What's a typical gaming monitor nowadays?

[SiberianPenguin]

as far as resolution goes. also, are there any practical differences to having a monitor that's say, a half inch bigger than another when both use the same native resolution?

[HJP]

A bigger monitor with the same resolution obviously means bigger pixels. A lot of monitors seems to be going for 16:9 ratio these days so 1920x1080 seems standard. I'd say 23-25in is suitable or that resolution.

[Baron_Fel]

"gaming" monitors would be 120hz these days.

If they are the same res, only difference is size. Higher pixel density is great but then again so is a bigger display, 23" seems to be the sweet spot for 1080p displays.

[Rat Army]

What kind of monitor are you looking at SiberianPenguin? Just curious.

Originally Posted by HJP

A bigger monitor with the same resolution obviously means bigger pixels. A lot of monitors seems to be going for 16:9 ratio these days so 1920x1080 seems standard. I'd say 23-25in is suitable or that resolution.

This is a good description. Go with this.

[SiberianPenguin]

Originally Posted by Rat Army

What kind of monitor are you looking at SiberianPenguin? Just curious.

had my eyes on a 21.5 and a 23.6. I'm coming from a 17 inch so i was thinking of going with the 21.5. my cousin uses a 23 and while it's a nice picture, i feel like i have to stretch my eyes around too much.

[miX_]

I just upgraded to a 26 inch. Pretty freakin' huge. I'm sure I'll get used to it in a week or so, but it's amazingly huge.

[308]

what about this monitor:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...04&Tpk=VG236He

[SiberianPenguin]

Originally Posted by 308

what about this monitor:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...04&Tpk=VG236He

from my (limited)research, a 2ms response time is low, which may cause ghosting and color distortion. not to mention I'd never pay that much for a monitor.

[virusfarm]

Originally Posted by SiberianPenguin

from my (limited)research, a 2ms response time is low, which may cause ghosting and color distortion. not to mention I'd never pay that much for a monitor.

Low? How would a faster response time make the image blur?

[Undead]

Dell 23" U2311H IPS 1920x1080!

And faster ms response time means better monitor...

But take into mind IPS monitors generally have 5-8ms, which is still really good for an IPS monitor.

[Bad_Motha]

Originally Posted by SiberianPenguin

from my (limited)research, a 2ms response time is low, which may cause ghosting and color distortion. not to mention I'd never pay that much for a monitor.

You obviously are mistaken...

Lower timing = faster image processing time
Which works in conjunction with the refresh rate. Don't get the millisecond timing (MS) confused with the signal refresh timing (HZ)

The lower timing also doesn't mean a better image or better motion. Motion is part of it, but only to a certain extent.
Just because it's screen is 1 or 2 MS timing is not the only thing to look for.

If you want faster motion without ghosting effects, 120hz refresh helps out more. I've compared alot of models of screens in real world and for a 60hz screen, you really can't tell when it's below 5ms, thus it's kind of pointless to buy a 60hz, 2ms screen.

As far as the two timings, 120hz will give you overall better motion, without the ghosting and/or tearing you see on 60hz screens.

Now as for image quality, that is determined by the pixel pitch, lower is better. But the higher the screen size you go, the higher the pixel pitch will be. Research and compare models if image quality is important to you. It's hard to find a model on the cheap end that has 120hz, low timing and also a low pixel pitch. All in all research the various models and when comes to pixel pitch, look for what is common for a certain size and then compare that. For example, 0.26 - 0.27 is fairly common pixel pitch for LCD screens that are around 24 - 27 inch model, but lower screen size should have lower pixel pitch. Pixel pitch is usually shown like this as it's value 0.27mm or it might be defined a bit more, like 0.275mm; Again this value is the size of each pixel on the screen, thus smaller is better and results in a finer image with less blurriness and/or jagged edges by default.

Alot of stores/sites that sell monitors, HDTVs and alike may not display such information, either not on all models, or not at all. No matter where you buy your screen(s), research any model on your fav search engine so you can see for yourself it's full details.

Professional series screens, such as IPS types, aside from allowing for higher resolution also provide buyers with some of the lowest possible pixel pitch for that size of screen resulting in very high image quality. This is another spec that helps determine the price of the screen, due to it's high quality.

[frankvdg]

Originally Posted by SiberianPenguin

had my eyes on a 21.5 and a 23.6. I'm coming from a 17 inch so i was thinking of going with the 21.5. my cousin uses a 23 and while it's a nice picture, i feel like i have to stretch my eyes around too much.

don't worry about streching your eyes out too much, this only seems so because you're not used to it, you will within a minute. (I also think this whenever I see my brothers 30")

[handi360]

I just got a new gaming monitor! <3 it

[Super Fun]

My 21" 16:9 is perfect, but I really miss the extra vertical space especially in rts games. If you're shopping for a new monitor, definitely go with 16:10 with an absolute minimum of 5ms, anything above and you'll notice a slight delay in movement and sound.

[BlackOpsLag]

I use a pair of asus vh242h 24" monitors and I love them. 1920*1080.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-052-_-Product