Author Topic: Flat panel using DVI ?'s (Read 565 times)

T0J0 · « **on:** September 10, 2003, 11:43:46 AM »

Question for the hardware geeks:
I have a flat panel with a DVI input, I am looking for a AGP vid card that has DVI output... Any recommendations for Vid cards?
My thinking is that with the normal lag associated with Flat panels and using the normal cable, moving to DVI should remove some of the inherent lag that the flat panel offers... Is this theory flawed?
It sounded good anyway!
TIA T0J0

Nilsen · « **Reply #1 on:** September 13, 2003, 12:27:38 PM »

i would recomend ati 9600pro or 9800/pro if you can afford it.

dvi basicly gives you better image quality overall but will not remove all ghosting if panel is to slow. You will not have to tinkle with colour/contrast settings either.

What brand/mark/model of TFT do you have?

HavocTM · « **Reply #2 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:12:43 PM »

The biggest effect on gaming quality in a flat panel display is not necessarily DVI vs VGA input, but rather refresh rate.

Ideally, the flat panel should have a refresh rate (total) of 25ms or less for a game like AH. Planar makes some very nice ones that refresh rather quickly.

Over 25ms you will have ghosting of the image whether or not you use DVI. I will agree, though, that the DVI output seems to make the image much brighter and sharper than VGA (from the same card, an nVidia Quadro4 Pro GL).

Most modern graphics cards provide DVI capability. The Radeon 9600 Pro with 128 MB is an outstanding dual output card for under 200 bucks.

Dingbat · « **Reply #3 on:** September 20, 2003, 05:43:32 PM »

It's response time when dealing with LCD's not Refresh. Sorry for being picky...

HavocTM · « **Reply #4 on:** September 22, 2003, 09:51:51 AM »

You are correct! Sorry about that.. I get my 'R's mixed up!