120Hz IPS ? When ?

[Xeon XT]

Originally Posted by marccguru

Here are two interesting posts. (Thanks Sheherazade and Xeon)
It's shows exactly the confusion that result from that thread's question.. (always a pleasure to read you shehrazade btw..)

I'd like to know what both of you guys think of each other's post ?
Could you guys please refute each other ?

Xeon, what do you think of Shehrazade's post ?
Shehrazade, what do you think of Xeon's post ?

I completely agree with Shehrazade. The SA950 has decent colours for a TN display but like he said, viewing angles give most TN display an uneven color (close the to the edges because you aren't looking at the pixels at 90 degrees). I'd like to add that I personally find the colours on a TN monitor washed out compared to an IPS display, the SA950 is no exception to this statement. (I'm looking at it right now lol)

Originally Posted by marccguru

The SA950 is 550$ :S would I get similar performance with a SA750D ?
The reviews of the 750D on newegg are horrible however.... 120hz is only available through the DP from what I can read... not sure If I'll have DP on my new rig (I know few about connectors and such...)

Also I just read that HDMI can only run 60Hz at 1920x1080p ? .. then why in the hell would I want to buy a HDMI 120Hz 1920x1080p display just to have it run at 60Hz only ???

You won't use HDMI for 120Hz due to the bandwidth limitation of HDMI, you need to connect through the Dual-Link DVI port (all video cards come with Dual-Link DVI these days... unless it's ultra low end) or the DisplayPort port which the SA950 has. And yes, you should be able to get the same performance with the 750D, just no DVI port which is something you'll want if you don't have DP to take advantage of the 120Hz.

If you want something cheaper than an IPS monitor, I suggest you looking into a VA type of display, the colour reproduction is almost on par with IPS displays (not better) but the response times are typically faster (I could be wrong with current models, someone please correct me if I'm wrong). Also VA type displays have the same viewing angles as an IPS (178 degrees). I hope I haven't confused you by adding VA displays into the mix but I'm just letting you know what's out there.
I have a S-PVA monitor at home which is very comparable to the IPS displays I use at work in terms of IQ but it did retail for $1000 when I bought it