Need a new Monitor

[Marsden 1st MRB]

Name: Cody Marsden

Rank: First Sergeant

Type of issue: Hardware

Brief Description of Issue:

Issue description and first question:

So my secondary monitor went out on me a few months back and I moved on; no probs I have two monitors for a reason. How I mean the monitor went out is that it lost it's color saturation; would ghost previous image across whn things would change and at times would only display what I can only describe as a sunburst pattern. Sad day to be sure but it was a POS monitor that lasted me for about 4 years, can't be that mad.

Last week I booted my computer up and my primary monitor had now started to show signs of going out. II woke the computer up; monitor attempted to initialize and instead of my Win10 sign in screen I see a snowscape with and even horizon line a third of the way up the screen. Super pretty to be sure but not what I want lol. I was able to reboot it and have it work just fine for a while but this morning when I tried to turn it on; it showed me that oh so pretty white and grey sunburst with some pixilation across the previous mentioned horizon; shut off and won't even initialize tto the point of washed oud pixelated crapness of my old secondary monitor.

So I am pretty certain I just need to purchase new monitors at this point. Thee question I have is this occurred in pretty much the exact same manner on two monitors; I have never actually had monitors burn out on me so I don't know if this is normal or something I did. Any clarification would be appreciated.

Follow up, GPU information, and second question:

My set up is DVI based to an Nvidia GeForce 560 with an Nvidia GeForce GT8800 running my PhysiX engine on the back end. The monitors haven't been connected to the 8800 ports at any point since I constructed this computer as it is literally only good for lifting a bit of strain from my main card.

My 560 has one microHDMI port and two DVI ports; I am looking for a reasonably priced set up to accommodate these ports that will give me a very nice and crisp primary screen. My concern for a primary monitor is realistically color ratio; Pixel density and Resolution over size; If I wanted to play on a Television I'd just do what I'm doing to post this on a daily basis. PC is a 2-3 foot experience for my games not an 8-15 foot like console and my reaction times are off on a screen this large as I tend to look in the wrong place (using a 60" Vizio). For secondary/Tertiary monitors decent resolution is still a must; however as they are going to be running on my DVI ports they need not be capable of as high resolution as my primary; nor will they need the higher color ratio and pixel density.

So my second question is has anyone in the unit found a mid range quality monitor that is good priced and DVI supporting. And does anyone have any suggestions as to were to start in regards to HDMI compatible high quality monitors that aren't egregiously priced.

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Edited September 12, 2015 by Marsden 1st MRB
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[Lafy BAR]

Personally I like the dell professional or their ultrasharp monitors, they don't have the fastest response time, but i've never noticed ghosting on mine.

If you're obsessed with FPS you could look into a 144Hz monitor. Standard LCDs only display 60Hz (60FPS) no matter how many frames your video card is rendering.

You didn't say what size monitor you actually want. I have 24" and I'm quite happy with them. Some people at work have 27" and that doesn't seem too big to use. Obviously bigger monitors at the same resolution just means bigger pixels, and bigger monitors at higher resolutions will mean less FPS in exchange for the extra pixels.

Here's a 24" 144Hz BenQ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...4-376-_-Product

Here's a 27" 60Hz Dell http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/G...mp;sku=210-ADJE

Here's a 27" 144Hz Asus http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...6-293-_-Product

If you want something significantly cheaper then here's a 24" BenQ with no special features, just fast response time.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824014377

[Marsden 1st MRB]

Sweet thank you Lafy; I'll look into those.

[Candy 1st MRB]

Ticket Closed.