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No dice. I can't seem to get this to work at all. I am wondering if the Realtek chip is to blame and there is some sort of licensing issue going on. It is the ALC1220. The Realtek Audio Console allows me to make certain equalization adjustments, so that at least tells me that the signal...

Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification.

Regarding the optical, I read that the Windows 10 test tunes are just using simple DD or DTS files that have already been encoded. Isn't DD+ and DTS Live (or whatever they are called), real-time encoding of stereo signals that are then "decoded" by whatever receiver you are using? I keep...

OMG. At the office right now, but if this is the solution, I will punch myself a few times as penance. Will check at home tonight.

So, I am not sure if I am doing something wrong here. I have the Gigabyte z690 Gaming X DDR4 board. I know this is a budget board from last year, so maybe it is just not supported, but I cannot get 5.1 out from either the S/PDIF on the board, or when using the USB DAC/AMP (I have a...

Thanks. I will adjust the settings in game.

Hi All. So, this might be a dumb question, but I don't know the answer. I have the Soundblaster X G6 dac/amp combo connected via USB. I run headphones for gaming. I have the G6 set to 5.1 for the virtualization mixer. When given the options in game, do I set the in-game options to stereo...

This needs to happen, as I would pay for it.

Thanks for the input everyone. Going to take up the suggestions here.

Hoping maybe someone can offer up some suggestions. Haven't played multi-player against random folks in years (like late 90s to early 2000s). Looking for a FPS game that I can just get online with my buddies and frag away. Similar to Duke or Quake back in the day. I am not interested in...

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I appreciate the suggestions. Looking at all of these now. RGB and tempered glass has sort of grown on me over the years. It seems that with each case, I find one flaw that prevents me from pulling the trigger.

I have the Coolermaster HAFx. Been using it since 2011 (blue led version). Has housed a few different builds. I am looking for something new and have sort of narrowed it down to: Coolermaster H500M, Corsair 500D rgb, or the Corsair 680x. Each one of the above has advantages and...

Quick question: the 3415 is marketed by Dell as "UltraSharp" and mine is very crisp and clear for text. How is the 3418DW for general office work: text, internet, email, etc.?

Thanks for the responses. I might just order the Alienware and see if the extra refresh rate is worth it to me.

How do you like the additional refresh rate? I am in the same position as you, sort of. I have the 34" Dell 3415, bought in December 2015 (very nice but 60hz). I cannot decide between the Alienware 3418DW, so as to take advantage of gsync, or the larger U3818DW. So, I can go the larger...

Just in case anyone else is ever looking for this esoteric topic, I posted the same question on the ROG forums and apparently there is no solution.

Hi All. I am not the most educated on this subject, so please excuse any technical errors in advance. I have the Ranger VIII from ASUS and use the onboard sound to a 5.1 powered set up. I do not use headphones. The onboard is the SupremeFX and uses a ESS ES9023P dac. The drivers are a...

Funny story about that. Turns out that after Win 10 Build 14393 the SupremeFX drivers from ASUS do not support DTS Connect. When this went down, the ROG boards were full of angry MB customers, yet, as far as I know this has never been resolved. Someone determined that an older SupremeFX...

I could never get the surround sound to work over optical in Witcher 3. I have the z906 from logitech, so there is a direct connection from the motherboard to the "mini AVR" and it is supposed to "decode" either a dolby digital or DTS signal. I have an ASUS board with the SupremeFX, but I was...

Anyone have any experience with these: https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-GAME-Gaming-Headset-Black/dp/B00KNPYAEY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1531227989&sr=8-3&keywords=sennheiser%2Bgame%2Bzero&th=1 $150; closed back; microphone; wired; 50 ohm (if I am reading the specs correctly).

Out of curiosity, what Sennheiser model would you recommend? I have an old gaming set from many years ago, but am looking to upgrade and have seen mixed reviews. Say a budget of $150 give or take.

For what it is worth, I use 5.1 surround with 5 discrete speakers and a sub; although I think I am in the vast minority. I do watch movies on my rig but it is my secondary source for that. I do have a gaming Sennheiser headset for when the family needs quiet, but I prefer the 5.1 setup.

Ugh. I need to invest in a nice pair of headphones......

Why is that? Am I the only one who games with 5.1 speakers? For example, my wife and I just finished Witcher 3 and the surround sound was a fantastic component of the game-play experience. Also, I watch movies and the like in 5.1 and would not want to watch them with headphones. Am I in...

I ran into this problem as well. While Windows 10 seems to be the main issue, I think (although please don't hold me to this) that ASUS is the culprit. In researching message boards, other manufacturers have released drivers to bring back the DTS Connect functionality that was lost in a recent...

Amen to this. I have found the same issue on my Z906 set up. Frankly, I seem to notice this latency even in regular analog 2 channel stereo, such as YouTube videos and the like. Not as bad as 500ms, but the sound does seem just a hair out of sync. Happens in both optical and analog and I am...

While I have not purchased a physical PC game in many years, I do wax nostalgic for the old mall PC gaming store. Shelves and shelves of PC games enclosed in brightly-hued box art. Walden Books used to have a whole section in the back with shelves for C64, Atari ST, Apple, IBM, Amiga, etc...

Thanks for the reply. There seems to be an ongoing issue right now with the ASUS ROG line and the Realtek audio with respect to DTS Connect and Windows 10. ASUS has yet to offer a solution and I have read on the ROG boards some of the posts where buyers are mad because the latest audio drivers...

Pardon my ignorance here, as I am not an expert on this issue, and I appreciate your response. Isn't that what DTS Connect and/or Dolby Digital Live are supposed to do? Real time encoding into a digital signal that can then be decoded by the Z906? The Realtek chip has DTS Connect (or at least...

No audiophile here, so take this with a grain of salt. I have the SupremeFX on a Maximus Ranger VIII board. I have both analog and TOSLINK hooked to the Logitech Z906 system. When I use the digital out, the Realtek audio manager has equalizer settings for the digital out. So, there must be...

My $0.02: I am a regular reasonably tech savy person, but no audiophile by any stretch of the imagination. This thread caught my attention because I have a very similar setup. I am using an onboard Realtek audio on an ASUS ROG Maximus Ranger VIII board. It has both analog and digital optical...

I will add this: EVGA has been an absolute pleasure to deal with on this. Sure, it stinks that the PSU went bad (at least, that appears to be the problem thus far - keeping fingers crossed), but it was very easy to get in touch with a live person and no real run-around.

I did check the voltages and never saw anything out of the ordinary. The system seemed perfectly fine until a sudden power loss for the whole system and then just that quick, it would begin to restart. I hooked up an older PSU and everything ran stable. Played some games and ran Unigine for...

Thank you for your help, Tsumi. I am hoping it is not a motherboard problem. I will swap the PSU and report back (I still have the older one from my prior build around here somewhere).

Hello everyone. I have been experiencing relatively random power loss. The system posts fine and boots to windows 10 fine and then at random times I get a millisecond power loss where the system turns off and then reboots. Very fast. Like a click, I can hear the relay (I think) tripping and...

Thanks for the reply. Anyone know of an Edge plug-in (if they are even called that anymore) to allow full-screen playback for Netflix?

Hi everyone. Not sure if this is the right sub-forum, but here it goes: Running Windows 10 and 980 GTX. When playing Netflix movies in the MS Edge browser, the full screen option does not scale to full screen. I have the 34" Dell 3415 with resolution of 3440 x 1440. I believe that...

Thank you. I will check when I get home. As I sit here at work, I want to say it was the retail version of Windows 7 with up to 3 installs, but I cannot be sure.

Thank you for the replies. It is not OEM, but rather, a custom build through parts ordered on Newegg. I also purchased the Windows 7 DVD during this build (back in 2011) and used that to install the OS. I do not believe I have ever used that key a second time. This might be my situation...

Yes. Because I won't be using the old box any longer, so I didn't know if this path was part of the "free" upgrade. Seems strange that I can get a free copy of Windows 10 on a machine I don't want, but must pay for a new license on a machine I do want (particularly because I will not be using...