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this is sad to see, honestly it was a nice quasi-open application thats going to be eclipsed by closed/proprietary goo wrt newer releases, I had no issues with FO3 (and therefore I would suspect New Vegas should probably work), but thats the newest title I've tried it with (so no idea for...

this is a limitation of the games you're playing, most of them aren't designed to not have fullscreen/focus constantly (and some of them will just straight out crash if they lose focus) - you cannot (at least on a Windows box) have >1 application in focus at once a few games have built-in...

while you are correct this thread is nearly a year old :eek:

displayport has >2x more bandwidth than DL DVI last time I checked OP: if you have either two graphics adapters or one of the Radeon HD 5--- series boards, what you've outlined will work, you just need an (active) DP to DVI adapter will work just fine at 120hz, no reason it shouldn't...

either is generally fine 1920x1080 on a 22" is roughly the same pixel density/pitch as a 30" WQXGA or a 20" UXGA 1680x1050 is considerably "larger" pixels, again, not really a problem, roughly similar pixel density/pitch to 17" SXGA or 24" WUXGA see above. really I'm not sure why with...

read what the pinouts actually route to, and consider that all of the jack sense stuff is controller-side, the audio is still on the same pins with correct phase - if jack sense doesn't line up for you just cut it out and go with that or find a front panel bay that does what you want, if you...

those big Mc amps are ridiculous (ignoring the power draw, they also take up a ton of space and weigh quite a bit) and Class D isn't always cheaper/smaller, its started to take off on at the higher end (Pioneer, Rotel, etc) again, I agree with what you've posted

I was responding to multiple posters there, quite civil imho sorry if it didn't seem that way Essence ST/STX perhaps? (make your own thread and you'll get a lot more replies, at least I'm fairly sure you will)

positive experiences here, only thing I've ever had an issue with is not getting user manuals sometimes - Google is your friend (I've ordered mobos recert'd)

correct me if I'm wrong, but 4870X2's are nearly impossible to find brand new; not to mention that they use something like 280W under full load (considerably more than the GTX 285) HD 5850 would be a better choice as shiro said, if thats too expensive, 5750 or 5770 are good options as well...

GPU scaling options don't help?

THG determined that you need some sort of fan/cooling for the LCD panel or it'll overheat and get blotchy after a few minutes (OHP's get hot (ok lemme restate that: anything with a >200W lightbulb gets hot))

if your motherboard supports it, 2x GTX 275 will be roughly equivalent to a GTX 295 probably equally expensive though you could also get into Tri-SLI configs with GTS 250, 260, or GTX 275 again, expensive, power hungry, etc; and motherboard support required

iirc GTX 280 has a relatively thin metal plate on the back that contacts the memory, and provides minimal cooling since I doubt you can mount that + your waterblock, I would go ahead and put some ramsinks on; they can't hurt and lower temps always helps (something like every 10* C decrease...

if I'm understanding you right, you're asking how it works if you purchase two DSM1's and want stereo output? theres a configuration switch on the DSM1 that sets which channel its supposed to be, you simply daisy chain the DSM1's together and put your computer's output on the input side of...

I went into UserCP and deleted most of the subscribed threads it stores (on a side note, where is "auto subscribe" feature located, to disable) simply to clean things up. Logged out, logged back in, and everything re-appeared as subscribed. What?

I agree with you. I'm not saying tubes are "bad", simply inefficient compared to more modern equipment 1-3W by itself probably isn't all that unrealistic for "average" speakers (I know my speakers would be fine with 3Wpc :cool:) - its just that in this case that 3W is at or near clipping in...

generally speaking the GTX 295 is one of the fastest cards made and would be right up there with the 5870, 4870X2, and GTX 285; however the entire GeForce 2-- series its about to get replaced so if thats what you really want, wait it out is my best advice I have read some posts regarding a 3D...

fairly sure this is correct; I say fairly because theres probably some way (with quite a bit of modification/voodoo) to get the sub making noise without its control box but I really would consider such modification to be quite specialized ("extreme" DIY if you will) but right out of the...

my point is, as I've stated a couple of times positive experiences aren't possible, but the consistent problems that users experience don't seem to be going away; thats bad perhaps my choice of words was somewhat, blunt; I do apologize

oh no problem :) I don't mean to make onboard sound as "always as good", just like a soundcard isn't "always better", but on the whole a high end mainboard will have some pretty decent kit built-in and since OP is mentioning 300 euro soundcards (which is like $410 US right now), I'm...

oh yeah, can't access that (sorry, I'm not a member of that forum, guess they require that to view posts?) group-kits can sometimes be a good thing, sometimes not, really depends on whats being sold and for how much $275 for a 1920x1200 panel and controller may not be a bad deal, if...

you mean 3D Vision? nVision is their tradeshow/dev conference 1. I have no idea, probably not though 2. Define worthwile, as far as support it doesn't require explicit patches/software to run (see below) 3. Yes it will be a performance downgrade, your 4870X2 is faster than the 5870...

didn't you review this in a thread a while back? or am I thinking of someone else? :confused:

ok.

1080p projectors are around $1000, and 720p can be had for less $50 is unbeatable though as far as using a laptop monitor, probably far more than $350 for 1080p, sadly

1% THD at 3W?! yeah, no. as far as efficiency, it has other advantages for example saving power which is generally considered "good" and how'd you get a picture of my car man? :p

must log in, sorry, not an anand member (:confused:) +1 so you can make a 1080p projector for $200 or less? if so, go for it otherwise, 450 is right

this thread went from ??? to WTH in no time flat :eek: OP: sorry to hear you've got a borked monitor, happens with age but hey, you could try this: http://www.afrotechmods.com/reallycheap/Jacob/jacob.htm

car audio :( M-Audio makes a sub for their speakers, or you can purchase an HT sub and wire it in (look at Hsu, Polk, Dayton, Klipsch/Mirage, etc)

it usually is with expensive boards, thats kind of how it trickles down look at some of the MSI, Asus, Intel Extreme, and eVGA boards with premium onboard audio, features wise they're usually 1:1 with your Striker aside from DTS tech, and are posting 108-115 dB SNRs and equally low noise...

theres lots of options for ~$50 Logitech, Altec Lansing, and Creative will be the most popular have a look and see what you can find

as a side note, I just realized this is an LED backlit display that uses more power on average than either of my CFL backlit LCDs can draw at peak...thats not a good thing I don't think

if you're going to do 1080p, just buy an actual 1080p monitor and rip it up, the controller boards for project 1080p displays are like $600+/ea (yes DIY LCDs are totally overpriced garbage, sadly that is what DIY has come to mean in recent years) but you'll need a very large OHP deck, or a...

if the cable was poorly shielded and picking up interference (you'd be amazed how much "crap" is in the air around you) it could lead to problems, as Elledan said just a random question, you hit degauss on this thing?

Vizio wants $400 for that thing on their website, you sure $300 is accurate? honestly for the price, its interesting, but seems a bit high (the fact that its a TV probably has something to do with this, thats a lot of extra baggage to pay for) for around that money I'm pretty sure you can...

you have to buy a separate controller for the laptop screen, they're a few hundred bucks, for that resolution I wouldn't consider it worth it the 15" monitor you can strip apart (if you're a ninja and don't break anything) and just use as is, VGA input or whatever else it has + your overhead...

but the Klipsch iFi actually looked good is the thing :p OP: don't take youtube videos as a way to judge a speaker set, theres so many issues with that its not even funny I second (or third or whatever) the AV40's - they're nice speakers the BX8's are nicer, but cost a bit more if you...

SLI Multi-OS, ridiculous AA levels, full acceleration in DCC apps before most consumer hardware has it (usually), bulletproof tech support, SDI (if I ever could come up with an actual reason for that one aside for supporting a $20,000 20" TV or $100,000 beta deck), genlock for building the...

I would say yes just from a somewhat "primitive" example: say you have XYZ CPU thats got N-cores and is the "limit" of technology at release, its already going to be an SMP as far as software is concerned, so if you have software that takes advantage of that, it doesn't care what the...