Eye One Monitor with NEC 2690, SpectraView combination?

Hello,
I need to equip a new MacPro for my retouching business. I am considering the NEC 2690. I saw the version that comes equipped with the calibration device and SpectraView software. I was wondering if I could use my existing Eye One Monitor calibrator, and purchase the NEC LCD2690WUXI-BK (which is the version without the software and calibrator), and then buy the SpectraView software separately.
There isn't much price difference ($100) if I go this way, but I have been happy with the results that I get with the Eye One Monitor.
Does anyone know if the Eye One Monitor that I have is better or worse than the one that would come with the NEC 2690? I think that it is an X-Rite/Eye One unit also.
I did send the Eye One Monitor to X-Rite for recalibration and a small repair, and I received a brand new unit.
Thanks,
John Hill

I just purchased an NEC 2690. It's being driven by a MacPro.
Something very strange just happened:
The resolution of the monitor changed to 1600x1200 (supposed to be 1920x1200.)
No, this is not an issue of the wrong setting being chosen in System Prefs > Displays. I have 1920x1200 chosen there. It's the monitor itself. Upon start-up, it displays data showing resolution and frequency in the upper right corner. It says "1600x1200." I can confirm this by using the monitor's OSD and going to the info section where it says "1600x1200, 59.9Hz."
I've used it for about a week at the correct resolution. Any ideas what could have caused this change? And any idea how to get it back to 1920x1200? (And no, resetting to factory defaults doesn't do it.)
Thanks in advance.
Edit - One possibly important fact: This happened near the time that I launched a trial version of ColorEyes Pro (which I didn't get very far with.) Don't know if that's pertinent.

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