LCD monitors at ESWC

13-8-2008 19:25

The ESWC 2008 Grand Final is closing in. Today the organizing committee announced the computer specifications for the ESWC 2008 Grand Final tournaments.

Dedication to gamers must be the term to use when talking about the monitors ESWC pick for their tournaments. Any pro-gamer would prefer a CRT over a LCD/TFT any day. As most tournaments started to switch the old CRT model with the newer LCD/TFT monitors, the teams adapted to it, but were pleased whenever they got the opportunity to play on CRT monitors. ESWC have been using CRT monitors for a long time at their events in Paris, latest the ESWC Masters event.

As the Grand Final this year is moved to San Jose and United States of America, there won’t be any CRT monitors for the gamers. The organizing committee of ESWC today released the specifications for the computers and monitors to be used at the Grand Final.

Computers Specifications

GPU NVIDIA 8600GT 256MB by ASUS
Chipset NFORCE 630i by MSI on P6NGM-FD
INTEL Pentium Dual Core E2180
2GB DDR2-800MHz RAM
Windows XP PRO
LCD 24'' 6ms by DELL in the tournaments areas
LCD 22'' 2ms by SAMSUNG on stage

More and more tournaments use the 22” 2ms model at their tournaments, ESWC will however have a 24” 6ms for the tournaments areas, while stage matches will be played on the 22” 2ms. With the calendar reading 2008, ESWC really should be able to find better monitors than a 6ms LCD. The 360 computers will be provided by ESWC Main and Worldwide partner NVIDIA, where Packard Bell has been supplying the latest event with their ixtreme series.

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Did ESWC not think it was worth the effort shipping those mixed pallets of CRT monitors to San Jose or is it out of their hands?

HLTV.org will be at the ESWC 2008 Grand Finals taking place 25-27 in San Jose, USA.

LOL! 6ms response... the flashbangs will be much more effective! HAH!

2008-08-13 19:33

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Your eye has bigger time of reaction, believe me. But indeed, the fact is its worth to have faster lcd, because its the time between switching from black-to-black what is given in specification. Between other colours it just can be bigger. Ive been playing with samsung crt (some basic flat model) and recently changed it for samsung 22" t220 model. Referring to the time of response, i didnt notice any change, it wasnt issue i was complaining about with my crt, but if we talk about contrast, lcd is much better and i do not need gamma adjuster any more (1:10000). The bad thing is they will have to play with panoramic monitors, what just sucks.

2008-08-13 21:52

24" is overkill. Good for some console games, not for CS

2008-08-13 19:36

why the hell to the americans have to ruin everything

2008-08-13 19:38

Pretty weak computers too.. I wonder who is calling the shots here, ESWC or Nvidia.. :(

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agree, Dell could provide some more powerful rigs from their Alienware series))

2008-08-13 19:41

For 1.6 that setup is more than enough but the monitors... only in America - the bigger the better.

2008-08-13 21:06

Agree, there have been better computers.. I wonder why they've put up such set-up, I know for sure they can provide them with better equipment.. Overall good enough for CS though. :)

2008-08-13 23:58

Why spend more money on the computers? Have you seen CS 1.6 requirements? It's more than enough

2008-08-18 23:02

22" is already very big, but it's a big advantage for spotting enemies in the dark and distance ;)

2008-08-13 19:39

I prefer the CRT monitors is better for me

2008-08-13 19:42

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maybe is better for you, but youre not playing there

2008-08-13 19:49

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HAHA !

2008-08-13 19:48

I bet any pro gamer you would ask would say that, CRT is the best for Prof. CS.

2008-08-13 23:22

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i dont agree with that, on LCD the quality of the image is way better than on CRT, i can prove you

2008-08-13 23:24

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Any pro-gamer would answer you, that CRT is better for him.

2008-08-13 23:26

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then why in the most competitions are used LCDs ? BECAUSE THEY ARE BETTER d'oh

2008-08-13 23:29

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No, they aren't better for CS.

2008-08-13 23:31

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nonsense, i can prove you that CRT is weaker than LCD, but i`m not doing that coz its just a waste of time

2008-08-13 23:33

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I'm only saying what pro-gamer would answer you. I'm not saying, that LCD's are weaker than CRTs, but every pro gamer recommends CRT for CS, that's all =)

2008-08-13 23:34

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i bet they wont answer that because the performance and the quality of the image is better for CS, what dont you get? need a dictionary? ;) maybe they will say CRT because they are oldschool

2008-08-13 23:37

Ok, i'm not wasting the time for this conversation, i'm going to watch now Champions League Eliminations, polish team are playing with Barcelona. haha

2008-08-13 23:39

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4-0 :<

Hahahha really?

2008-08-13 23:40

sry to say that but crt is really way better for playing cs :-)

2008-08-14 23:12

Your very very VERY ignorant, CRT is _WAY_ better for cs 1.6

2008-08-14 00:16

and youre a child, you will grow up and will be smarter.. or NOT

2008-08-14 02:30

Maybe, but why the hell would you try to prove something right when it's wrong? Why are you telling me to grow up? I'm trying to give you knowledge and you try to insult me in such immature maner? Grow up yourself. Please.

2008-08-14 03:42

You don't need more quality than a CRT to play 1.6

2008-08-18 23:06

22" not good for CS its also good for the other games(i have one :P) i prefer 17 or 19.and pc configs weak i think it would be better :/

2008-08-13 19:51

:)) i agree 24 it is really huge monitors :( but hey they are pro players in pro teams they must adapt to eny situation and give the best of them :D:D:D

2008-08-13 19:54

i have a 17'' LCD and i am happy with that:P, my friend has a 24 and when i first played on that, i thought i was going to smash it because it was so bad:D!!

2008-08-13 19:56

Epic failure....

2008-08-13 19:59

lcd '19 ftw

2008-08-13 20:04

ohhhh my eyes ;]

2008-08-13 20:15

Are you kidding me?:o How the hell can they make CS gamers play on 22LCD Widescreens?! If you are going to make them play on LCD's, atleast give them 19 inch's! Disappointing!

2008-08-13 20:23

i prefer my lcd '17 :D

2008-08-13 20:27

ROFL, LCD 24" 6ms. Made in America.

2008-08-13 20:28

Yeah, if everything has to be large there, big, or huge, so why do not try with time of response? xD

2008-08-13 21:56

OMG HAHA! :O

2008-08-14 18:15

dont think they are widescreen

2008-08-13 21:08

yes they are)

2008-08-13 21:43

all of this lcd monitors have 100hz?

2008-08-13 21:22

75hz max.

2008-08-13 21:45

there are no tft's with 100hz in the market, but it seems that 75hz TFT = 120hz CRT

2008-08-13 21:50

I dont catch it man... its physics conception and different figures just cant be the same with the same units. It doesnt make sense even with ur point of view.

2008-08-13 21:59

Yeah you are right, but i mean subjective. it feels like that

2008-08-13 22:06

I play on 17" TFT screen. Even 19" is too big for me :(

2008-08-13 21:42

epic fail

2008-08-13 21:58

wtf? 24''??? 17'' is normal 19'' is bad for Cs, 24'' is a tv... no respect for the gamers.

2008-08-13 23:42

Money talks I'm afraid.

2008-08-14 00:00

22" 2ms is perfect for cs, stop whining ignorants.

A pity than that those LCD are only on stage, right? ::)

2008-08-17 00:06

CPU NVIDIA 8600GT 256MB by ASUS Nix0n didn't you mean GPU?

2008-08-14 00:15

Oh yea. On the ESWC site it said CGU, so I guess my mind saw it as CPU. Changed.

2008-08-14 00:22

Yeahh... Looks a like $$ are killing esport faster than I thought...

OMFG that just sucks :S hope the teams have some time to get used to it or the event will be fucked up think :S

2008-08-14 01:03

fuck that i'm don't playing there)

2008-08-14 10:48

The computers specifications except monitors are fine.You dont need high end pcs to play cs 1.6 Btw do you know if the ESWC servers will be run over linux or windows??

2008-08-14 16:52

2bad

2008-08-14 17:36

Shit, 6 ms just tops it lol And the 24'' model fk me, can eSTRO even open their eyes that much?? ;<

2008-08-16 16:07

lol'd

2008-08-18 23:09

it dosent matter ;)

2008-08-18 03:32

#60 :D:D:D:D:D n1 JOKE:D

2008-08-18 17:25

If you use the 'Reply' button the user will/would know you replied to him ;)

2008-08-18 18:17

well I´m really happy with my lcd.. I used to play on an oldschool 22" CRT haha and now 22" is just perfekt for me...guess my eyes are just used to it. But I think everyone is diff. and everyone likes it diff.

2008-08-18 19:35