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Anyone has a good icc profile for rev11 panel?

A good discussion here in the bluray forum https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=327818

How many years of usage does it take to fully wear down the battery of a wireless headset? What do you do then?

You only need to worry if you have traditional spinner hdd.

Do you have the X3? From what I've read online, you do need the Creative drivers if you want surround sound. Else, Windows stock driver limits it to stereo only. -------------------- To the OP/TS, You don't want intermediary device but want something that can drive 5.1 speakers. Well, the...

If you can get a GT710 for $20, it will be great as a backup card. My backup card is a GT440 which I've bought for $15. But I do worry that newer platform requires UEFI capable graphics card.

We know scalpers are everywhere right now. Is the price of DDR3 and DDR4 ram sticks gonna increase much? Is there a trend of price increase? How about SSD? Kindly share your market watch at your area.

OLED. Nothing beats true black.

For the sake of humanity, it's better to let the older and cheaper build to the folks who really have a need for it. With the current pandemic, parts availability is getting worse, on top of the stupidly high price for everything, including old parts.

And every aging card (such as GTX970) is still overpriced.

Is the mini fridge the loudest thing in your room?

Wearing headset with ambient temp of more than 30°c is a pita.

Different sound card? No. Different processing? Yes. My ASRock front audio headers are "amped" for headset. I can't plug my headset on the rear IO as the volume will be too low (it's meant for a desktop speaker).

Because the market is either 2.0 stereo desktop speakers or headphones. Surround sound 5.1/7.1/Atmos gaming is extremely niche.

Played Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice recently on my 5.0 setup. I'm glad that Garm boss fight is made a lot easier with surround sound as one needs to find the direction in the dark.