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    AMD has better overall desktop picture quality. Just my thoughts

    Windows Vista and Windows 7 have built-in colour calibration In Windows 7, just enter the word calibrate to bring up a clickable link called Calibrate display color that opens a window called Display Color Calibration. For those of you who didnt know
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    Vega's Quad-SLI 3GB GTX580 sub-zero liquid cooled build

    WTF your building. Awesome rig. Can see theres a lot of hard work that went into that rig. Do you have your own powerstation in your backyard?
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    What is the difference between GPU and a "core" ?

    Its VliV4 thanks.
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    Is there a Ubuntu or Linux HTPC distro?

    I think your confused answer me this Q:How can I play DVDs in Windows Media Player? Then Windows 7 comes bundled with decoders for several video formats, including H.264 and Xvid. These decoders from Microsoft are used by default by most DirectShow application, including Windows Media...
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    Looking for a set of speakers with an optical input

    anyways http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121006&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10440897&PID=3067296&SID=
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    What's the status of onboard audio? (versus Creative X-Fi)

    Its funny the headsets comes with their own amps http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826705001&cm_re=gaming_headset-_-26-705-001-_-Product
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    XP Finally Loses the OS Crown

    Cant edit previous post
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    XP Finally Loses the OS Crown

    The Operating System MS tried so hard to kill. But does this mean over a half of those billion PCs got decent specs enough to run 7? I doubt that
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    House Votes to Undo Net Neutrality Rules

    ^+! there we go
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    Is The PC Winning the Gaming War?

    a) For 10 years, the arguments of the same console champion: 1) What is specialized on playing (console), to be better than less specialized (PC). This is for hardware (graphics etc.) are the same as for the quality of the software (game play, etc.). 2) No "use and function overhead...
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    House Votes to Undo Net Neutrality Rules

    To some extent net neutrality stands at the intersection of issues of competition, technology, economics, and the first amendment. To quote the four examples used in a leading textbook on computer networking: · Never put Iraq on a route starting at the Pentagon. · Do not transit the...
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    Sound Card: worth it for digital out?

    http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1599958
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    Is there a Ubuntu or Linux HTPC distro?

    Why not strip Windows XP down with Nlite? You can strip it down to 300mb with only the essential services that you need with drivers.
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    Memtest86+ Errors

    Did you run the tests inside windows or offline? Put it on manual then drop the ram speed lower
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    2600 vs 2600k

    No the Z68 chipset is coming out which enables overclocking and the enabling of the IGP. But it gets disabled once you use a discrete graphics solution. To be honest altough Intel made strides with their IGP its nowhere near the lower end discrete solutions of Amd and Nvidia yet
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    What is the difference between GPU and a "core" ?

    Amd and nvidia use different shaders or they count them differently. This is not precise but 5 of Amd shaders are more or less equal to Nvidias one. But that dont make it weaker. Its just a different setup they use. Nvidia uses a complex setup against Amds complex and simple shader setup...
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    2600 vs 2600k

    Whos going to buy a unlocked pc then dont use a discrete graphics solution?
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    On-board digital out...

    No. It will passed thru to your DAC on the receiver which got a better DAC than most sound cards. A CPU alone can handle sound better than the low budget soundcards hanging around newegg. The SQ will in the end depend on your speakers/ receiver relationship. Onboard jitter issues you need a...
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    What's the status of onboard audio? (versus Creative X-Fi)

    You are 100 percent correct. Seen my side of forum arguments over that issue. People getting advised soundcards just for gaming effects
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    What's the status of onboard audio? (versus Creative X-Fi)

    OP how about lossless sound via hdmi?
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    Looking for some good speakers.

    what will be driving the speakers? Budget?
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    Question on upgrading my speakers

    well its this upgrade or stick with your current or upgrade to 5.1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121122&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10440897&PID=3067296&SID= Its sold out. But really only upgrade you couldve made
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    New speakers or new sound card?

    OP sorry Im trying to catch up by reading through the post. Can you tell me what will be driving those speakers?
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    Sound Card HDMI Audio Out

    http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1029603 Hope it helps
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    On-board digital out...

    All Intel chipsets based on PCI Express bus – like i915 and i925 – support High Definition Audio. This standard provides two new features: multi-streaming, which allows more than one audio signal to be sent to a different audio device – for example, to watch a DVD on your...
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    Realtek or Windows 7 default

    KV files with DTS-MA audio give audio stutters/pops/crackles during playback This is a known problem with Haali Media Splitter. It is related to the way the file was created. The solution is to use a different source filter for .mkv files. The Gabest or Solveig splitter should work.
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    Realtek or Windows 7 default

    The 2.35 drivers are the stable ones supported in Klite Codec Pack due to the windows bug for 2.1 audio devices
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    Sound card with two simultaneous digital outputs?

    !. Why are your receiver running hot? Pulling Speakers a little out its range? 2. What GPU do you have? 3. Does your receiver have a hdmi input?
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    2600 vs 2600k

    When a single core is active, the chip can turbo up to 3.7GHz. If you want, you can change that turbo state to go as high as 4.1GHz. Overclocking these chips relies entirely on turbo however. In the case above, the fastest your chip will run is 4.1GHz but with only one core active. If you have...
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    What Video Card???

    Get the 1gb ver rather http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127557&cm_re=5450-_-14-127-557-_-Product
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