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darkrider01 · 02-14-06, 10:42 AM

While I am not a linux user, I will give you my first hand experience with my Gateway FPD2185W 21" Widescreen LCD. It has DVI, D-Sub, Component, Composite, and S-Video inputs. It also has a USB 2.0 hub built in. I use the screen for AutoCAD and gaming. It works fantastic for both. When shopping for the screen, the Gateway really stood out to me for it's brilliant color. It really made all the other screens in BestBuy look bad. What made the other screen look even worse was that the Gateway only cost $600. I love my screen.

I will also say that the Dell 2005FPW is a good screen, but I have heard of problems with ghosting. It is great for CAD though. I have not noticed any ghosting on my Gateway, but I know that it is probably there. I have a 17" Samsung LCD (12ms) that I use as a secondary monitor and I noticed ghosting in BF1942 on it, but not on my Gateway yet. The Dell 2001FP (non-widescreen) is a also a decent screen, but has a bit of uneven backlighting.

Hope I helped......Good luck!

02-14-06, 10:42 AM	#2
darkrider01 A little rough at first Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The DEEP South - North Carolina Posts: 483	Re: Advice on DFP selection While I am not a linux user, I will give you my first hand experience with my Gateway FPD2185W 21" Widescreen LCD. It has DVI, D-Sub, Component, Composite, and S-Video inputs. It also has a USB 2.0 hub built in. I use the screen for AutoCAD and gaming. It works fantastic for both. When shopping for the screen, the Gateway really stood out to me for it's brilliant color. It really made all the other screens in BestBuy look bad. What made the other screen look even worse was that the Gateway only cost $600. I love my screen. I will also say that the Dell 2005FPW is a good screen, but I have heard of problems with ghosting. It is great for CAD though. I have not noticed any ghosting on my Gateway, but I know that it is probably there. I have a 17" Samsung LCD (12ms) that I use as a secondary monitor and I noticed ghosting in BF1942 on it, but not on my Gateway yet. The Dell 2001FP (non-widescreen) is a also a decent screen, but has a bit of uneven backlighting. Hope I helped......Good luck! __________________ Main Rig Intel i7 930 * Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R * EVGA GTX 590 * 12GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 2000 * Alienware TactX Keyboard * RAZER Mamba * Pioneer DVR-212D * Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Main Drive * 10+TB Other Storage * X-Fi Platinum * Ultra X3 1000W PSU * 2 X Gateway FHD2400 24" LCD * Beats by Dr. Dre headphones * Klipsch Promedia 2.1 * Lian Li PC-A71b * Cooler Master Hyper N520 * Windows 7 Ultimate Laptop Alienware M18x * i7 2670QM * Dual 560 GTX * 1.25TB Storage * Windows 7 Ultimate Home Theater Panasonic PT-AX200U * Homebrew 9' x 5' screen * Pioneer VSX-1121-K * Bose Acoustimass 6 * Velodyne VX10 Subwoofer * PS3/Xbox/Xbox360/Wii/WiiU/DirecTV HR22 Packin HEAT