec that
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determines how hard it is to drive is actually the resolution a 24in 4k
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monitor will be about four times more difficult to drive than even an 80in
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1080p full HD TV because of all them
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pixels higher resolution displays do deliver better more retinal likee
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Clarity so this isn't a problem per se it's just something that you need to
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factor into your overall all upgrade budget but with the basics out of the
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way it's time to get into the more advanced stuff what makes a monitor
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great for gaming compared to another one personally I like to see great color
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reproduction and I'm willing to trade some of these things I'm about to talk
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about for that but that won't be true for everyone and color accuracy doesn't
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give you a Competitive Edge this stuff does first up is the response time
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pixels or dots on LCD monitors don't work the same way as Old Tube style CRT
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monitors and when the image updates they actually gradually shift from one color
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to another the slower the pixels of your monitor the more motion blur or ugly
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streaking that you'll see behind moving objects on screen this is undesirable
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look for a monitor with grer grade response times under 8 to 16
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milliseconds for casual reuse or around 1 to 2 milliseconds for competitive use
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next the refresh rate of a panel expressed in Herz refers to the number
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of times an image is sent into the display every second Ben Q has a great
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graphic that illustrates the benefit of this but I think it should be pretty self-explanatory if your eyes are
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getting more updates per second you're getting information slightly faster than
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your competitor it's a definite advantage and very fast monitors today
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can run it up to 144 HZ at 1080p that
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means you stand to get every frame up to 10 milliseconds sooner than a fellow
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combatant using a 60 HZ display next up is a spec that manufacturers don't
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report but that's easily as important as the others input leg or display leg your
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PC output's a signal sure but there are Electronics inside your monitor that
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need to translate that signal into something that the panel can understand
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this processing introduces a delay that means you can be seeing an individual
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frame anywhere from a few milliseconds later than it was output by your video
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card all the way up to 50 milliseconds later or more for competitive use look
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for a display with input leg under 10 MCS but don't take the manufacturer's
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word for input leg specs or any of this stuff LCD makers are notorious for just
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inventing completely meaningless specifications that suit their marketing
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purposes and nothing else so be sure to check out sites like blur Busters to get
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the skinny on the latest gaming displays and that's just still kind of the basics
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other features like 3D Vision for stereoscopic gaming wider more cinematic
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aspect ratios low assistance modes with backlight strobing and finally g-sync or
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active sync modes to let your graphics card tell the display when to update can
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all have a dramatic impact on your experience so with that said it's
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possible that this guide actually raised more questions than it answered for you
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but don't worry if that's the case and you still want some help drilling down
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on the details about these different specs or features or if you just want to
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