Soon after leaving the gaming house, there was one thing that I was relieved about - I didn’t have to buy a bunch of new gaming gear! Since i’m not moving countries I could take a badass CRT monitor with me. That monitor was the ViewSonic UltraBrite E92f+ and I liked it because the external colours of the monitor were matching with my PC.

Just 10 days after using this monitor though (it’s less than 6 months old) it’s breaking on me! The problems really just sound like display adjustment problems but I can assure you they are not, the details don’t really matter. Anyway so I was very frustrated with this monitor and after some research I found that many people also could not get this monitor to work properly.

Oh Dear!

So i’m doing a little bit of research now about gaming on TFT monitors. To buy a new CRT is actually quite a mission, they’re just not easy to find anymore!

I started this thread on ESReality, hoping to shed some light on my dilemma. Many people have been really helpful on giving advice and it seems that if i’m going to want to play UT3 buttery-smooth, i’m going to have to suck it up and buy a new CRT. Why not second hand you ask? Well Sweden isn’t particularly big on second hand items and looking at the website blocket.se I have been unable to find a satisfactory monitor for my gaming needs.

It feels really rediculous that I have this problem now since when we moved we had so much trouble getting rid of our CRT monitors, we just ended up giving them away! GRRR.

PS: Just so everyone knows, i’ve added Italian professional gamer Alex “Stermy” Avallone to my links, so go and read his blog here!