Best 30" Display for Gaming?

**kylepaddock** · 01-15-2010, 09:39 AM

My co-worker has 3 of these in a 180 view, they are sooo crisp. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824005115

**Kenjiwing** · 01-15-2010, 10:19 AM

Dell 3007wfp-hc

**AndrewZorn** · 01-15-2010, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by anzial

It DOES have the newer H-IPS panel. And when you think about the money, just compare to other 30" monitors, most of which contain older S-IPS. There's also e-IPS which is not better, it's just cheaper (in fact, it's cheaper because the manufacturers skip some steps in making it, and therefore decreasing quality a little bit). I'm not getting into other IPS types which are also older and less advanced that H-IPS (granted, the differences are minimal)

read your post then my post again. i am not saying that your monitor is not IPS. i am saying that your statement of

it has many other capabilities unmatched by 90% of LCD monitors on the market)

does not consider the fact that i am IGNORING all the non-IPS panels on the market right now... which pretty much accounts for that 90% by itself, if not more.

**JoeBar** · 01-15-2010, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by AndrewZorn

does not consider the fact that i am IGNORING all the non-IPS panels on the market right now... which pretty much accounts for that 90% by itself, if not more.

Surely more than 90%. Here it's near impossible to find a non TN panel nowdays...

**Bolas** · 01-17-2010, 12:20 PM

I am liking the price on that refurbished NEC monitor. Pity that they're out of stock.

**viccan** · 01-21-2010, 04:20 AM

This new dell is beautifully... Not as many options as the gateway (mainly the color adjustment and scaling ability.. but the screen is very crisp especially considering the scratch which is barley noticeable when running and invisible it seems when gaming... glad I rolled the dice on this one

and from what Im reading elsewhere I should be able to swap the lcd display from this with the gateways screen... Havent got the nerve up to do it yet but the chance is there... Time will tell weather I roll the dice again (Id be pretty6 lucky not to screw something up

...)

Ill keep ya posted..'

**Bolas** · 01-28-2010, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by anzial

I wonder if anyone would consider a NEC 3090WQXi... IMHO, nice monitor all around, even for some casual gaming. NEC is currently selling refurbs for $1000 http://www.necdisplay.com/Products/P...-8d32b04f4fea#

Thanks a ton for this tip, I bit the bullet and placed an order for three of these for my upcoming system. 30" monitor with good specs and reviews, and built-in pivot (Dell doesn't have), for under $1k each = the win.

Credit card approval was already given, just waiting for them to get some refurbs in stock and ship them to me... I can wait a couple months if that's what it takes... exciting!

Now to make a gulftown/fermi system to power all three of them...

**Bolas** · 02-19-2010, 07:21 PM

Ok... the wait is killing me... hope they get some refurbished monitors in soon... Dell 3008WFP's were on sale for $1400-ish recently, but looks like that sale is over. Sigh....

**2slick4u** · 02-21-2010, 06:25 PM

I need help with getting 1920 by 1080 to fit everything in screeen? anybody can give me some advice? i dunno if its my graphics card which is a gtx 260 or it has something to do with something else?

**AndrewZorn** · 02-22-2010, 05:43 PM

I just thought I'd swing by to mention that the Dell U2711 mentioned earlier is selling for cheap on Ebay, i just got one, new, for $825 shipped (after cashback). A lot less than the $1100(+tax, for me) it is stuck at on Dell.com. Just like an order from Dell (which it pretty much is, PM me if you want to know), it won't be shipping anytime soon... but I figured I would have easily bought it for that price if Dell had a sale, so why not do it through Ebay...

Kind of unrelated, but all the talk of the U2711 lately, I had to let it out somewhere.

what do you mean 2slick4u?

**2slick4u** · 02-22-2010, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by AndrewZorn

I just thought I'd swing by to mention that the Dell U2711 mentioned earlier is selling for cheap on Ebay, i just got one, new, for $825 (after cashback). A lot less than the $1100 it is stuck at on Dell.com. Just like an order from Dell (which it pretty much is, PM me if you want to know), it won't be shipping anytime soon... but I figured I would have easily bought it for that price if Dell had a sale, so why not do it through Ebay...

Kind of unrelated, but all the talk of the U2711 lately, I had to let it out somewhere.

what do you mean 2slick4u?

Hey I actually got it to work. I had the input on hdmi av instead of hdmi pc which was why my resolution was really weird but its fine

**hlonipha** · 03-03-2010, 04:08 PM

Dell 3008 wfp!!!!!!

**AndrewZorn** · 03-04-2010, 04:13 PM

just got my U2711... so awesome
the anti-glare finish leaves a little bit of graininess though...........

i admit, not that much bigger than a 24", but the resolution is realllly nice, and im glad to have no black bars in movies/PS3 games (speaking of which, no more HDMI switch, tons of inputs!)

first monitor ive really felt 100% comfortable with two webpages or something side-by-side... as it gives what, more screen area for each than a 1280x1024 LCD?

**kylepaddock** · 03-04-2010, 04:50 PM

Dudddde u need a new keyboard...

**AndrewZorn** · 03-04-2010, 04:50 PM

heresy!
do you know what you are talking about?

**STEvil** · 03-04-2010, 06:22 PM

I want that keyboard lol

**hlonipha** · 03-04-2010, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by kylepaddock

Dudddde u need a new keyboard...

**kylepaddock** · 03-04-2010, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by hlonipha

hay, its old. I have like 20 of those

**AndrewZorn** · 03-04-2010, 10:39 PM

it isnt old, and i dont think you have 20, and i dont need a new one...

hint:

yes, sometimes i regret going for white, but i like the classic look (and i got a better deal on it)

**HelixPC** · 03-04-2010, 10:49 PM

you paid that much for that keyboard? wow, thats all i can say. Looks like my Pentium 166MHZ MMX computer's keyboard i had in 1996

**AndrewZorn** · 03-04-2010, 11:06 PM

not quite that much, but yeah, looks are all that matter, and white=crap, so it totally sucks...

**Bolas** · 03-17-2010, 01:00 PM

Yay, my monitors ship tomorrow! Long wait to get three of them in stock. Now I just need to build a computer that can power three of them...

Most of the stuff that I want isn't out yet... a pity.

Rough draft of build:

Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Extreme (if it comes out in the next two weeks) or Gigabyge GA-X58A-UD7 (if it doesn't).

CPU: Intel Core i7 980X, gulftown

Graphics: not sure here yet. I should probably wait to see if fermi will be any good or not. Guess I'll find out in two weeks.

Power Supply: Corsair 1000HX (unless my system needs more power?!?)

Memory: 12 GB Corsair Dominator 1600MHz DDR3

Case: Corsair 800D (suitably noob friendly case)

Boot drive: Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB

Data drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB

Optical drive: LG Blu-Ray burner

OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

I'll try to figure out some water cooling as well.

**AndrewZorn** · 03-17-2010, 08:28 PM

wow, i didnt think they would ever actually get them in... great deal

**Bolas** · 03-19-2010, 07:43 PM

OMG it got better... they gave me a discount because I waited so long to get the monitors. Three refurbished 30" displays for the price of one new one, anyone?!?

This puts my budget for the computer to power them back into the "dream" range. YAY!!

**AndrewZorn** · 03-20-2010, 06:53 AM

wow that is crazy
i am really thinking about buying one (+) as well now
1yr warranty each is pretty good too...

man that is SUCH a good deal

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