# What do u know about flat screen monitors? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2004, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-u-know-about-flat-screen-monitors/264123 "2004-09-12T10:13:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-u-know-about-flat-screen-monitors/264123/1 "2004-09-12T10:13:27Z")
Im gonna buy one but know little… I want one that’ll be as good as my unflat monitor for gaming and stuffs. What about this one? > **[CTX S762A 17" TFT 16ms 450:1 (1280x1024) Multimedia Monitor - Silver &...](https://www.ebuyer.com/59193-ctx-s762a-17-tft-16ms-450-1-1280x1024-multimedia-monitor-silver-s762a)** > > Get a great deal on a CTX S762A 17" TFT 16ms 450:1 (1280x1024) Multimedia Monitor - Silver & Black (3 Years On Site Warranty) as well as thousands of products at Ebuyer! ---
**Author:** ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-u-know-about-flat-screen-monitors/264123/2 "2004-09-12T12:43:04Z")
AH! Bollocks to you all! I got this one: [http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=122900&view=detailed](http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=122900&view=detailed) ---
**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-u-know-about-flat-screen-monitors/264123/3 "2004-09-12T13:32:15Z")
My personal opinion is to go for a CRT, they might be bigger, but when you compare them to a TFT of similar price the CRT will win hands down every time. For an **excellent** CRT, I don’t think you can go wrong with Philips, as my monitor I’ve had for the past year is far ahead of anything else I’ve used previously. Here’s the model I have, which I think roughly works out to a similar price to the one you linked. [Philips 109B5](http://www.ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=131782) ---
**Author:** ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-u-know-about-flat-screen-monitors/264123/4 "2004-09-12T13:36:21Z")
Too late. it’s on it’s way. I wanna save space and the one i ordered is supposed to be as close to CRT performance as you can get. ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-u-know-about-flat-screen-monitors/264123/5 "2004-09-12T16:04:59Z")
The biggest thing to worry about when it comes to LCD monitors and gaming is the response time - an LCD with a high response time will end up ghosting. The LCD monitor you linked too has a response time of 25 ms, which comes out to 40fps max - this isn’t too bad, but if any game you play gets more than 40fps, you will see ghosting. Better LCD’s for gaming will have response times in the range of 16ms or so. ---
**Author:** ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-u-know-about-flat-screen-monitors/264123/6 "2004-09-12T17:37:26Z")
mine’s got a response time of 12ms 😃 ---
**Author:** ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-u-know-about-flat-screen-monitors/264123/7 "2004-09-12T18:38:21Z")
is this alright for a gforce 6800 grfx card core speed 350mhz RAMDAC Clock Speed 400mhz memory speed 1Ghz £260 😕 ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-u-know-about-flat-screen-monitors/264123/8 "2004-09-13T01:09:31Z")
Is that card a Geforce 6800 regular or a Geforce 6800 GT? From the looks of the clock speed and memory speed, it is probably a 6800GT, in which case 260 pounds would be an okay price. Currently the exchange rate is about 1.8 dollars to the pound, so the cost of the card would be $468. Now, normally 6800 GTs run about $400 here in the states, but I know electronics tend to be more expensive on your side of the pond, and then you have that whole VAT thing to deal with, which is higher than US sales taxes (and even then, many people here can avoid the sales tax entirely by purchasing stuff online.) The main difference between the regular 6800 & the 6800 GT is that the GT model has 16 pixel pipelines, while the 6800 has only 12. The 6800 GT is one hell of a card, in many cases twice as fast as the previous top cards like the Radeon 9800 XT or GeforceFX 5950 Ultra.