Recent content by WolfpupNX

Okay, so after reviewing the document about my monitor that @NCX very kindly posted from TFT Central more carefully (which was FANTASTIC), I tried out sRGB mode (pre-factory calibrated) at 41 brightness/75 contrast, the setting they calibrated their unit in sRGB at, and I have to say I'm pretty...

@NCX, I see the document you linked to suggested a calibrated brightness of 35, so I may give that a try. EDIT: That was for Custom Color mode - reread and found other calibration info; see below for my results.

Thanks all. So I just played around and turned Brightness down from 75 to 20. This much improved the situation (still there, but not nearly as distracting), and I definitely have inkier blacks and a less washed out look. I'm still not quite used to colors not looking as bright or vivid...

Hi all, Thanks for the wonderful responses! I'll play around with brightness tonight. I am running the default (75 brightness/75 contrast), so that's certainly something to investigate. I love how bright the screen is, but this is pretty distracting in games (only in a dark room in a...

TL: DR Version - any great gaming monitors, 27" or bigger, that are fairly immune to backlight bleed unevenness problems, or is this a fact of life. Long version follows: Hey all, So in playing with Alien: Isolation, I notice some backlight bleed on my current monitor, a Dell U2713HM...

Cool and interesting. =) I keep hyperthreading enabled just because there's no real reason to disable it and I might see performance gains. Also, while folding, it allows me to fold 12 things at once instead of 6 (though there's no way to know if it actually finishes a greater number in the...

Thanks for all the info! I don't have time to play with it right now, but I may give this a shot the next few days, and I'll let you know how I make out if I do. =)

Thanks again for the great feedback. =) I realize the value of the Extreme series is questionable in the opinion of many for a non-overclocker, but I really just wanted stability, high speed, and reasonable temps, so it seemed like a good fit for me. And it has lived up to this, though for...

Thanks for the help in my other thread - as requested, benchies run: Intel 3960X @ Stock (3.3 GHz w/ Turbo to 3.9) Pack (HyperThreading OFF) 23473733 4179871 24375160 4179871 28787967 4179871 11951906 4179871 11931116 4179871 11918393 4179871 11934219 4179871 11941666 4179871...

Thanks! If I'm reading you right, the IHS (Intel Heat Spreader?) is the metal cover over the chip, which I'm definitely not comfy trying to remove, so there's nothing I can really do, correct? It just falls into some chips have higher/lower properties (heat, voltage, etc.) than others...

Also, Raghar, let me know what version of that benchie I should run for ya and if you want me to turn off HyperThreading (via the BIOS?) first.

Intel's ARK lists the voltage range for this part at 0.6V-1.35V, so I appear to be within that range. Or are you saying at stock it shouldn't be using that much and can use less? Keep in mind this is part of their Extreme line, and when I say full load, that means at constant Turbo mode...

Core voltage is reading at 1.312 at full load according to CPU-Z. Thanks! And I will try to run that benchmark in a bit.

So I installed a new cooler tonight (Corsair H80i), which is the biggest my case will fit, and my temps are much improved. Folding at 100% with fans set to maximum gets me down into the low 60's. With fans on Quiet, I do hit 75C on a few cores, but it seems to max out there, which is MUCH...

I have the P9X79 Pro (which may or may not be the same board as you...I'm not sure if you have a typo or a different board) and from my experience, not all USB 2.0 devices like USB 3.0 ports and work much better plugged into USB 2.0. Have you for certain tried the camera in a USB 2.0 port...