Case only cos TFTs only run at 60hz and are SLO

by **merciless_monk** » 30 Aug 2005, 19:44

Your site is pretty good. One thing though you shouldn't sell crappy monitors with your systems especially tft ones as they wont even run at more than 60hz and wont ever be able to reach the resolutions your graphics cards will support.

Check my site for good CRT monitors that you may want to try instead or just dont put the TFTs in!

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Merciless Monk

by **BeastMaster** » 30 Aug 2005, 19:58

Hi Merciless, welcome to the BEAST gaming pc forums!! :shock:

A valid point you raise about TFTs vs CRTs and I will answer as fully as I can based on hard facts and reviews.

As for your link to your CRT site, I've edited out of the message and advise anyone to contact you in private for such things as this is a discussion board not a classifieds ;-)

Ok, TFT vs CRT.

First of all a 60hz TFT is not the kind of monitor we'd send out with our systems. Back in the day (about a year and a half ago) you would only get up to 60hz TFT/LCDs. Not only was this bad on the old eye-pods it was significantly sucky for movies/dvds and correct to your point, gaming. However, since then it is perfectly normal for LCDs to go up to 70hz and now even support 75hz at 1280. Our AG Neovo is such a monitor and is very nice to look at. Its the standard model we ship with our machines (if the buyer wants a monitor of course). Now to the more appropriate points, LCD vs TFT for gaming...

You're right in that the native resolution of the typical 17" LCD is 1280 x thus in a system as powerful as the breed running dual 7800 GTXs we'd never see the full benefits. In this instance, it would be wiser to go for a cheaper CRT that will support super fast response times and fully support the extent of your GFX card resolutions.

In the case where a new buywer wants a full system pc that will look nice and play games at still an astounding res, i mean cmon, lets face it, we'd all be happy gaming away at 1280 x 1024 now wouldn't we? The problem, as you correctly pointed out, is the limited hz. 75hz @ 1280 is ok, but in comparison to a 1600 x 100hz 19" CRT then you'd probably notice the difference

In conclusion if you are looking to get the MAXIMUM output from your cards and see the FULL potential of your super-duper thrifty SLi set up then go with the CRTs. If, on the other hand, you have nothing to work from and want to sacrifice maximum potential for sweet, smart and refreshing looks, go with the TFTs.

BEAST Gaming, in agreement to your statement, do recommend a dedicated CRT for maximum asthetics and cost saving but for looks...Its all down to the individual and whats best, we cater for every gamer's need!