PC Gamer Looking To Get 23" Cinema Display

I'm a hardcore PC gamer, that built a Nvidia SLI box for just gaming and nothing else.
Finding a awesome high-end 24" sized LCD for 1900X1200 gaming is not a easy task.
So this road as led me to Apple, a lot of people in the PC world are saying the 23" Cinema Display are nice monitors for high end gaming.
Can someone back this up, that also lives in the PC world, and might know someone that uses this for SLI as well?
THANKS

I don't care for the Dell LCDs even though they are the big rave right now, because for the average consumer they are a tough price to size to beat.
Average I'm not, I'm looking for the best, why I said SLI, is for playing with it the way it's meant, that's bigger screens and higher resolutions, yes I know SLI doesn't effect the monitor, by what I think you are saying.
Actually hardware on both sides, when you have something like my box, is to compliment each other, bring out the best, so in that statement SLI has a effect and vice versa, but anyways....
With my rig specs I didn't skimp and a LCD is the last thing I plan on skimping on too, so a great one is all I want and I'll pay for it too, but 24" is big enough, anything beyond that is going to be poor performance and a waste.
These are my box specs needing something worthy to support it:
AMD X2 3800
Abit KN8 SLI
X-FI XtremeMusic
Antec Neo HE 550W
WD Raptor 150 (ADFD)
Thermaltake Silent 939 K8 HSF
(2x) eVGA 7900 GT CO Superclock
2GB OCZ EL DDR3200 Dual Platinum (2-3-2-5)
Coolermaster Praetorian 730
Logitech MX-518 Mouse
Saitek Eclipse Keyboard
ALOHA

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