Monitor Goes Bang Advice Required

[grand_witch]

I have just upgrade my graphics card and its only been in there a couple of weeks and my monitor gives up. Can anyone please suggest a monitor:

CRT (Don't believe Flat panel are cheap enough yet)
17" - 19"
Mainly Used for gaming
Budget £100 - £200

I would apreciate any advice as sites don't seem to review monitors except if they are plasama or LCD.

[Fatboy]

Hyundai ImageQuest Q995 19'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-004-HY) was the one I opted for, £165.00. Certainly got no complaints!

[funnelhead]

do you require 1600 x 1200 for either desktop or gaming?

[grand_witch]

Would be nice I would like to use my graphics card to its full potential.

[steve threlfall]

Originally Posted by Fatboy

Hyundai ImageQuest Q995 19'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-004-HY) was the one I opted for, £165.00. Certainly got no complaints!

Agreed

[Tomahawk]

Whats the highest resolution on that monitor?

[grand_witch]

maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200

[Fatboy]

Originally Posted by Toma_hawk

Whats the highest resolution on that monitor?

19 Inch (18.0 inch viewable)
DynaFlat-X CDT adopted
0.25 mm Dot Pitch
0.20 mm Horizontal pitch
Full 30 to 96 kHz Horizontal Scan
1600 x 1200 @ 75 Hz Max. Resolution
1280 x 1024 @ 85 Hz Recommended for use
Advanced Digital On-Screen Controls
Power Management
Plug-and-Play
TCO 99 / TCO 03 Certified
Image Color Matching Profile


That's the official bit on the imagequest website....if that's any use.
I got mine from overclockers.co.uk a while back, and it fits in nicely with the rest of my kit. Much silveryness.

[grand_witch]

much silveryness is good combined with logitech and my latec lansing and my chieftec BX-SL case.

[Fatboy]

indeed, i've got the BX-02 case, and some hercules 2.100 speakers....and in a couple of hours i'll be home and hooking up broadband....hmm i wonder how long i can go without sleep for.

[grand_witch]

Well you have to be careful because all that calming silver and black will help put you to sleep.

[Fatboy]

I know that would be the case normally, but heck, I work at an accountancy practice at the mo, so I "sleep" 9-5 in any case. But seriously, for the money, I would say the Hyundai 19" is a solid bet, especially seeing that its 17" sibling is not that much cheaper and the 19" has that bit more resolution should you require it.

[grand_witch]

Sounds good in fact I had already looked at that one on the overclockers site (probably one of the most visually friendly shopping sites) I think that is the one I will go for although I am also considering the 17" just because of the smaller footprint. My desk is coverred with so much rubbish I could do with saving space.

Thanks for the advice.

[Tomahawk]

That is a very tempting monitor and just the resolution and refresh rate i like.

Very cool, have to get saving lol!

[funnelhead]

1600 X 1200 @ 75hz - that refresh rate seems a bit low - do you guys run it a this and does it seem ok? cos i find that anything less than 85hz at that res is well flickery!
I'm sure its a good monitor but i would recommend somrthing with a trinitron tube ?

[floppybootstomp]

On a 17" Monitor 75Hz at a decent res is quite acceptable, bought my sister a black NEC 17" Monitor a whiles back, really nice image at 75Hz.

I took a look around for CRT Monitors, there don't seem to be so many on offer just lately, are TFT really getting that popular? I was going to suggest Iiyama, but they're a bit expensive.

The Hyundai Image Quest, for the money, looks like an excellent choice.