[SOLVED] Powerstrip - What is a good alternative utility?

[Titanion]

Powerstrip may not cut it anymore, 10 years after the last update. Anyone have a utility to suggest that will help me adjust my old NEC monitor?

 

[Titanion]

I probably learned about Powerstrip here back in 2004 or something and have used it on and off for years when I needed to tweak monitor settings.

 

[punkncat]

For those of us not familiar, you mind linking something relevant that doesn't return as an item to plug cords into?

 

[BFG-9000]

PowerStrip by EnTech is a 3rd party utility that allowed for adjusting color and timing parameters for displays way back before GPU drivers had them, as well as multi-monitor back before that was well supported by Windows.

GPU drivers should still allow you to adjust many of those things today, provided you have connected an analog monitor. Other settings may be hidden and require registry editing, etc. But unless you describe exactly what you are wanting to adjust and what GPU + monitor you have, then nobody can really provide a satisfactory answer.

 

[Titanion]

EnTech Taiwan | Utilities | PowerStrip

I didn't want to be condescending. I thought it was as well-known as FRAPS, a go to app that was used by many people on the forum here.

I have an NEC MultiSync LCD2490WUXi2 monitor that wants to run at 1920x1200, and when it adjusts to 1920x1080 I have about an inch and a half of black screen. I want to stretch the 1920x1080 to fill the whole screen.

 

[Titanion]

I can see how this might look loke a troll now. Hey, guys, I need a new powerstrip. The one I bought in 2004 died. But no, I am being serious. Thanks.

 

[BFG-9000]

While I've had NEC monitors that used up all the write cycles of their flash and wouldn't save settings any more, this does sound like a job for the monitor OSD controls. Toggling the Auto-Adjust (and if that proves unsatisfactory, the manual H.Size and V.Size settings) should save a screen position and size for each resolution (1920x1200 native and 1920x1080) so that each time you change to it, it will be in the right place and size.

The caveat is of course, you must be using an analog cable to do this. At least you have a pretty decent looking analog-out on the HD4890.

Given that CCC doesn't work on the only Windows 10 drivers for the HD4890 (which are supplied by WindowsUpdate), you are left with either RadeonPro (which is nearly as old as PowerStrip but does work fine in Windows 10) or the portable RadeonMod registry editor to adjust the settings that you would normally change in the driver control panel. I found it interesting that any settings you adjust in RadeonPro (like AA and AF) are saved in the registry so persist even after you uninstall it.
Alternately you could use the Windows 8 drivers which do have a working control panel.

 

[punkncat]

I can see how this might look loke a troll now. Hey, guys, I need a new powerstrip. The one I bought in 2004 died. But no, I am being serious. Thanks.

Nope, had never heard of it. I appreciate the link.

 

[Titanion]

I left that signature or system setup for nostalgic purposes. The video card I am using on this garage computer is an RX 570 4GB.