flex wood wrote:Nope I'm running dvi and a 3.5mm from the monitor to my motherboard and have my headset plugged in on the front 3.5 mic and speaker headers.
I want to have audio for my game through both so when people come over they can hear things too.
Hm, and it's not auto-muting the rear output? Might check in the control panel, or reinstall the software if there's isn't one/etc. I've seen some setups (mostly laptops) where the generic Windows-supplied driver doesn't properly enable all features.
Well as far as I can tell I can only use one at a time so a splitter is looking to be my only option. I think I will just end up setting my team speak to use my headset as default and have windows default to my monitor for the time being.
This monitor is great though. Absolutely zero screen tearing. I just loaded up cs:go with fraps running and get 280fps and it runs super smooth.
The monitor is an Asus vg248qe. 1080, 1ms response time, 144hz and is rotatable (!) so down the line I can pick up another two and have an awesome setup.
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@Frag No offense, but if you say no offense before offending someone, it doesn't make it more nice.
Spoiler'd because it doesn't help the thread.
I didn't actually suggest an AMD GPU. It's just what he already had listed, and I guarantee you XFX support is better than MSI's when it comes to GPUs. Obviously, you can roll with various brands and have various experiences. I haven't personally owned an XFX card, which I said.
I didn't say AMD chips supported Hyper-threading, because, obviously, they can't. It's an Intel technology. I said that, running multiple applications across the CPU, can perform the same or better, with chips that are at the same price range.
Also, it's not an entirely fair comparison saying, "Intel 2009 vs AMD 2009 in 2014". There were architecture jumps (AMD was still using the Phenom's at that time). If Intel had changed from the i7 platform to something else, that 2009 Intel chip would also no longer suffice. It's about compatibility, not raw performance.
The main issue with AMD CPUs are that, most software is written to optimize on Intel platforms. If everyone is utilizing hyper-threading, and maximizing single core applications ... then, yeah, it's gonna run better on an Intel chip. But, I'm telling you, software design is moving towards what AMD designed. Intel's design is to maximize old techniques. Not saying Intel won't release new chips that do similar things, but they're milking this while they can.
The truth is, either manufacturer you choose currently will do more than what's needed, even for high demand games. The only real benefit for Intel is if you're shooting for i7s, and even then the benefit isn't while playing the game.
There are other components in the machine that will benefit from extra money FAR MORE than a CPU will, and it depends entirely on the budget of the machine.
flex wood wrote:Well as far as I can tell I can only use one at a time so a splitter is looking to be my only option. I think I will just end up setting my team speak to use my headset as default and have windows default to my monitor for the time being.
What audio device do you have and does it have a control panel to mess with?
For example, the older Realtek stuff (at least) has boxes to change this (can see here even though the base problem isn't the same). In that, you can turn off the jack detection, or even split audio between them.
Wow. Yea I have realtech I don't even know how I didn't think to mess with it, I've only been trying the windows sound settings. I'll go see if I can figure it out using that.
Thanks a ton Isiolia! I was able to get it working I'm not really sure what exactly I did but it works now. I had to disable the front headphone jack and change one setting in the advanced options.
noiseredux wrote:old: PNY Optima 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (I bought each stick separate though) new: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (came as a set)
I didn't even think to ask if they were clocked at different speeds. When you buy RAM make sure every single spec, except the size, matches. It's always better to buy a single set.
noiseredux wrote:Playing on your GBA/PSP you can be watching a movie/TV show/playing another RPG on your TV and then just look at the screen every once in a while
Usually faster memory can just clock down, use less aggressive timing, and so on, allowing it all to still work together.
The particular RAM you got seems to tout a plug-n-play system, so I'm not sure, but usually I'd assume the SPD data would run it at 1333 by default anyway. It'd be within spec for most Intel CPUs, where 1866 is (technically) overclocking.
Actually seems to be an issue w/ my mobo. I can get two 4gb PNY to run in single, or two Kingstons to run in single. But neither set will run in double, nor will it work if I put both sets in as four singles. Very odd.
Which set of slots are you using? Your manual (I think) seems to indicate that a single pair is supposed to go in the pair of slots I wouldn't have guessed.
