Dell Ultrasharps - Does the slightly higher response time really make a difference?

[Davez]

Hey guys.
I'm purchasing a monitor in the next few weeks and I came to the conclusion that I really like the Dell U2414H, beautiful design, build quality, warranty, great sharpness and colour reproduction, but by looking at forums that talk about monitors like this for gaming I see alot of people saying: "8ms is too much", "it's not for gaming", then there are some other people who say you won't notice a difference. So my question really is, does it Really make a difference? Should I buy a inferior monitor, with an inferior panel type(TN) in every way possible except for a few millisecond difference in response time?
My main use for the monitor will be gaming, but I would like the games to look more colour accurate than they would with a TN. I play many types of games (FPS,RTS,MOBA,etc) sometimes competitively. Will I notice difference with ghosting in quick motion or is this difference of a few MS just marketing bullshit?


Thank you for reading.

Best regards,
Dave

 

[iron8orn]

gamers need 5ms or less

 

[Davez]

gamers need 5ms or less

Yeah that's what everybody seems to believe but no one seems to explain exactly why is that, or how much of a difference it makes. I would like to know if those 3ms difference ( 5 to 8 ) have any impact, because we are talking about milliseconds here.

 

[iron8orn]

Milliseconds do matter when your talking about gpu, cpu, ram, monitor all working together.

I read a article about it that I cant find right now. You wont always refresh at the same rate and i think it was like at 15ms or so ghosting will appear.

It is really just as simple as 8ms will periodically cause ghosting. 5ms is a sweet spot for good performance and some people will only use 1-2ms that demand competition level gaming systems.

 

[mouse24]

Don't base any purchasing decisions on marketed numbers for monitors. Honestly its the best case scenario they can provide most times(depends on company).

Tftcentral reviews are usually what I base my purchasing decisions on. Well, that and budget. They do indepth testing and have favorable things to say about that particular monitor in gaming scenarios. Heres a link if you want to read more: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_u2414h.htm