LCDs and millisecond differences?

sweave

I'm going to be ordering my new lcd monitor next week to replace my old and massive desk hog crt.
so i had some questions
a lot of people (read on various forums) say that for gamers you need a 2ms response time.
the ones i've narrowed it down to either have 2 or 5 ms ratings.
my question as a person who has never owned an lcd before is basically does it really make that much of a difference?

also are there any other factors i should be paying attention to?

RichD

I would definatly choose LCD over TFT anyday. I have a Samsung dual TV and PC Monitor and its awesome. It also has HDMI inputs on the back so in theory I could use it as a 17" widescreen HDTV... If I had an HD source other than my PC!

the one I have is on the Samung home page for TV monitors but I cant find the spec

http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/monitors/lcd/lcdtvmonitors/index.asp

Saves me a lot of room.

bothered

I think it's like some audiophiles say you need oxygen free copper cables. Lab equipment may show a difference but can you detect it?
The quicker the better obviously but, mine has a claimed 8ms response and looks fine to me.

Thrax

< 8ms GTG, and you'll be fine.

sweave

thanks guys

i have 4 monitors that ive been looking at

the LG L206WTY-BF
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16824005096
has caught my eye for a while, it is the cheapest of the choices but still seems to be a good base line to start from

the SCEPTRE X22WG-1080p
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16824112009
it is larger than the LG plus it supports 1080p

and the BenQ FP222WH
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16824014139
only reason im considering this one is that the reviews have been decent and that it comes with an hdmi input
but then again i could always get an hdmi to dvi cable for the others

and finally the Hanns·G HW-223DPB
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16824254020

QCH

Here's what I JUST recommended to a user... all good monitors with 5ms response. All have 3 year warranties, 1000 contrast Ratio, and 16.7 million colors (NOT 16.2, big difference).

http://www.tiny.cc/22LCDComparison

edcentric

Here is a good review of some monitors that will show you what the latency is.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/07/03/wide_format_lcd_monitors/

and here is another look
http://anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=3054&p=1

Tim

I got a Samsung Syncmaster 204B the day after Thanksgiving last year, and it has worked great for me. I run it at 1024 by 768 resolution normally, and play World of Warcraft at 1600 by 1200 with all the video settings cranked to maximum or near maximum. I haven't had any problem with bad pixels, and image quality is very good.

I looked at a bunch of widescreen LCDs before buying this 4:3 ratio monitor. I just didn't like the way the widescreen units displayed many different web pages.