You are non technical when it comes to monitors. Your comp. runs with a i7920, p6t mobo, 1333mhz memory and lets keep it all out of the box standard. Your budget is £100 to £200. You'd like to run all games in an impress-your-friends resolution/clarity. So given the lack of direction/recomendation from those whose job it is to make recommendations, to give direction... What, in July 2009, is the no brainer choice when it comes to the ubiquitous 22" monitor range? Think performance (back light bleed/ resolution issuses), style (is it black) and function (games, games and thrice games!).
Spending money to showoff friends? I don't have a problem with myself ;p I don't know that 200 pound is in USD/CDN, but here isa try: How I would get the Dell UltraSharp 2209WA - slim level of backlit bleeding, compared to super expensive screens. - 8-bit colors and very good color accuracy, so you have really nice colors in games and pictures. - wide angle vertical and horizontal as it's ISP panel - no input lag - height adjustable, and even turn from landscape to portrait mode. - 2 inputs - 1680 x 1050 - Real contrast level of about 800:1 based on reviews. - No glossy - response time is 13ms, which is really good for a ISP panel. - Screen surface treatment is matte. Downside: - Screen surface treatment is matte but still reflect some level of light, so if you have a window behind or strong light behind you when you work, you might have visibility problem, or see some level of reflection... this is compared to high end LCD's based on reviews. - Apparently there is a gamma curve set which can be adjusted, so if you do photo editing at a professional level, it might cause issues. In conclusion, this monitor tried to introduce both worlds gaming and movie with all 8-bit glorious colors, wide angle, fancy features just as height adjustable from a more expensive LCD panel. Add that with rotate form landscape to portrait mode feature, and all with a matte screen film treatment, (and of course the obligatory USB hub), an you got something of intrested. Sure if you are the type of gamer that insults its mouse and keyboard because you suck and must invest in the 6 billion dpi level mouse, and a keyboard with BLU/RED(TM) LED's and 600 macro keys because you are afraid of a challenge and like to cheat, yea this monitor is not for you. But, if you want both worlds gaming and working and prepared to lose some level of response rate and exact exact colors, this LCD is perfect, especially the price of $300 USD. That is the monitor I have my eyes on to replace my lovely aging high-end CRT screen.
