~$500 budget for a monitor - which one?

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I'm looking for a good all around monitor - video card is a Sapphire 5870.

I'm looking for a good monitor to basically do everything - bit of video/picture editing (non pro, just a hobby thing), hd video, gaming, word processing and of course general things like Internet browsing/etc.

1920x1080 or 1200 is preferred, no larger than 27", and text must be clear. A friend recently bought a px2370 and while games look fantastic on it, small text was blurry and even hd video seemed somewhat.. grainy.

A few I've been reading up on are the HP zr24w and Dell u2410, but I am -very- open to recommendations of other monitors. Any help is appreciated - thanks!