theres two resons i went with a LCD one was the the space it took up , (much less) and the warmer picture which is much easier on my eyes at 47 years old.i game with mine also and it works fine .But your right the CRTs do out perform the LCDs
At a youthful 17 years of age (and not yet wearing glasses) i have a stupendous screen resolution even for windows desktop (most people say I'm amd, and i think i'm the only person who can read it...) but what really impresses me is that i've seen hardly any other monitors that pass TCO 2003 specification, which ultimately means that radiation is so low i shouldn't evnd up wearing saucers any time soon...