Is 8 ms to much for gaming?

[mAJORgAMER]

I plan to buy a new widescreen monitor but they all have 8 ms in response time. So im asking you ppl do you think it is good whit game like FPS? Also i will plug my Xbox 360 on it so it will have some slower game too.

 

[Burgerbob]

8ms is about perfect, unless you want to go crazy and get like a 2ms monitor. That will work.

 

[Arm_Pit]

I would personally go for anything less then 8MS, even 6ms should be fine, I can tell the difference from 8 and 5, but others disagree. I would go for anything less then 8 and it should be fine. If your going to be buying a monitor, your porbally going to have it for years so you may as well put a little more into it.

 

[bebopin64]

8 ms monitors can refresh at 125 fps. you cant tell the difference between 125 fps and faster. most games wont even run at 125 fps.

 

[koOp]

i wouldnt get a 8ms widescreen my friend has a 8ms 17inch lcd monitor and his one lags. i would try to get one below 8ms

 

[ckfordy]

i wouldnt get a 8ms widescreen my friend has a 8ms 17inch lcd monitor and his one lags. i would try to get one below 8ms

I have a 16ms widescreen and it doesnt lag at all so i dont know why you would need anything less.

 

[matt12685848]

8 ms monitors can refresh at 125 fps. you cant tell the difference between 125 fps and faster. most games wont even run at 125 fps.

The refresh rate has nothing to do with the response time.

 

[fade2green514]

8ms or less should be just fine... either way get a deal on the monitor you choose. i've got an 8ms, serves me just fine.

 

[bebopin64]

The refresh rate has nothing to do with the response time.

http://www.tweakguides.com/Graphics_8.html

 

[TheChef]

8 ms monitors can refresh at 125 fps. you cant tell the difference between 125 fps and faster. most games wont even run at 125 fps.

But you just showed us an article that correctly said that LCDs don't have to refresh... you proved yourself wrong...

 

[bebopin64]

no you need to read it through

 

[TheChef]

I see where you could get from it that the 8ms response time is also the refresh rate, just some mixed up jargon. Just for future reference, refresh rate is not the same as response time. For the purposes of the article they're using them interchangably.

And although an 8 ms LCD can theoretically "refresh" at 125fps, it doesn't nor does the computer allow it.

The 8ms is how long it takes the crystals to react from the signal, not how many times the monitor refreshes its own image.

We were both right in a sense, sorry if I sounded a tad short with you.


TheChef

 

[bebopin64]

yeah most stuff is theoretical though. We still refer to it as a truth though.