> > Anyone own a Sony G520? or equivalent monitor? (e.g. Dell P1130?) cause i'm
> > buying one for $120AU? And I'd get an LCD but I want a nice cheap LCD with
> good
> > refresh rates etc for gaming/cad/uni work? let me know thnx pplz
>
> I have a G500. I paid a little more than twice that for it three years ago, and
> I like it. It has nice, high refresh rates (800x600x150 Hz; 1024x768x144;
> 1280x960x100; 1600x1200x85; 2048x1536x72, which your card may not even reach),
> the picture is reasonably sharp (although I can see it struggling a bit around
> the edges at the extreme data rates), and as monitors go, it's 30 cm x 40 cm
> picture is LIEK OMG XBOX HUEG. I've been running it at 16x12 for the last
> couple of months, and 12x9 before that, and it's nice. In fact, it seems like
> anything lower than 12x9 is a waste (10x7 looks downdight lo-res, and you can
> count scanlines in 640x480). All that screen space does real good for CAD, and
> if you can crank it up to OMG resolutions, do it... you'll never go back (well,
> except if you're doing someting non-CAD). As far as gaming goes, it runs
> literally 28 different resolutions and aspect ratios between 320x200 and
> 2048x1536, which is something I've noticed LCDs don't like. The only downside
> to it is that that FD Trinitron tube is LIEK OMG XBOX HUEG and it weighs a
> fucking ton. Really, the only two ways I would go with an LCD is if you could
> pick up something with comparable screen size for less (good luck, and you still
> won't get the same resolution), or if space is a real issue.
>