Monitor Response Time?

How do you check the response time of your monitor and how important is it for gaming?
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r_displayrefresh

0=desktop default (what you setted it to in windows/nvidia/ati w/e

sync with fps

r_displayrefresh 75 -> 76 fps
r_displayrefresh 85 -> 86 ps
r_displayrefresh 100 -> 100 fps
r_displayrefresh 120 -> 125 fps

smooths out, less jitter ingame.

*edit* only with crt. With tft it doesnt matter what fps you set to get a smooth play, your screen ms delay does and a steady fps ofc..
what are the advantages of 2ms for examlpe.....does it matter?
Couldnt get what u mean TsK :DD
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I think a quicker ms response time @ tft/lcd is the same advantage as having a high Hz @ crt monitor. Higher Hz/quicker response time for less "crappy" frames.
btw since I noticed huge fps drops (125 to 85) I set my Hz to 75 and use 76 fps. It actually feels the same as having high fps/Hz, only not in bio where I have to set 125 fps in order to get on a box (jump lower with low fps there :<)
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ofc, it makes it faster

i have 8ms, and sometimes you notice it while trying to take someone down 1v1.

5ms is enough i think though.
Lies, I still have a little ghosting on 4ms!
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2 ms ftw u bastard
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ms says nothing :( i had a samsung syncmaster 226bw and it was horrible
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ill buy a new pc with new monitor i need a tft cuz my table is to small for the big crt.
Imo the hz is imprtant and i am wondering cuz i heard tft monitors arent able to get more than 75 hz in regular?
TFT cant go higher then 75 hz , but its got a other method to display it then CRT , or something so it feels different, atleast that is what I understand. if you going to buy one get a tft with 5ms or lower 2ms would be the best
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currently i am using a laptop....i set 160 hz in windows and it works? no black screen or etc also in et when i toggle console down and scroll up after execing cfg it show 160 hz? strange

even with the feeling, there is definetly a big different btw 75 or 160 hz. Soooo smooth
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its impossible to have a tft with 160 hz, i think its set on 75 but it says @ windows 160
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ye i know, but it is much smoother?
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tft vs crt?
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no it is much smoother when i set 160 hz in windows and et ofc as with 75 hz?

There must be a different way of tft monitors to make is smoother.....anyway ill buy a 2ms tft. but ty for info
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GL, Im getting thursday a 4ms TFT so ill see how it will work:)
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Just get a monitor with P-MVA screen, TN suck donkey balls, no matter what reaction times do they have.
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I have no idea what ur talking about, but i hope my that my screen is good:)
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PVA (or MVA), TN and S-IPS are the types of the display panel installed in the monitor. PVA/MVA panels are afaik the best for gaming. A TN screen with 2 ms reaction time is still much worse than a MVA with 8 ms. A good and quite cheap monitor with MVA panel is e.g. Benq FP93GP, if you decide to get it I am pretty sure you won't be disappointed.

Furthermore, reaction times of a screen stated by the producent often apply only to g2g (gray-to-gray) transitions. Color-to-color reaction times for TN panels often differ significantly, for MVAs the differences aren't that noticeable.
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I see, thx for info:)
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Takes the piss though when your reactions are slow =<



i played reflex for hours so i am the pro xD!
I'm not an expert on this, but I think it's not that big of an issue for gaming these days, since modern TFTs are fast enough anyway. All I notice is a liitle bit of blurring, when I scroll a webpage with black writing on white background really fast.

Note though, that the values they give for reaction times are not measured by a standardized test, i.e. 8ms from one manufacturer don't have to be comparable with 8ms from another manufacturer.

And again, what I wrote is just based on stuff I've read some time ago, no idea if it still applies.
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