Hey folks, I’ve got a question that I’d like to throw into the ring:
I want to get (a) new monitor(s). I use a Radeon HD 6970 GPU and I want to take advantage of a 3-monitor Eyefinity setup. I currently have a Samsung something-or-another monitor that has decently low input lag but it’s resolution maxes out at 1680x1050. I also have an Asus VH226 (I think that’s the model number, I just know it’s NOT the Evo monitor) that is pretty laggy, but has 1080p. My current main monitor is a 32" Vizio HDTV. I have done some minor experiments with Eyefinity, but my main problems arise when I play a full-screen game, as all three monitors get scaled down to the smallest monitor’s resolution. I also hate having the bezels getting in the way of the image being smooth between monitors. I want three 1080p monitors of the same size, preferably 22"+ (so the image looks smooth from one to the next). So, my question (finally) is as such:
What would you recommend for a three-monitor setup with thin (or removable) bezels (has anyone experimented with removing the bezels from the VH236H?), 1080p across all three, and at least one monitor sub 17ms (1 frame) input delay? I’m thinking that my best option would be to get a VH236H for SF as my main monitor and another, cheaper 1080p Asus to go with my other slow one to use as secondary and tertiary monitors. Price isn’t a huge concern, but given the choice between a 27" monitor with 0ms input delay for $600 vs a 23" with 10ms input delay at $150, I’ll take the latter in a heartbeat. But, contrasting that same $150 monitor with a 17" monitor with comparable delay for $50, I’ll choose the former.
well the price for sure. I’m shopping in the 150-200 dollar range I’m playing sf4 on ps3 and the tourney where im at have that exact setup and i wanna feel “at home” when playing.
All of them also don’t have speakers. I don’t need stellar sound in my small living room, but I need something that doesn’t require external speakers.
Headphones won’t do when there are two players around.
The Dell one has no HDMI, so need to get an adapter as another small, but added cost.
But when all is up and running, they obviously will look better than the EVO monitor.
I’m a poor boy though, so I just got the LED version of the EVO monitor, the VH238H. It’s not an IPS, but it does the job at cost.
Thanks for new sources guys. Added more monitors. (Puri, I did not add the one you linked to because that source did not do an average. Thanks for posting though.)
Sadly, on the HDTV front things are still looking somewhat sad when it comes to input delay. Hopefully, these manufacturers start taking the hint that there are many people out there that want a low input lag big screen TV and start putting more thought into their “Game” modes.
I own the PX2370 (newer model) and it’s better than the XL2370 in terms of responsiveness and input lag. You can check this by doing a product face off on www.digitalversus.com. From my personal experience the PX2370 has zero perceivable input lag and no ghosting issues. The PQ is about as good as you can expect from a TN panel. Oh and it’s LED but in my opinion LED backlights are overrated.
whoever brought up the 200 sharp 42 inch tv on that bf deal at best buy. dont get it. not only is it a crappy tv in general, the lag is gonna be ATLEAST 16ms. tried it out locally
like i said, its just a god awful tv to begin with. im betting that the lag is gonna suck too. and i didnt mean to say “ATLEAST 16ms”. i was trying to say it the best it could possibly be in some alternate universe is 16ms. but thats a whole frame and in games like SSF4, that shit matters
I recently picked up an HP 2311x 23" 1080p LED Monitor spec’ed with a 5ms response time. Last night I took it to a fighting game gathering and a bunch of high level players played on it and they all said it was lag free; everyone was hitting all their combos and 1-frame links with no trouble. Judging from their response, I can 99.9% assume that it is indeed lag free with very low input delay. I ran some calibrations tests with GH2 and GH: World Tour and both came up with 0 ms; played a few songs to confirm and I was hitting all the notes like it was a CRT.
Don’t use the guitar hero test. Response time =/= latency. Please use one of the other methods discussed in this thread or the previous one (which admittedly are not perfect, but at least you can get some relative numbers)