Monitor - S27A950 or S27A850 ,which one?
 

Hmmmmm, i'm on the horns of a dilemma .. ouch! Do I ; ..

(a) go for the Samsung S27A950 monitor with 1920 x 1080 resolution, 2 MS G-T-G response time, 120 Mhz frequency @ about $600 .. or

(b) go for the Samsung S27A850 monitor with 2560 X 1440 resolution, 5 MS G-T-G response time, ??? frequency @ about $800

The 850 has great resolution but am worried about the response time. Does anyone have this monitor, does it run CloD ok?

Thanks

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I have a Dell 2209WA (22 inch IPS panel) and it also has a 5ms gray to gray response time. It's good enough to play flight sims and i also play team fortress 2 (a first person shooter) with no problems at all. The only way to get ghosting is to start up my head tracking and rapidly move my head from side to side at literally breackneck speeds, ie the limits of the monitor are way above the normal requirements of gameplay.

Try to find out what kind of input lag these monitors have as well, it's another important factor.

In the case that everything else is equal, go for the one you can afford or like best. Don't forget to calculate the increased cost of graphics card upgrades over time though. You'll need quite a beefy one to run the high resolution monitor and even if your current card runs everything ok, in 6-10 months it might have trouble running a newer game on that resolution.

Running SA22450BW 5ms Response time no issues at all.

The S27A850 runs at 60hz, does the SA22450BW and Dell 2209WA run at that ? I think 60Hz is a basic default ?

If I was going to buy a 24" inch screen then 1920 x 1080 might suffice but 27" really requires a higher resolution ? is that true? I sit about 2-3 feet away from the monitor.

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personally i'd say go for the higher res if sitting that far away.
currently using a 27" screen at similar distance and there's no way i'd be happy with a res below the 1920*1200 i'm running at that size/dist- YMMV

The SA950 can be got for AUD$490 from JBHiFi/ OfficeWorks (at least in Sydney outlets) been looking at that one, myself

My Dell 2209WA is 60Hz, yes. All LCD/TFT monitors were using this standard until they started making new panels that support 120Hz.

The thing is, you don't need that much of a refresh rate on LCD monitors because they don't suffer from the flicker that characterized CRT monitors. On CRTs you needed the high refresh rates so that your eyes can't perceive the refresh (if they did, you saw flickering). For example, my old 17" Phillips CRT can do 85Hz at its max resolution and more than 100Hz at a bit lower ones, but it was actually important to have at least 75Hz back then.

Currently, the main reason to go for 120Hz with a TFT panel is if you want to try out that 3d vision stuff. However, most (if not all) of the currently available 120Hz panels are of the TN type: the so called "gaming" monitors (due to their fast response times), which suffer from poor color quality and viewing angles (compared to other panel types that is).

Everything is relative .. working on a high rez monitor is cool.. playing on one is not so cool .. need ultra strong video card to play that high mostly when LCD's are real bad when non native resolutions.
I learned my lesson never again.

That's exactly why i picked the Dell. IPS panel, 16:10 (so that i get more vertical space to look up during the turns :-P) and a 1680x1050 resolution ;)

What do people think of this one .. too good to be true?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Diyomate-...item2318142de5

Ta

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