Driving my self crazy over monitors

These days, unfortunately, monitors differ more on paper than in real life. Things like contrast ratio and response times aren't measured by an industry standard, so a monitor with seemingly worse specs could look better than one with "better" specs. If there is a store nearby with monitors on display, I'd suggest taking a look at them. Bring a DVD with you and stick it in the machine so you can get an idea of the colour, and play around with the monitor's settings. Don't forget, many stores have a series of monitors feeding off a VGA splitter, so the quality will not represent the monitor's true performance.

An excellent resource for all things monitors is the Hard Display Forum. I based the purchase of my BenQ FP241W on the information there, and I am quite satisfied.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I've run Day of Defeat, Orange Box, CS:S, Company of Heroes, Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, Enemy Territory Quake Wars, Battlefield 2, UT04, UTIII, Battle for Middle Earth II, Call of Juarez, Crysis, and FarCry just to name a few. This monitor suits them all perfectly.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by ShivelyKegler

Great, Tuesday Im heading to Fryes and picking one up lol, how much did you pay for yours?

About $560 CAD. Good luck finding one though, they've been discontinued. Also, I'd advise against buying this monitor if you are only using it for PC gaming. Are you basing this decision purely off the fact that I mentioned I had one?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.