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I would probably go Viewsonic or Samsung just because they both specialise in display devices. I've never had a Acer or Asus monitor before. Reviews seem to favour those two at a quick glance. I've really not been keeping track of monitors recently. I do need a new one along with a new computer so I'll be looking into them soon enough.

BenQ 24" widescreen has a lot of recomendations on some specialist hardware forums I troll.

They also say the Asus has a major MW221U has a major problem with a feature called overdrive which auto turns on and produces some pretty nasty ghosting. Its fixed with the latest firmware. I know you listed the VW222U but they appear to be pretty similar and it might bost the same annoying feature. I would read up a little on that one first and see if it has any problems with overdrive and ghosting.

They ASUS would appear to be the best choice for gaming at 2MS GTG. Acer also looks a good monitor.

Me personally I always stick with tried or tested brands. Since Viewsonic and Samsung know they are good they probably over charge a bit on their products and the Acer & Asus do both look best value for money.

samsung 225bw or 226bw



wait for the price drop



226 is better because of lower response time and they got rid of the bleed through the 225 had.


i love my 225 though, it's a great monitor


i just googled the 226, and it's going for like 330 @ circuit city, ride a rebate and you'll be at your sweet spot (its worth it)

I've had a 19" Samsung for a couple years and its never given me trouble.

I know nothing about this topic, but will post in it since it is the only active topic on forums.

I don't like monitor reviews. I can't shake the feeling that there's so much to keep in mind with them that seeing a bunch of 5's just means the item was marketed to dumb/ignorant consumers.

Like have you ever noticed that these:
Are all endorsed on the commercials by old people? You know... old people who haven't tried to update their multimedia setup since 1989. Being that I know nothing about the subject, I'd prefer the reviewers to be professionals in this case.

i have a samsung monitor. i compared them in the store and personally found it to be better than any other brands with similar specs.

you'll probably want at least 2ms response time and 2000:1 contrast ratio for gaming

Thats what I have =)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but....

Some of the newer monitors are trying to trick you. That samsung monitor you have up there is not really 2ms, it is 2ms(gtg) which is slower than 2ms(btb). btb (black to black) is the original method (and the most used method) of measuring ms, it measures the speed of going from black to white back to black. That takes a longer time than gtg which is just measuring for color to color. From what I read 2ms(gtg) is like 10ms(btb), I'm not sure how accurate that is but that is just something to keep in mind.

The Samsung says that it is 5ms in the specs. Only the ASUS didn't list a black to black.

And you are right that companies have started using the gtg/g2g scale. The difference between a black to black and a gray to gray will be depending on the technology in the monitor.

My mistake

I was looking at some dell monitors, and they are not too shabby.

22"ers

24"ers and higher

my two favs are probably this 22" with 2ms response time (not sure if it is btb or gtg, but most likely gtg) 2000:1 contrast ratio and a resolution of 1680 x 1050 for $299

and this 24" with 5ms response time (again not sure brb or gtg I will probably call up dell about this) 1000:1 contrast ratio and a resolution of 1920 x 1200 for $379


oh btw that monitor specs keep changing back and forth from 5ms to 2ms(gtg)

IF you haven't already bought it, I would go with the Samsung 226BW. I have two of them, two 22" Samsung 226BWs w/ 3000:1 DCR and 1000:1 CR w/ a 2MS Response Rate. The colors are vivid and I wouldn't go any other way.

I'm bringing this thread back up since I'm going to be buying a new monitor in the next week or so. A couple of monitors I am looking at are:

Acer1
Acer2
Samsung
Viewsonic

anyone have any suggestions?

samsung

samsung

+1 samsung

What I limited it down to was the Samsung and the first Acer. The other two are in 16:9 which is kinda pointless for gaming and almost anything with computers except watching movies.

I know you guys are saying Samsung because of the company seems like they have the better quality, but if you took a notice of Acer products the past year or two they really stepped their game up. Almost all of their newer monitors have been getting pretty nice reviews.

Still debating on it though, Samsung is probably a better product, but that 24" just seems so sweet =P

Ended up getting the Acer. And let me tell you....


It is fucking sweet! Amazing colors so fucking bright I had to cut the brightness down by half. I see no ghosting at all, and I get full 1080p (resolution 1920x1200)