Recent content by Marlowe13

My 1900xtx generally ran 80-90C under load. I never had a problem, but did not like the high temperatures. Recently, I have been using ATI Tools to control the fan speed--and concurrently discovered that under the default settings, the 1900xtx fan runs at very low speed even at 90C. I now keep...

I've updated the Catalyst drivers each month since getting the NEC in July and have always set CCC as you suggested. Nevertheless, the monitor displays any and all resolutions less than 1680x1050 full screen rather than centered with letterboxing. This is one of my few niggles with the NEC...

I pretty much went the same route you are considering. I'm using an external Samsung HD tuner (with an HD indoor antenna) to watch OTA HD on an NEC 20WMGX2. It displays 720p and 1080i. The picture is terrific.

I have the NEC and I am extremely happy with its image quality for gaming, movied and HDTV. However, it refuses to center games played with lower than native resolution even though I have CCC set to do so (I'm using an ATI 1900 xtx). All games are displayed full screen regardless of resolution...

Thanks for the response. Yes, that's the same tuner that I am using. BTW, I got the tuner while I was waiting for Newegg to deliver the NEC and in the interim connected it to a Viewsonic 924 via the VGA input, and it displayed a perfect 16:9 image when properly adjusted.

I bought an NEC 20WMGX2 a few weeks ago and am extremely happy with it, but have a couple of questions on resolution and aspect ratio. When playing games that lack a widescreen solution, I would prefer to play games with a resolution lower than 1680x1050 in a centered image with letterboxing. I...

I bought a widescreen 20.1 inch NEC 20WMGX2 a couple of weeks ago (replacing a 5:4 19 inch Viewsonic VX924) and I love it. It is probably the consensus best 20.1 WS for pure quality, but not for bang for the buck--it is roughly double the cost of a Viewsonic 2025.

I just put a 1900xtx in my system this week and am also seeing very high temps--80-85C when alt tabbing or quitting from most 3D games (with Doom3 at a relatively cool 70-71 and Civ4 (!?) at 85, a tad hotter than FEAR, BFMEII or 3DMarks06). The card idles at 42-45 (in a very cool location). The...