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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 08:52 PM
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Gateway FDP2485W

Buyer's remorse striked me down before I even got to open the box. I guess I am a tad disappointed so far.

Text isn't as good as I expected it to be and everything is stretched when using DVI. Maybe I'll have to mess around with the settings for a bit. I'll see how the xb360 runs on this one tomorrow.



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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 09:09 PM
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try using cleartype?
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 09:13 PM
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make sure youre running the correct resolution.
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 09:15 PM
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definitely run cleartype if you haven't already...it's pretty much a must on LCD screens.
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 09:40 PM
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I am running it native with cleartype on. My previous monitor was also a LCD.

I just hooked up my xbox to it, and I thought it was looking like utter sh!t. Maybe it's something in the settings, but I am not so happy with it.
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Black2KGSR
definitely run cleartype if you haven't already...it's pretty much a must on LCD screens.
for some reason, mine looks a lot better without cleartype
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 09:55 PM
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How much did you pay?

I have the Z3 also h:
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 09:56 PM
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what video card do you have? check other forums or just do a search with the model number
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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doesnt look too bad to me. considering i have a 700m so any screen thats bigger than 12in is nice.
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