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btw thanks for mentioning that the 70 inch Elite has a lot more FALD zones than the 60 inch, I would have thought the 60 inch model would be the one to go for otherwise

You say other advantages, but the only one you mentioned was FALD, which as Sancus already mentioned the Elite also has... I'm actually in fact a bit unsure about FALD, I've read and seen pics of the light halos it can form, but I guess a perfect TV will never exist. And having to wait for a...

Upscaling will never beat native resolution where each pixel from the source content is displayed on exactly 1 pixel on the panel, no ammount of scaling will give you that same result. So at that point I'm paying for a 4K panel that I will never gonna use for 4K content and get inferior image...

This. This is the kind of constructive post I wanted to see, not all those "get plasma" or "get 4k oled" or whatever posts that I had already specifically noted why I don't want. Why can't all of you be like that guy, and actually read what I'm actually asking before trying to post... ontopic...

Me: looking for old model high end TV from when they still had no smart features, I'm very aware they're no longer sold and I'm fine with getting an used old model, so please stop telling me what I already know and instead tell me about the old models from years ago from when TVs still had no...

Guys, stop repeating that I can't find what I'm looking for on the current market, I already know that, I'm asking about an old discontinued model that matches my criterias that I will then dig for on the used market. Like those "Sharp Elites" Sancus suggested, I'm gonna research them a bit...

I'm still not quite convinced in those, do they have the perfect image quality you would expect from a high end TV, with no blurring, ghosting, backlight bleed, glow etc., these are designed to serve a task where such issues would probably not be really a problem, so I feel a bit sceptical about...

I didn't say it has to be a new model, I'll be more than happy to hunt down an old model on ebay, if I knew it's the best.

Because 1080p content on 4K screen, contrary to popular belief, does not look quite as good as 1080p content on 1080p screen does.

I wanted to follow your advice and was on the lookout for a Pioneer Kuro KRP-500A , but I decided just now that I don't want neither an OLED nor a Plasma after all, they may have better blacks than LCD but I don't want to have to avoid displaying static images and logos to avoid burn-in. So I...

"get a monitor or an older TV" - I pretty much know Im gonna have to look for an older model, but the problem is I dont know which exactly. As for monitors, theres no monitors this large in 1080p.... well, seems Dell have a 55" 1080p monitor meant for conference rooms, but people say the image...

Hello guys, I'm looking for something that seems to be obscure enough that a few google searches weren't enough to help me find it. I want a TV, that is 1080p, not 4K, is as large as possible without 1080p looking too ugly from it being too large (I'm guessing the 40-50 inch range is as high as...

I don't quite remember to be honest, it was a while ago that I did my research. I remember that I did find a good reason to rule out x58, but I dont remember what that reason was... Gotta ask though, is there even any reason why I need X58 instead of P55? If I'm not mistaken gaming performance...

so, I take it even at 4ghz, Core 2 is still slower than the average Nehalem? In single threaded? Even though the Core 2 has more cache per core?

lol, 3800 at 1.25v? That's amazing, I thought my old E5300 I had back in the day was a good overclocker for being able to go 3.5ghz at 1.35v, and undervolt down to 0.9v stable at stock 2.6ghz, but this is on whole different level, looks like those xeons are definitely better binned

Yeah, I already mentioned "or their Xeon equivalents" when I mentioned the CPUs I'm interested in, that included the 771 Xeons as well. BTW isn't E5450 better than X5460? It's as fast as Q9650 but has only 80W TDP, I don't know if it's better binned or just undervolted by default, but that seems...

How does the 875K compare in single threaded performance to the i5-655K? The 655K has only 2 cores but is 32nm while the 875K is 45nm, the i5 is higher clocked by default and probably overclocks higher too? Also, are there any pre-2010 DX9 games that can use 4 cores?

Im doing a pretty specific build and not quite sure which CPU to pick for it. The build will be used exclusively for playing old 2001 to 2009 DX9 games under Windows XP and nothing other than that, at resolution of 1600x1200 @100Hz (CRT), using Evga GTX 285 FTW. The two motherboards I have my...

I read trough a long broadwell-c owner's thread in another forum and ended up with the information that support for those particular cpus is lacking in most motherboards, but looks like the Maximus VII line works great, no one had tried it with the Formula in particular but there were plenty of...

Not always correct though, most of the good PC games do allow you to set the FOV anyway you wish, so you can get a large 16:9 screen, sit close to it, and increase the FOV more than you normally would, and get more "scene real-estate" as you called it both horizontally and vertically. The...

Ok, it definitely won't be the Gigabyte Z97X SOC, it's obviously lower end than my current Z77X UP7, but I also noticed it has only 6 SATA ports which might end up not being quite enough, and even worse I just found out that many owners have been complaining that after a while it develops a bug...

Did some research, looks like the flagships for Z97 were: Asrock Z97 OC Formula Asus Z97 Deluxe Gigabyte Z97X SOC Force MSI Z97 XPower AC EVGA Z97 Classified So I guess the question is which of those is the very best. I would think probably the Gigabyte is considering that board seems to be a...

Nah, definitely not going Kaby Lake, Microsoft has stated they will not support Windows 7 on Kaby and Ryzen, meaning no windows updates. Remember this is for dedicated Win 7 PC for 2009-2016 games. So anything newer will be more suitable for the win 10 build I will do eventually. Also, i7-5775c...

Hello, Back in 2013 I had the choice of going for the older Ivy Bridge or the just released Haswell, and from looking at benchmarks showing that Haswell runs hotter and doesn't overclock as well I decided to go with the older Ivy. Bought i7-3770K and the absolute flagship Z77 board, the...

34" 21:9 is indeed a bit too low vertically, I'm used to 32" 16:9 and I really like the vertical size, I find it to be perfect, I don't want anything lower or anything higher, but I would certainly like something wider (without losing on the vertical size). That one 38" ultrawide LG fits the...

That's what I originally suggested, X-Fi in a WinXP PC for old games that take advantage of it, while the main PC used for newer games and music and stuff just use the onboard sound and connect a receiver or an external DAC or something of the sort. (And ideally an even older Win98SE PC with...

yeah, OBS is quite the pain to deal with... tell you what, rather than spending money on a new sound card, why don't you invest in a hardware video capture card instead :)

Yep, there's no replacement for an X-Fi other than another X-Fi :) You might as well take the chance and find one for PCI-E to future proof yourself as new motherboards are completely dropping the PCI slots now and going all-PCIE. An Auzen X-Fi Forte or Auzen X-Fi HomeTheater HD would be great...

Thing is though, CMSS-3D is not just virtual surround. I mean yes, it does that too, but it also has another functionality that SBX lacks - actual proper HRTF, which works in most DirectSound3D and OpenAL games, at least the ones that are coded properly. What's more, from my experience that...

if you're not in a hurry, there will be some 32" 1440p VA monitors with 144Hz 1ms and quantum dot backlighting by Samsung later this year, we dont know yet how good they would be, but I have my hopes up for them as Im looking for the same thing

What I did with my Auzen X-Fi Prelude is put it in a dedicated WinXP gaming PC that I use to play the games that can take advantage of it, and on my main PC that I use for newer games that dont really take advantage of EAX or CMSS3D. I just use the onboard realtek. I'd say probably the most...

the Auzen X-Fi Prelude is pretty much the best sound card for gaming, if you like older DS3D and OpenAL games that can utilize its EAX and CMSS-3D HRTF. If you like it because of those, any newer card will be a disappointment for you for sure.

I have absolutely no issue with the pixel density of the 32" 1080p TV I'm using as a monitor for several years now. I'm not noticing the individual pixels at all unless I glue my face to it. From my normal viewing distance (about a meter or so) image looks absolutely fine, and I like how...

NamelessPFG oh, that's... I hope my IBM P275 that I bought recently for my win98 pc (rebranded sony cpd-g520 basically) lasts long enough, it's pretty old already, and even after I lowered the g2 voltage in windas, it still looks very green when I turn it on, then after a few minutes when it...

If dark gray / black looks green on your FD Trinitron, perhaps it has the common overbrightness issue? That's easily fixable, if that's what it is.

actually Id say for a megawide, curved screen does make sense

^ those 2 samsung megawides sure are interesting, but if they made one thats as large as two 30" 1920x1200 side-by-side, with a 32:10 aspect and 3840x1200 rez... how large would that be, 60"? anyways, they would get an insta-buy from me.

If you have a Creative/Auzen X-Fi sound card, you can use CMSS-3D to clone the front speakers to the rear speakers for stereo media. You can also use X-Fi MB2 software with onboard audio the same way. If you don't own either of those already, You can use foobar2000 player for music, and media...

We don't know yet about date and price, but we do know its supposed to be this year. Here's a demonstration of what the pixel response is like on the samsung c24fg70, likely the new ones will be the same. Looks like it's acceptable at 60Hz and 144Hz, but a bit bad around 100Hz

Yes, the new samsungs are all VA panels with the new quantum dot backlighting tech, and Im not sure but I think they will support HDR as well. Pretty sure they will have no issues with IPS glow and backlight bleed (backlight bleed seems to be the major issue with the AU Optronic panels) and not...