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20. January 2008 @ 08:17 |
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I agree with that one, but 8500GT Supers are what, $80 in the US? An 8600GT would be much better no matter how far you overclocked it and no more expensive.
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20. January 2008 @ 08:55 |
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Just one question is the sound blaster Live 5.1 alot worse then the 8 channel Realtek Audio on this board?
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20. January 2008 @ 09:11 |
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I personally would prefer to use any Creative card over any Realtek integrated audio, no matter which versions of either.
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20. January 2008 @ 11:10 |
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Is dazila from the US though? If he is than the 8600GT was only 10 dollars more...
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20. January 2008 @ 11:17 |
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That's kind of my point, I'm not sure. In the UK I think it's even worse.
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21. January 2008 @ 00:14 |
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No Im in Australia the differnce was about 30 or 40au, but the games I want to play run great on high so its good for now but man the differnce between this and my old PC WOW!, this PC never struggles you can alt tab in and out of This Gen games with no lag or anything to get to the desktop it just does it and even with other things running in the backround, with Norton 2008 Internet security it feels like it dosent even have an AV running it runs like without it.
Well the soundcard seems good dont know what was wrong with the built in one but im happy with this one its very clear not a single bit of backround sound with this one.
The Motherboard got changed last minute from thegigabyte one because apparantly with the parts I got some had compatibility issues so they got this one for same price even though its more then the gigabyte one, but so far its running good apart from Onboard sound its an Asus P5K SE maybe someone knows if there good or not?
Thats it now Im going for a screen one screen which I have seen at a store, well Aldi its a 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor 5ms response rate, HDMI, DVI for 349au its medion branded but im thinking of buying it if not might go for this one;ViewSonic VA1912w 19" LCD.
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21. January 2008 @ 07:00 |
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Hehe, aren't dual cores great? You can't say that's your graphics card mate, because it just isn't!
As for onboard sound, it happens, and used to be very common - sound distortion was caused by electrical activity in the chipset being too close to the sound production part of the IC. Most of the time that's solved now, but any gamer should still be using a sound card of some degree, though there's no need to go as far as an X-Fi.
As for monitors, what you need to consider is that a monitor is something you're looking at every time you use your PC, so you need to love it. I've had good experience with Viewsonic stuff in the past, but I'd also like to recommend Samsung screens of that size.
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21. January 2008 @ 08:23 |
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I dont have alot of desk room so im worried about the 22" im thinking maybe 19" if you have had experience with them are they good enough or?, to me since im using an old 15" CRT :( anything would do but dont want to do something dumb because unlike the graphics card this will have to last me a few years.
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21. January 2008 @ 08:57 |
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is acer good and 16:9 or 4:3?
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21. January 2008 @ 08:58 |
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Hence the "of that size" rather than recommending the 226BW like I usually do... :P
Unfortunately I've no personal experience of "normal" size LCDs, but you could go with a 20" widescreen model like this one:
http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/68713/MONITORS/Samsung/205BW.asp
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a) No, acer are not good, certainly not in my experience - most of their 15 and 17" models are pretty rubbish
b) 16:10, ideally. 16:9 is usually only for TVs. 5:4 and 4:3 are good for desktop work, but for multimedia and gaming, widescreen's the way to go.
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21. January 2008 @ 22:36 |
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21. January 2008 @ 23:13 |
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I think I will go for this one this is the best looking monitor i have seen, the Samsung 206BW any opinions?, I will have to buy it off ebay (New though of a store) as its cheaper and i wont have to wait an extra week but I like how it looks opinions?
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22. January 2008 @ 05:04 |
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I don't have first hand experience with 20" Samsungs, but if it's anything like the SM226BW (and I don't see why it shouldn't be) then it'll be an excellent monitor.
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22. January 2008 @ 08:27 |
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Im also looking at the 226BW I will measure out my space tomorow (22inches=55cm) to see if it will fit if it does would it be worth waiting 2 weeks for it instead of 1 week for the 20" version?
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22. January 2008 @ 12:11 |
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I certainly would. You have to look at a monitor all the time, you need it to be good.
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23. January 2008 @ 22:00 |
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One more question with this Xpertvision software I got it lets me overclock core to 600mhz memory to 420mhz and shader to I dont know what but I feel like maxing it out would it do any harm?, like that 8500 the other one can go to like 650mhz core and improves FPS hevaily so Ill just try this.
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23. January 2008 @ 22:12 |
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It wouldn't do any harm really. As long as you don't flash the BIOS. If you screw up overclocking on the driver level it will just revert to normal clocks if you screw up. It might require a restart, although I once had to re-install XP because of this. No hardware will be affected though...
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24. January 2008 @ 00:18 |
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I know this is off topic but since its for this new PC I have one set of X530's and want to use them on my TV and PC I know the way is to plug them to the PC and then use a 3.5mm to RCA cord connect the RCA to the out of the TV and connect the Phono to the In on teh soundcard but I cant seem to get it to work when I plug it in and Unmute Line in or Microphone it just goes eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, like its not connected or something I had it working before on my Old Pentium 3 Built in sound this card is a Sound Blaster 5.1 OEM.
Any Help?
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24. January 2008 @ 00:47 |
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Ok well I have got it to work but sound only comes out of Front 2 speakers and Sub nothing from the Center and rear I understand its only a stereo Signal but is there any way AT ALL, in which I can use Line in and out put to 5.1 I know the signal is still Stereo but Is there any way I can get the stereo signal to all 6 speakers not just 3??
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24. January 2008 @ 08:28 |
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That's what's known as stereo upscaling. Digital speakers allow the use of Dolby pro-Logic which is pretty good. Creative sound cards allow you to use CMSS, which is IMO the best way of doing it. As for 5.1, unless the speakers can upscale it, or there's a feature in your sound card's control panel, the only way I can think of doing it is buying a three-way 3.5mm splitter so you can send the "Front" signal to all three channels.
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24. January 2008 @ 08:59 |
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I dont really want 5,1 sound just Stereo through all speakers right now it works but im only getting sound through 2 front and sub nothing through Center and rear all I want is that exact same sound to go through the other 3 I dont see why it cant.
THis is how its plugged in, Speakers X530 run into PC sound Card, 3.5mm cord runs into Line In, the other end has 2 RCA's which run into Tv's RCA OUT Jacks, it works but i can only hear sound from front and sub? can I just enable something or use something to hear from the rear and center, Ive read you can do it with, AC3 Filter but I have not clue how to do it.
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24. January 2008 @ 09:13 |
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If you only feed a surround set of speakers with one stereo input, it will only pass to the front speakers, that's true of almost any set, including my Z-5500s. Where I have a control module to split the stereo or use pro-logic, you have to do the same in software, or just use three cables rather than one.
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24. January 2008 @ 09:19 |
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Well is there any possible way I can do it with Software? on the PC? Like anything any program?
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24. January 2008 @ 17:17 |
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Not sure. I'm sure the realtek HD control panel can do it, but looking at mine I can't figure out how/where.
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24. January 2008 @ 21:37 |
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What abotu 3rd party software,
Like ive read man ive had enough of googling different phrases LOL, that this guy told this other guy using some sort of winamp plugin to do it as hes used it before, and this otehr guy said AC3Filter can do it but it wont start properly it just says its for ofline use as in no media players running which there isnt and now I cant see the live stats and stuff, anything else?
Whats CMSS for then? i thought its meant to make a virtual sorround thing out of stereo so why isnt it working ?
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