How to reduce visual lag offline?

IvyFanboy

IvyFanboy

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I'm beginning to suspect my set up has a tiny bit of lag, not much but enough to cause me to miss blocks i should have and especially GI's/JFs.

I'm using a LCD computer monitor with a known 5ms delay and running through HDMI to DMI cables. HDMI is the best for speed right? Can someone shed some light on best hardware to aim for and how bad the 5ms is gonna hurt me? I will eventually own a real HD TV, but for now...
 
use CRT, theres no other way. Some LCD have less lag than other but it still makes a lot of difference no matter what. it doesnt matter if its hdmi or not.
 
IvyFanboy said:
I'm beginning to suspect my set up has a tiny bit of lag, not much but enough to cause me to miss blocks i should have and especially GI's/JFs.

I'm using a LCD computer monitor with a known 5ms delay and running through HDMI to DMI cables. HDMI is the best for speed right? Can someone shed some light on best hardware to aim for and how bad the 5ms is gonna hurt me? I will eventually own a real HD TV, but for now...
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5ms isn't going to do anything to your response time. The only thing that tends to introduce lag is processing effects from the TV, but it's unlikely a monitor would have those kinds of features.

You can try buying a CRT, but I guarantee you won't notice a difference.
 
Marginal said:
5ms isn't going to do anything to your response time. The only thing that tends to introduce lag is processing effects from the TV, but it's unlikely a monitor would have those kinds of features.

You can try buying a CRT, but I guarantee you won't notice a difference.
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I don't know what kind of lag (if any) it causes (I seriously doubt it causes any), but most lcds do have various color profiles/modes on them. So, try turning off any such settings that your monitor has and see if it makes any difference.

But, realistically, 5ms is far less than a single frame (16.6ms).

I myself have my xbox hooked up to a nice CRT monitor and its great :)
 
IvyFanboy said:
hmmm, well than maybe I just suffer from too much online play lol
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I would say that's a much better hypothesis. Offline has been known to make you play correctly and even looks a lot different than online... that "lag" you are experiencing is actually the game performing the way it should. XD
 
I'm also wondering the same thing: What's the ideal TV / settings to play soul calibur 4 and what is not?
 
seriously...anything. the only time lag would become an issue is if you had an LCD computer monitor and hooked the xbox to it using a dirt cheap RGB to DVI converter.
 
pinapple juice said:
i didnt know LCD's were an issue, atleast i got another excuse for being bad. maybe ill dig out my old crt see if i get better :]
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as Kosh said. only very specific LCD TVs have problems. your average LCD screen you get at your local electronics store wont cause an issue.

If you wanna be a stickler about definitions there is lag. But it is so insignificant you would have to be inhuman to notice it.
 
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