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  1. Dave Upton

    Hardware Review Feature: PC Gaming in the Home Theater – ASUS STRIX GTX 780 OC Review

    PC Gaming in the Home Theater – ASUS STRIX GTX 780 OC Review Some of us have reluctantly admitted that gaming in the home theater is something best done on consoles, and despite the best efforts of Sony and Microsoft to bring state of the art visuals to the new generation PS4 and Xbox One...
  2. uVSthem

    TV recommendations

    I am looking at purchasing a TV for my HTPC. Ideally, I would like a display that is at least 55 inches to 65 inches, can handle 4K at 60FPS and I can use Nvidia 3D vision 2 to for games and movies. More importantly, I would like to use 120FPS natively at up to 1080P. No funny tricks or...
  3. AlaskanAVGuy

    The 4K UHD ELEPHANT in the Room...what they don't want you to know

    The UHD 4K Elephant in the Room. At the Average Viewing distance of 10' you would need a 77" Screen or bigger before you could see Any Improvements with a 4K UHDTV (3840 x 2160) over a 2K (1920 x 1080) set. These are the limits of the human eye with 20/20 vision. Digital Trends also...
  4. J

    PC + Xbox audio setup

    Firstly I would like to say hello and thank for a great deal of knowledge that can be found on this forum. I need to find a solution for my desktop sound system. I have got 3 elements: PC, Xbox and PC monitor. I would like to add that PC has optical out, Xbox has an optical out but the...
  5. batman144144

    USB vs. PCIe soundcard

    Does one inherently sound better than the other? I am digitizing my vinyl through my PCIe soundcard, but an outboard unit would be more convenient. I seem to remember reading somewhere that USB connections are not the best interface in terms preserving audio quality. Is this true? Can anyone...
  6. Raul Marquez

    Cloud Backup for large Movie collection in Drobo

    I have been digitalizing my DVD movie collection over the past year and I am using a DROBO 5N unit for this purpose. I am using iTunes and I can see my collection using Apple TV. I would like to have a cloud backup of my collection which is about 6 TB in size so far (about 4500 movies). Can...
  7. A

    Need advice for purchasing custom made speakers

    I am looking for 2.1 channel speaker set for around 2500 rupees(40$).... One of my friend's dad makes custom speakers and agreed to make one for me... The price he is fixing is 3500 rupees (56$) for a subwoofer of 100watts - 6 inch bass driver 2 speakers of 45 watts each Total rms watts...
  8. J

    Speaker choice - Analog or Digital - Ti-Burr Brown DAC on soundcard and receiver

    Hello to everyone, Iam new to this forum and this is my first post. Iam really interested in setting up a good speakers for my PC which i mostly use for watching movies and gaming. Currenltly I have bought ASUS XONAR D2X soundcard and have connected it to my 7.1 T7900 Creative speakers which...
  9. L

    Gaming Review Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Review

    Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn Review Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn, also known to long-time players as 2.0 is here. Does it live up to the expectations of fans and newcomers? Keep reading to find out. As I’m sure many of you will remember in September of 2010 Final fantasy XIV 1.0’s...
  10. Sam Posten

    Guild Wars 2

    Some interesting concepts in an MMO! I'm enjoying it but not quitting my main MMO to play. http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/zif2eg/guild-wars-2-review
  11. Bob McElfresh

    How much of a compromsie is this PC for gaming: HP/AMD/nVidia

    I need a new CPU and was hoping to get a unit that would not be totally rotten for games. But I've not kept up on reputations/issues. I am looking at a HP Pavilion for $830 with: AMD Athalon XP 2800+ XP Home Edition nVidia GeForce4 MX graphics card with 64MB DDR video memory I usually...
  12. Joe Szott

    Valve Skewers Nvidia

    Not good for the latest Nvidia cards, great for ATI: http://www.tech-report.com/etc/2003q...e/index.x?pg=1 Basically, the 5900 ultra performs at half the ability of the 9800 pro in Half Lif 2, and valve thinks this is a dx9 problem, not HL2 specific. Ouch for Nvidia!
  13. John_Berger

    PC gamers -- do not download NVIDIA v44.03 drivers!

    I will also be posting this in the Computer and HTPC area since it needs to be there also, but I wanted to warn people here since this is video game related and not everyone who plays PC video games necessarily goes to the HTPC section. If you have a PC with an NVIDIA-based video card, DO NOT...
  14. Edan W

    EA and Nvidia Team Up

    Found this on slashdot this morning. Gotta say that I'm hoping this isn't going to be the future of PC game development
  15. BradleyS.

    adding Windows Media Player Visualizations to xbox?

    is it possible to put the windows media player visualizations on my xbox HD?
  16. John-Miles

    Need X-Box Live help bad Windows 2000 ICS connection

    Ok I dont know if this is the right place to post this, but i need help bad. As yo can tell from the topic im trying to connect using Windows 2000 and internet connection sharing. the funny thing is i had x-box live working. But now it will not work, absolutely will not work. So I know...
  17. Sam Posten

    Steam News and Bargains thread

    It's going to be be brutal, always great deals. Watch your wallets and DO NOT BUY A GAME UNLESS IT's PART OF THE DAILY DEAL. Check here for all the details: http://slickdeals.net/f/3733274-Steam-Holiday-Sale
  18. Greg_S_H

    Portal for free on Steam

    Portal is available for free on Steam from now until May 24. I just finished and the last level was awesome. GLaDOS is a trip. /img/vbsmilies/htf/biggrin.gif
  19. Jamie Doucette

    Halflife 2 and steam Uninstall

    Hi, I'm a complete PC gaming n00b. Most of my forte is in the consoles, so I hope this question doesnt seem to dumb. I bought a retail box of half life 2 and installed it on a computer with an intergreated Intel AGP 900 128mb video card. Needless to say, it does not run very well, and...
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