What Is Better For MMORPGs,LCD or CRT?

Elsurion · 02-19-2004, 12:37 AM

I prefere a LCD orver a CRT ^^

Because the CRT (21" VGA) is not that sharp and light as my LCD (17" DVI) is ^^'
And both are from the Eizo High End Line.

As for the grafics, i have a Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB and it works just fine, but when it goes dark you'll see at some placeses little withe dots in a line. Don't know if this i fixed with the february drives, but january drives (i think it the janary, because i downloaded them at this time ^^) have still this error.

Config:
Intel 2.4GHz / 1GB / 200GB
Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB
Shuttle Barebone Case
Eizo 17" LCD-DVI

tonka · 02-21-2004, 03:08 AM

I'd disagree with true color representation, it's without a doubt better on my Dell 2001FPS LCD (Philips panel) vs my brand new NEC CRT. Both are top end monitors for their class.

The refresh issue is different for LCDs. On a CRT the pixels are constantly decaying, so higher refresh is always better, you get a more solid picture. On a LCD the pixels persist, so for non changing image a LCD is virtually infinite refresh. The difference comes up if the image is changing, and it would have to be changing faster than the max refresh rate (usually 60 - 70 per second).

On FFXI, it's impossible to get 60 FPS AFAIK. I have a Nvidia Geforce 256MB that was purchased about 3 weeks ago on a gaming rig, and i'm guessing i'm hitting about 24 FPS in normal circumstances. I don't think anyone will notice ghosting unless they get their FPS to 100 FPS which i predict is impossible with FFXI.

There ARE drawbacks to a LCD tho.
- native mode only. The LCD looks terrible if you are in non-native mode, which means you won't be changing resolutions

- grid space. With good eyes you can see the space inbetween the actual LCD pixels. Samsung is better than Philips in this respect. For games, this is a non-issue. For viewing text on pure white it annoys some people.

- DVI input. Using the regular video output i think CRT looks much better than LCD. You need a DVI output, but if you are buying a new video card you'll have it. I think you need to go back to about 32MB vid cards to not have a DVI output.

02-19-2004, 12:37 AM	#16
Elsurion Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 285 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts	I prefere a LCD orver a CRT ^^ Because the CRT (21" VGA) is not that sharp and light as my LCD (17" DVI) is ^^' And both are from the Eizo High End Line. As for the grafics, i have a Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB and it works just fine, but when it goes dark you'll see at some placeses little withe dots in a line. Don't know if this i fixed with the february drives, but january drives (i think it the janary, because i downloaded them at this time ^^) have still this error. Config: Intel 2.4GHz / 1GB / 200GB Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB Shuttle Barebone Case Eizo 17" LCD-DVI __________________ Elsurion : Charactersheet

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02-21-2004, 03:08 AM	#17
tonka Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 241 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I'd disagree with true color representation, it's without a doubt better on my Dell 2001FPS LCD (Philips panel) vs my brand new NEC CRT. Both are top end monitors for their class. The refresh issue is different for LCDs. On a CRT the pixels are constantly decaying, so higher refresh is always better, you get a more solid picture. On a LCD the pixels persist, so for non changing image a LCD is virtually infinite refresh. The difference comes up if the image is changing, and it would have to be changing faster than the max refresh rate (usually 60 - 70 per second). On FFXI, it's impossible to get 60 FPS AFAIK. I have a Nvidia Geforce 256MB that was purchased about 3 weeks ago on a gaming rig, and i'm guessing i'm hitting about 24 FPS in normal circumstances. I don't think anyone will notice ghosting unless they get their FPS to 100 FPS which i predict is impossible with FFXI. There ARE drawbacks to a LCD tho. - native mode only. The LCD looks terrible if you are in non-native mode, which means you won't be changing resolutions - grid space. With good eyes you can see the space inbetween the actual LCD pixels. Samsung is better than Philips in this respect. For games, this is a non-issue. For viewing text on pure white it annoys some people. - DVI input. Using the regular video output i think CRT looks much better than LCD. You need a DVI output, but if you are buying a new video card you'll have it. I think you need to go back to about 32MB vid cards to not have a DVI output.