Advertised response time will really be the ms delay I will get?

[mee_wanton]

I'm not very knowledgeable about monitors. I'd like to know if the gtg response time (4ms) advertised is what i will really be getting? Are there different terms of response times that affect my gaming experience?
If you need further information the monitor model is: BenQ GW2470H

 

[MarkW]

Read the reviews of users that have purchased that same monitor. They can often tell you what the actual experience is on those monitors. Just understand that more people will post when they are upset than will post when they are happen with a product. So when I am reading online reviews written by customers, i generally say that any unit which is getting 4 stars or better is a winner. Anything over 4.3 stars is most likely very good. I will often read hundreds of reviews on something I am considering buying at Amazon.com and at Newegg.com. Then I go look for a couple of reviews of the product at tech websites as well, and read what the reviewer liked and did not like about the product.

Then you sit back in your rocking chair, scratch your head, and have a good long conversation with yourself while you decide if all of that info you read, is telling you to buy the item, or to take a pass and start looking at something else. Once you find the right thing, accept the choice. You did the best you could with the information that was out there.

 

[fkr]

no you will not get what is advertised. go to tftcentral

this is the closest i could find

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/benq_gw2450hm.htm

there is allot more to it also. to get those ms times they use overdrive and such and sometimes you get ghosting and other issues you would have to read through a few of their articles to better understand as there is just to much to type

I bet it is a great monitor and may be the same as linked but a different bezel. you can research what panel is used on tft also

 

[MarkW]

I would not go that far. I have an IPS panel that is 2560x1080 (21:9 format), and it is rated at 5ms response. I see no ghosting at all.

Yet some monitors show 2ms and have ghosting that I can clearly see.

So that's why I recommend reading reviews. Both from buyers and from websites.

 

[Falkentyne]

Ghosting and response time are not nearly the same thing.
in fact, some monitors which try to push the response time extremely low (like 2 ms--which is measured from the TOP of the screen--it's impossible for the ENTIRE screen to be 2 ms, because the updates are from TOP TO BOTTOM). And response time is accelerated by pushing the overdrive circuit too hard, causing inverse ghosting.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Overdrive can be a problem, but the response times they get aren't even close to accurate. Like Mark said, I agree and have seen a 1 ms being slower than a 5 ms. Now don't get me wrong, you can't really see ghosting unless you slow down recorded video or take still frames. On a 60 Hz panel, it doesn't matter what response time you have, you're not going to find a slow monitor in the modern market, you're just not. Some people prefer a faster panel which means a lower response time is actually useful. I've seen many tests on youtube were they use a 60 Hz panel against a 120 Hz, and claim that it's the 1 ms response time that is the reason there's no visible ghosting, that is not true, and never have been.

Think of it like this, if the advertised response times were closer to accurate, meaning BTB (Black to White to Black), then a 60 Hz panel is not going to suffer from VISIBLE ghosting as long as the response time is faster than 16.67 ms, it doesn't matter what the marketing team says about lower is better, it's just not true. Meaning 16.67 to 1 ms will be exactly the same. However, on a faster monitor, like a 144 Hz, you are down to 6.9 ms updates, and again, they wouldn't sell a monitor if it had VISIBLE ghosting, that's a thing of the past. Trust nobody that say otherwise, is my advice on this spec.