23IN LCD 800:1 1920X1200 Black PX2320MW VGA Dvi 8MS Svid Spkr Wide

Being a CRT fanatic (my NEC XP21 from 1995 was still my favorite), I never made the jump to LCD because nothing could outperform my CRT. I do a lot of graphic design and heavy-duty 3D gaming using SLI'd nVidia cards.

I had a chance to evalute this monitor, so I brought my Falcon Northwest Fragbox and plugged the monitor into it. The first thing I was suprised at was that I could drive the monitor at 1900x1200 at 85hz! I then loaded up Oblivion and maxed all the settings. Throughout every combat and every over-rendered blade of grass, there was absolutely zero noticable shadowing or lag. It performed exactly like my CRT except that it looked much richer and more vibrant.

I also loaded up Battlefield 2 and it handled just as well. Photoshop looked incredible as I zoomed in close to some very hi-res targas and had perfect clarity.

Planar has really outdone themselves on this LCD. I've been disappointed with every other LCD on the market...Read more