11 March 2005, 11:38 | #1 |
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TFT/LCD Monitors & 2D games 60FPS/ 120HZ
I want to buy a TFT monitor.
I’ll be using it mainly for games, 3D PC games & 2D emulators. At the moment I’m using a 17” EIZO CRT F55S. When I play 2D Emu games, MAME, NEOGEO, Capcom, SNES, genesis, etc…which are at 60FPS, I have to set the display at 120HZ or else the video will appear dithering & there will be jerky, tearing effects in horizontal scrolling. (Example: the Intro in Super Contra III, the horizontal scrolling letters “Alien Wars” are jerky at 75HZ) But at 120HZ everything is smooth. I noticed that most TFT monitor’s refresh rate don’t go over 75HZ so is there going to be dithering & tearing in the video display when I play games in MAME & other 2D games at 60FPS? Also the response time in TFTs is considerably larger than CRT monitors (12-25ms) Will that also degrade 2D & 3D gaming experience? How about this: EIZO 17'' L550 http://www.eizo.com/products/lcd/l550/index.asp# Specs: http://www.eizo.com/products/lcd/l550/spec.asp I found this at a shop for 399 Euros / 534$ is this price ok? Or this: EIZO 17'' L551 http://www.eizo.com/products/lcd/l551/index.asp# Specs: http://www.eizo.com/products/lcd/l557/spec.asp Thanks in advance. |
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you should apply "Wait for vertical sync", and those jerkies and stutterings should be corrected.
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11 March 2005, 12:45 | #3 |
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Most LCD / TFT monitors can have a 60Hz refresh rate. There are even one or two that can sync as low as 50Hz refresh.
I'd recommend looking for the latter if you intend to use an Amiga. Adding "wait for vsync" will eliminate tearing but it will *NOT* get rid of the jerkyness. The only way is an exact multiple of the original frame rate. |
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I always use vsync at 120HZ and everything is fine on my CRT
But when I use vsync & 75HZ, display is not smooth on my CRT. I want to know if it will be the same for the TFT as I've read 75HZ on TFT is "different" than CRT. How a can not define though... |
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It will still be jerky. but you can try to see if it will operate at 60Hz.
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11 March 2005, 14:01 | #6 |
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Is 60HZ on a TFT as tiring as on CRT?
I can’t stand 60HZ on my CRT, gives me headaches… |
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no, TFT is better in this case, you will NOT notice any flickering. because white light on TFT is stable and lights whole area (its not ray as in CRT)
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You want to be running at the highest refresh possible for health reasons.
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i read that tft are not that good for 3d games, ghost effect and such, but that comes from geek/tech forums; you says that you already used them, how are they in real use? have someone tryed the apple ones especially? how they are in games not so frenzy as morrowind for instance?
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I played UT2004 on my samsung 19" tft (20 ms) without any probs, its true that you see ghost or "noise" but its not so high problem :-)
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Are desktop TFTs like laptop ones? Made for a specific resolution, sucky with others. My Toshiba laptop doesn't display anything else than 1024x768 as sharp probably because of physical reasons (number of pixels). It also doesn't display colors as accurately as a CRT monitor. If that's the case with other TFT monitors then it's safe to say that TFTs are useless for graphic work. One thing I like is that low refresh rate isn't unhealthy with TFTs as opposed to CRTs.
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60Hz is the recommended minimum. |
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but not on TFTs!!!
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I cannot see 85Hz! I got headache, I can determine if crt is running with 100 or 120 hz, 120hz is minimum for me :-/
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If every TFT is fixed for a native resolution, then they will suck for 2D games & Emus! I've read this at another forum: Quote:
I would like to play Ikaruga vertical & some other shmups in Mame without having to strecth the display. Which one can? Thanks. |
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Dragon try Samsung 193P, this is very good model, look at specs http://product.samsung.com/cgi-bin/n...Specifications
You can rotate it 90 (you will get portret format) or 180 Important specs: Brightness 250 cd/m2 Contrast Ratio 1000:1 Viewing Angle (H/V) 178/178 Response Time (ms) 20 |
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...and vertical refresh rate is 56-75hz.
You don't want it for amiga emulation. The only option right now is a model with 50hz as 100hz ones do not exist. |
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