depends on how serious you take gaming...do you want every edge possible against opponents?...then crt for sure

but the text and colors on my high end NEC crt blow in comparison to my s-ips panel ...

best scenario would be to just have 2 systems. one strictly for gaming and the other for media/browsing/everything else

why two systems when you can have two screens, either both plugged in or with a switch.

i just look for excuses to have more systems :P

Is this a good gaming monitor for competitions?

19" CRT Monitor:

1600x1200 maximum resolution
Displays a maximum resolution of 1600x1200; 1280x1024 optimal resolution at 95Hz flicker-free refresh rate for easy-on-the-eyes viewing.
1600x1200 @ 75Hz
1280x1024 @ 95Hz
1024x768 @ 115Hz
800x600 @ 145H

Price: $74

As long as the monitor supports your desired refresh rate at your resolution it's fine (most people prefer 120hz @ q3 for example).

You should get a CRT that uses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_grille
Like Trinitron FD Monitors. -> Nice image quality + flat tube

Those are fucking fantastic! I had one for years and ran it at 1600x1200 @ 85Hz (lower resolution and higher Hz for gaming of course). It had awsome image quality! Then I pushed it for too long and now it's useless :P :( But LCD is better for working things and movies, so it's ok.

Yeah, you're fine.

You can do 120HZ on 800x600, it's what most CRT players use.

Use Challenge Quake 3 so you can have some AA, and 800x600 doesn't look too bad.

You won't even care once you see how smooth 120hz is.

Honestly, get what you like. Not what "pros" use...

Because if you want to "go pro", most competitions are going the way of LCD, whether people like it or not.

you are wrong, in korea all respectable tournaments are CRT

ESCW was CRT?

Dont remember QuakeCon

both eswc and quakecon were played on LCDs
eswc masters was played on CRTs

What monitor are you using? Just curious.

If it's for hardcore gaming only maybe consider a CRT. If you plan on going to LANs, whether they're non-BYOC or BYOC I'd go for a good LCD. I'm not 100% sure which way quake tournaments are going atm, but the non-BYOCs I've seen/attended all had LCDs so you might as well get used to it.
They're far from as bad as some people make them to be, you do notice the difference ofcourse. Just make a list of things you do with your monitor, that's how I did it anyway.

+ non-BYOC events I plan(ned) to attend have them
+ I want more desk space
+ less of a hassle to take to BYOC LANs (+ more space there aswell)

- technically slightly inferior for gaming

gamer -> 120hz CRT

end of discussion

Just get an LCD and stop living in the dark ages.

You dont even notice the difference after a few hours of playing on an LCD, i had one for a while now and quake plays fine at high speed.

Maybe it would look dogshit if i saw it running next to my old crt diamondtron.....but i dont use that anymore so its not an issue. Looks smooth to the eye, plays fine, more aeshetically pleasing and in the long run all tournaments will use LCD. Get used to them.

"Maybe it would look dogshit if i saw it running next to my old crt diamondtron.....but i dont use that anymore so its not an issue."

lol