Hmm Mordeloth, you should definitely replace if it's something as obvious as them not finishing that part properly. That's a pretty big one for QA to miss, pretty weird. I don't understand how you can have fuzzy text when connecting with DVI. Can you qualify that statement a little more? I noticed that you have 2 DVI connectors on your card. Have you tried connecting via the other one? I actually had some weird artifacts that would show on Windows login when connected with one DVI connector... Just some really fast blips of red splotches and then it'd be perfect. I switched DVI connectors and it works perfectly now. The Apple that I had also had similar artifacting when connected to this DVI port so I'm assuming it's the DVI port and not LCD. So try that out first... also do you have some option to reduce DVI frequency when using large resolution monitors? You haven't OC'd your graphics card have you? Hmm... Run it at stock speeds if you are to compare... As far as black goes, what settings are you using? I'd recommend using the Nokia monitor test to calibrate your black levels... it really helped me alot... Google for it...
Onering, my Sony doesn't have any dead pixels/stuck pixels and I've checked numerous times, being the paranoid geek that I am. I think a pixel perfect panel is possible, seeing as how I have one. It's always a luck of the draw with LCDs though. You're talking about millions of pixels and a failure rate that is > 0. But your backlight is another issue - that one is clearly defective and I'd definitely try to get a replacement.
Onering, my Sony doesn't have any dead pixels/stuck pixels and I've checked numerous times, being the paranoid geek that I am. I think a pixel perfect panel is possible, seeing as how I have one. It's always a luck of the draw with LCDs though. You're talking about millions of pixels and a failure rate that is > 0. But your backlight is another issue - that one is clearly defective and I'd definitely try to get a replacement.