Dell UltraSharp 2001FP Preview: Gaming LCDs for the Masses
by Kristopher Kubicki on November 10, 2003 12:36 AM EST- Posted in
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By Popular request...
Here are a few quick looks at some demanding full screen applications (except Solitaire, which is windowed).The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix - As with our previous benchmarks, these are not spectacular movies to test colors subjectively. However, as far as high motion video, both movies were quite acceptable on the 2001FP. Colors tended to be a little bluer than normal, and as in the frame below, it's obvious that darks are not dark as they should be. The slight problem with backlight alignment that we mentioned earlier is over exaggerated by the still camera (upper right).
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Morrowind - Our synopsis of this 1600x1200 LCD wouldn't be complete without some games running at 1600x1200. Although the screenshot cannot tell you much, zooming in reveals that this game is showing up the way it was meant on the monitor.
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Firewarrior - Another game we decided to load up at 1600x1200. Firewarrior does a decent job of displaying lots of different extreme hues at the same time, and from the 1600x1200 game, we did not notice anything out of the ordinary.
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Max Payne and Max Payne 2 - Response time is definitely acceptable (although it is amplified by still images). We noticed no immediate blurring, but being that Max Payne lacks color depth, this is not the best game on which to judge response time. Darks were a little bit too bright, but acceptable.
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Halo - We had some mixed feelings while playing Halo. Granted, we spend a lot of time playing Halo on DLP screens via component input (XBox of course). There is a noticeable difference between playing Halo on a CRT and on an LCD. For probably 2/3 of the games we play, pixel blur is not noticeable; but on a game like Halo, it is. We suspect this is due to the larger amounts of gray-to-gray (and gray-to-black) transitions. Below, you can see where our camera captured some blur.
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Solitaire - Again noticeable, but you can see the difference below. On the left is a Dell 1702FP LCD; on the right is the 2001FP. Notice the challenged response time on the 1702FP. The 2001FP seems to be displaying fewer copies of the cursor, even though we are using a program to pull the cursor from left to right at the same speed in both images.
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miomao - Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - link
marcstThe new NEC 2080UX+ (note the "plus") has the same panel of the Dell 2001FP.
:)
KristopherKubicki - Monday, November 10, 2003 - link
Its the same thing. :) So in a way, you have the new champ ;)Kristopher
marcst - Monday, November 10, 2003 - link
Before pronouncing the 2001FP as "new big LCD champion", you should really have a look at the NEC 2080UX, 1600x1200, S-IPS-Panel. Really awesome panel, and not a single annoying dead pixel/subpixel (my panel)!KristopherKubicki - Monday, November 10, 2003 - link
We tested with a 9800 Pro. Sorry about the mixup.Kristopher
miomao - Monday, November 10, 2003 - link
No CRT is sharp as LCD...and for color next years we will have 30bit colors LCDs.
Remember Sony will stop Trinitron production in 2004!
The main issue of LCD will remain fixed resolution.
wicktron - Monday, November 10, 2003 - link
it's improbable for lcd's to ever match the color accuracy and sharpness of a crt.ripdude - Monday, November 10, 2003 - link
neat article.I still find the performance of (any) LCD unrewarding for its price. Until LCD's are on the same quality as CRT's I'm not trading in my 17" CTX :).
Slingman - Monday, November 10, 2003 - link
Great article Anandtech! I know a lot of us were waiting for a good review of the new LG panel. My only question would be in regards to how it compares to the Samsung 213T? I believe this to be every bit as competitive as the 192T is, especially considering it runs at 1600x1200, just like the 2001 FP does. Granted, it is more expensive, but many of us will use it as a basis of comparison when shopping for a new 20"+ display.Before knocking the review for their comment on DVI, one should have their facts in line. All the newer video cards on the market, in particular the newer Radeons and Geforce FX's, support 1600x1200 on the DVI interface. You do not need a pro-level card in order to do this.
mcveigh - Monday, November 10, 2003 - link
can't remember where I saw it but 9800 series does it I believeShalmanese - Monday, November 10, 2003 - link
What video card did you test this with? To the best of my knowledge, consumer grade cards only support 1280x1024 on DVI. You need a fairly expensive pro card if you ever want to use 1600x1200 on DVI which makes it rather flippant to recommend that people can ignore the VGA issues and use DVI instead.