We came to this article with a few hopes. One of these was that today's high-speed LCD panels would be sufficient for gaming, and we're glad to say that is true. While you'll still be able to find smearing when you look for it, today's higher-end panels are fast enough so that you can game at a very high skill level without encountering any problems. We had also come to this article expecting most monitors to be largely similar in performance, but our tests showed that it clearly wasn't the case. The quality of the associated circuitry and backlight all affect the final picture quality. All of these monitors had similar paper specifications, but in this round-up, there were only two 17" LCD monitors that we would actually buy with our hard-earned cash: the Dell 1703FP (now replaced by the 1704FPV) and the NEC LCD1770NX, and only one of those, the NEC LCD1770NX would we buy for gaming. We think everyone will agree that the importance of having monitor reviews at FiringSquad is paramount.

We still have unanswered questions. It was incredible that the Samsung 915N did as well as it did for both gaming and still images. Without DVI support it's impossible for FiringSquad to recommend the Samsung 915N, but Hyundai's ImageQuest L90D+ looks like a potential candidate. With a similar design to the Samsung with the addition of a DVI connector, it is possible that the $370 19" Hyundai may very well be a gaming monitor of choice. Clearly we'll need to bring more monitors into our labs.