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2006-08-30 09:50:43
cosworth1983
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+21|6787|Enschede / Netherlands
will a TFT screen give me a more clearer image then a CRT,  with all ingame settings on high.
I ask this because,  yesterday i dropped by a friend, that just bought himself a new rig,  that rig included a 19 inch samsung 940 bf screen,  the 1 with 2 ms latency.
his screen was much brighter compared to mine,   on some poe2 maps i can't see shit,   im just returning fire all the time,  because the enemy has already spotted me.
i run everything on high with 6 x AA,   and my friend has some on high and some on medium and low.
I know that also helps,  but i really dont wanna do that.
I tried to adjust my own screen trough gamma/contrast/brigtness,   but no matter what i trie,  the outcome always is that a completly black screen will look as a grey one, So daytime maps  are WAY to bright.
Will a TFT screen fix this for me,  or is the only reason for al this that i have everything on high?.

Greetz

Last edited by cosworth1983 (2006-08-30 09:51:44)

2006-08-30 09:57:00
PuckMercury
6 x 9 = 42
+298|6829|Portland, OR USA
it's impossible to make a statement like that without getting into specifics such as contrast ratio, brightness, and response time.

It's certainly possible to get an LCD that will give you a much better screen than a CRT, and be infinitely easier on your eyes as well.
2006-08-30 10:40:15
Agent_Dung_Bomb
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+302|7038|Salt Lake City

LCDs are brighter than a CRT, but that's because they are usually 250-300 nits (cd/m2 value) where CRTs are usually around 100 nits.  That's just the way they are made, but it was done that way to ensure better color accuracy; CRT displays are still more accurate at color production than LCD displays.  In fact, many times LCDs come from the factory too bright, and people will have to turn them down, or they feel like their corneas are burning out.

Since color accuracy isn't a big deal with games, that isn't a problem.  The major downside to LCDs and playing games is the native resolution.  The native resolution on an LCD is also its max resolution, and they suffer IQ degredation when you go to a non-native resolution unless you tell it not to scale to fill the entire screen.  This tends to be a bigger problem for 20" and larger LCDs, as their native resolution is 1600x1200 or higher.  At the 17" & 19" range you are looking at 1280x1024.
2006-08-30 21:47:11
CommieChipmunk
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+488|6872|Portland, OR, USA

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:

LCDs are brighter than a CRT, but that's because they are usually 250-300 nits (cd/m2 value) where CRTs are usually around 100 nits.  That's just the way they are made, but it was done that way to ensure better color accuracy; CRT displays are still more accurate at color production than LCD displays.  In fact, many times LCDs come from the factory too bright, and people will have to turn them down, or they feel like their corneas are burning out.

Since color accuracy isn't a big deal with games, that isn't a problem.  The major downside to LCDs and playing games is the native resolution.  The native resolution on an LCD is also its max resolution, and they suffer IQ degredation when you go to a non-native resolution unless you tell it not to scale to fill the entire screen.  This tends to be a bigger problem for 20" and larger LCDs, as their native resolution is 1600x1200 or higher.  At the 17" & 19" range you are looking at 1280x1024.
my native is 1600 * 1200 and i play  at 1600 * 1200 why is that a problem?
2006-08-31 07:33:17
Agent_Dung_Bomb
Member
+302|7038|Salt Lake City

CommieChipmunk wrote:

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:

LCDs are brighter than a CRT, but that's because they are usually 250-300 nits (cd/m2 value) where CRTs are usually around 100 nits.  That's just the way they are made, but it was done that way to ensure better color accuracy; CRT displays are still more accurate at color production than LCD displays.  In fact, many times LCDs come from the factory too bright, and people will have to turn them down, or they feel like their corneas are burning out.

Since color accuracy isn't a big deal with games, that isn't a problem.  The major downside to LCDs and playing games is the native resolution.  The native resolution on an LCD is also its max resolution, and they suffer IQ degredation when you go to a non-native resolution unless you tell it not to scale to fill the entire screen.  This tends to be a bigger problem for 20" and larger LCDs, as their native resolution is 1600x1200 or higher.  At the 17" & 19" range you are looking at 1280x1024.
my native is 1600 * 1200 and i play  at 1600 * 1200 why is that a problem?
Because not everyone has a video card capable of driving their game at that resolution.

 

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