Quote Originally Posted by GoldenTiger View Post
Of course they are... 8ms response time or so is fine for games.
it's not that much about response time, but input lag. usually ips panels have a quite huge input lag, which kills the gaming experience especially in fast paced fps.
however, i've got two panels here: a 19" viewsonic va902 with 8ms and a 22" widescreen lg l227wt with 2ms. the 8ms response time of the viewsonic are completely unacceptable for gaming. when moving the mouse in a fps everything is soo blurred and fuzzy. you can hardly see any details while moving around. for me that's definately a nogo for gaming... a friend of mine has a 24" with 5 ms and even these 5ms look a lot worse than my l227wt with 2ms, else i'd have already swapped my 22" for a 24" display.
i really do think overdrive is doing a damn good job on these 22" 2ms panels. there's definately a huge difference between 2ms panels with good overdrive and ones with more response time.

however, different people have a different perception. so 8ms might be ok for you, but not for others.
i still think the whole tft/lcd market is still in the stone age when it comes to refresh rates, response time, input lag, etc... we definately need a change in this market, the companies are selling monitors with the same specs for a long time already. give us smth really new ffs!
especially monitors with a thin bezel for multi-monitor setups like it's possible with eyefinity now.