i just checked the specs, and it says for my monitor 16ms, and it has 450:1 ratio. i chose it because it had a very good review on pcworld.com and the price was very good, i wanted to get samsung but it was way too expencive, and this LG has a better review than the samsung, so i chose it, and very happy about it at the moment... here is the review. edit the review talks about tests for text and web, and doesnt review games, so may be you should check more reviews on it. im quet happy with it for gaming (thou its at work so i dont play much, just sometimes after work), but i dont have another LCD to compare, all i have is CRT screens, or laptop screens, so you should check more into it for gaming.... edit here is pcworld's top 10 LCD screens, my monitor is on 6th place, NECs LCD similar model to the one you are considering is on 5th, but im not sure whats the difference between the models.