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    i5 2500k Bottleneck Point?

    Taking the figurative meaning of a bottleneck, I would agree that any time a component is limited, there's a bottleneck present (severity will vary). However there's an exception. Although technically a bottleneck, I wouldn't fault the CPU because of poor code optimization or lack of...
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    i5 2500k Bottleneck Point?

    lol touche, what I meant was evenly matched in a relative manner. There will always be a bottleneck with taxing games but it can be negligible.
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    i5 2500k Bottleneck Point?

    Yep, I've only recently started hearing that games are trying to take advantage of more than 4 cores. I'm currently only being held back by my 6950
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    i5 2500k Bottleneck Point?

    Yea regardless I won't be upgrading my CPU for at least another 2 years. I was trying to see how close a 290 was to being bottlenecked by the 2500k so I know whether or not the pirate island GPUs are worth the wait. I wouldn't want to wait on a GPU that would be held back by my CPU anyway...
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    i5 2500k Bottleneck Point?

    i5 2500k @ 4.5 GHz Thinking about picking up an r9 290 now that prices have dropped, however, I definitely wouldn't mind waiting on those 20nm pirate island cards. My question is, have GPUs (specifically r9-290) now reached a point where they're bottlenecked by an i5 2500k or are at least...
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    Schiit Modi/Magni Stack and Sound Blaster Software Question

    Indeed, the Schiit amp is definitely superior and the DAC should be on par, if not slightly better in comparison to ~$250 sound cards. For anyone with low impedance headphones, you may need to lower windows volume because the Magni does have a high gain. May make the volume knob quite sensitive...
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    Schiit Modi/Magni Stack and Sound Blaster Software Question

    Well the amp and the dac will essentially do the same exact thing that a sound card is doing. The major differences are that one is obviously external components while the other is internal; and many sound cards are packaged with software suites that can manipulate audio with effects. It is...
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    Schiit Modi/Magni Stack and Sound Blaster Software Question

    bump
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    Schiit Modi/Magni Stack and Sound Blaster Software Question

    If worse comes to worst, I'm pretty sure the Razer Surround software will work. It is currently free up until the end of 2013 if you're interested. I however think that Creative's SBX is superior so I'm trying to find anyone with some insight on the SB X-Fi software suite.
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    Having sound problems with Logitech UE 6000 need help :(

    Just for your information, if you're interested: The black bands are insulators, they basically insulate the various parts of the plug. The first 2 pictured plugs have 3 poles, blue plug has 4 poles. To figure out the amount of poles, you are counting the sections of the plug that the insulators...
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    Schiit Modi/Magni Stack and Sound Blaster Software Question

    I'm purchasing the Schiit stack but would also like to use surround virtualization for gaming. I was thinking about purchasing the Sound Blaster X-Fi MB3 software suite to accomplish this. With a sound card, I know this wouldn't work because you essentially bypass the sound card when using...
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    Razer Surround vs SBX Pro Studio

    Does anyone have an SB-Z/Zx/ZxR that can comment how the razer surround compares to sbx? I have tried the razer surround and it works quite effectively. I'm fond of the calibration which I haven't seen done with any other offering.
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    [R9 290X vs 780 Ti] HardOCP doesn't brown nose nVidia like all the other reviewers.

    I have a 6950 currently and am badly itching for an upgrade. The 290 non x (waiting for aftermarket coolers) seems to be where I'm putting my money as long at they sit at that $400 price range. Only thing that has me questioning the upgrade is the expected release of 20nm cards this summer. At...
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    What i5 2500k overclock to get most of 6950s in crossfire

    Reviving my old thread instead of making a new one, relatively the same subject matter. I OC'd my 2500k to 4.5Ghz @ 1.35 V. Prime95'd and stable, max temps @ 82C Is that an expected temperature with my v6gt or should apply new compound and reseat the cooler? By the way RealTemp reads 82C...
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    Sound Card vs USB DAC? Worth it and best solution for my setup?

    I'm thinking the E9 will probably be better suited for me. I could always choose do use the E17 as a dac/eq or plug it into a soundcard. Correct?
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