I got my hands into BenQ XL2410T 120Hz LED backlit TF + Zowie EC1 (mouse) & swift (mousepad) bundle. First impressions:

In the previous blog entry I showed some pics from the Saturn. I also mentioned this fall and the opposition of Jupiter, and I have already started photographing the planet. The opposition is still a month away (21.9.2010), but I have managed to get few good (and a lot of shitty) shots of the Jupiter so far, so here is fraction of them.

Yep, I have had astronomy as my hobby for a few years now. But only very recently I made a mistake by trying to take some photos of the planets in our solar system. Those attempts and failures ignited a spark that made me do certain purchases, and here we are:

The time for 120Hz TFT displays is here. As you might have noticed, there have been some discussions about 120Hz TFTs on our forum. So, I decided to get myself one, being this particular Samsung model, 2233RZ.

Note:

The monitor is compared directly to one CRT and two TFTs.

1) 21" Viewsonic P227fB (1360*768 @ 154Hz)
2) 24" BenQ G2400WD (1920*1200 @ 60Hz)
3) 20" NEC 20WGX2 (1680*1050 @ 60Hz)

All the comparisons apply to QW only in this blog. I have played other games too but I feel it is important to keep this review QW only because of the people visiting QW.nu Regardless of that, the review also applies to other games too, of course.

During years I've followed the ongoing discussion about spawn models and how they should be and what they should prevent. Since spawn model has rather large impact to the score in games and especially in duels (dm2 water/tele anyone?), how spawn model works should be considered carefully.

The every day question everyone wants an answer but nothing conclusive has been ever said. I got myself another TFT today so let's see what I have to say about these damn TFTs in overall, compared to CRT of course.

NOTE: This article updates also The Theory of Smooth QW article, so check it out for TFT related fps settings.

Remember my first mousepad review blog? I was asked the following:


Well, uh, I managed to secure a Qpad mousepad with measly 22 euros so why not review it like I did for the other mousepads.

I get the same questions about QW and fps every now and then. People ask me what's the best configuration for cl_physfps/cl_maxfps/whatever and I've written about it quite a few times on the forum too. This made me wonder if I should write it down as a guide or in my blog, and since people actually read these blogs to some degree I'll add it here. I could write it as a guide on news but let's put it here this time.

Yet again I'm writing here about players and their actions. Earlier today I got msgd about actions of players on a public server and it got to me quite a bit.