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You're delusional if you think I'd indulge you in your fantasy or that I even care what you think.

I have a 480 thats been gathering dust for a few years...I feel it's a waste and wouldn't mind giving it to someone who needs it. I'd prefer if It'd go to someone who'd use it for things other than (just) gaming; FAH, content creation for work or something.
I'll take photos when I get home...
I'm a bit miffed 'cause I gave my old build (haf case, 12GB ddr3, antec 1200 watt PSU+a 670 FTW EVGA FTW...my friend has a daughter in H.S., who does editing but can't afford a computer so I gave the mom+daughter the build (i7-920/rampage II MOBO)+non oem windows 7 ultimate...
That was more then a year ago and they haven't bothered to do shit with it.
So you can understand my reservation re: want the 480 GTX to go to someone who'll use it.
It's in excellent condition, never OC'd, box/stickers etc...needs a good home.
Again, I'm not asking for any $$$, I feel like an idiot as it's just hanging out in a closet.
Ty

Custom cables ~ SWAG factor though....
 
*which is why I built my own custom cable, because then, it's MY SWAG, and MINE alone....mwahahahaha.....

I've never been to any-kind of car racing event. Fer me that makes the subject interesting. From a "photo" pov, I'd like to see some of the elements close-up...I can only imagine at this point your ears are exploding! 7/10
Here's a few taken on a 1.6x cropped canon. The last one with all the graves is really old, taken on a 2 megapixel camera. I put that there not cause I think it's good photo-wise, the subj. matter is just nuts. It's from the Philippines. 2nd largest graveyard for US soldiers (+ Filipinos who fought alongside 'em) in the world. Fer some history look up Japanese Occupation of Manila during WWII+death march of Bataan+Malinta Tunnel/Battle of Corregidor.

Dragged this out. Man, there was a 150 baud modem, cassette software player, two floppies. Dunno? Lost forever.
Specs: 6502 CPU running at a speedy 1.X MHz, 4Kilobytes of ram.
Goddamnit. I've hated apple since 1979.

Set the DAC as your default playback device and leave the other things alone.  It's not like a graphics card with onboard graphics, one doesn't cancel out the other.
 
Your recording devices and playback devices are two separate things.
 
 
You can have your sound card + onboard audio + dac amp all turned on at once, you can only use ONE as your default music / audio player.   Your mic is completely separate from all those things, as it has nothing to do with playback, it only deals with your recording devices.

^^ I absolutely LOVE the feel autumn. The colours look great too. 9/10
 
 
Clicked it yesterday with a Sony NEX-3 

Yep...couldn't imagine using an I-Thingy minus the jailbreak. The kinda-more-than stock sec features and slight O.C.+ a few other key apps have extended this I-Thingy 5 way past its dirtnap.
Essentials IMHO:
Firewall /w port/header control+built in Whois
diskpie
udid-faker
Location Faker
Speed-Boost
Speed Intensifier
Browser Changer
Screen Clip
Bridge
Everything downloader
Signal 2/Cell Tower info
Live Screen (mp4/mov) recorder
ifile
read any text format thingy
Torrents
Ability to use/import any song/video into eye-tunes
TV-out (all apps)
Everything anyone should be able to do with a 700$ gadget they payed for
Midi-Everything
Adjust dB(z) output strength of wi-fi transmit/receive
Activator
By-Pass goofy apple mail-FaceTime-twitter-vimeo "baked in" API/SDK crap
Bake Lasagna/Grill tacos
Plug in any PC USB keyboard, use other non-appl USB devices (like microphones)
Take control of ur own public/private keys, use openvpn over proxy
Blah blahs
This iPhone five was going to be my last less than dumb phone. Not so hip on ze phone taking my vitals.
The firewall shows every port (trying) being accessed. It's a nightmare and nooooo, I'm not talking analytics. Egads.
Question: how's android compared to a well-jail broken I-thing re: having the capability to see where that CC# is headed?
I became a bit weary after receiving a 60k tab courtesy of the irs. It wasn't phone related, some putz "dug" my trash can.
Fortunately, the person(s) involved were busted.
Buuuut, aside from the sec stuff, there's a lot of handy-dandy things, mostly music related a jb'd iPhone can do well.
-my 2 centavos

I would do everything manually and completely forgo using AI Suite 3 for anything other than fan control. I'm at 1.29v 4.375GHz core 3.65 cache (125BCLK 3000MHz RAM).
1.31v is insane for 4.1GHz, which is why I never recommend auto-OC settings from any manufacturers "OC" software...it throws too much voltage for no reason other than guaranteeing stability, which isn't much of a guarantee when you're risking your CPU.
 
You should be able to get 4.1 stability ~1.25-1.27v, maybe even lower, I forgot where my voltage checkpoint was @4.1
 
If you want constant clock at 4.1 disable Intel Speed Stepping.

^ Love the idea. I will bring up just a little bit more  F number, decrease aperture to get more DOF. And i will bring little bit more contrast. 8/10
 

 
thinking by REPTlLE, on Flickr

@Victorious Secret
I like that image, nevertheless it feels a little distracting to me, the car is in focus, but some how the route wants me to find something at the end of the route.. If possible, i would delete the red mailbox, red always screams for attention. 
I give it a BIG 8/10

I honestly dont think anyone is ready for 4K yet. It requires so much horsepower to keep a good consistent frame rate across all games to have a good experience. maybe in a couple of years after the proccess node has shrinked a bit; we will be ready.

I hope each device comes with a free Geiger counter

drums 25 years, piano 30 years, bass and guitar 25 years. Singing (well, screaming) since 1990, singing since 1999
Whoops, I put 35 years for drums. Not that old!

Acer, Dell, HP and Acer might be biggest.
 
But to be honest they are all ultra-shit-tier when it comes to computers. Lenovo is only decent when it comes to laptops and even then they ballast you with tons of shitty bloatware.
 
This is like putting EA in the list of 'Biggest game Developers' and assuming they actually make the best games because they are the biggest.
 
Misinformation biasing people to defend shitty hardware
 
That was my rant

but asus is asus. why apple why 

Hmmm. Seems like we like similar games.
Day of the Tentacle. Laughed my ass off. Lucas-arts had a few years where they did no wrong. I really like turn based RPGs, no j/RPGs though, mythology/culturally relevant subtilizes don't translate well, some goofy stuff. I think I lost half a year of my life playing x-com. Planescape-Torment is probably one of (as I remember it) the deeper, intense RPGs I remember. I'll have to check out Divinity Original Sin...
As DLC goes for ME2-3, I forget how it goes- does one buy all the add ons then start as a new Shepard to get all the story out of the ME universe? Or is it play through, then DLC then play again? Also is their an AIO boxed edition /w all the DLC? I know patches are inevitable but I realllllly don't like interwebz background services mucking things up.
Duh! I just remembered, I did buy Witcher 2, it's still in the shink wrap somewhere (always had a thing, 1 game at a time).
The two main writers quit after ME3 correct?
Oh yeah- Kotor 1. That was the game which "re" gamed me after a decade+ of no gaming...it went like this:
Space Raiders->Atari 800->Ultima II, III and IV. PC->Ultima V, blade runner, other things...I think the big end was fallout 1 era. (Still one of my favorite opening/intros). I did do Sierra stuff...and early interplay. Out of this World, more action blew me away, I remember it was "the show off game", ppl would come over and woooo out "It's a frigging movie!".
I did notice when playing a bit of ME2, the cut scenes look clunky vis a vis the gameplay.
That was 100% idiocy...when ME1 came out and fox-news did a spot about "inter-species sex gaming for your kids". Best response from bio-guy: "uh. Anyone [on this panel] play the game?" "no". Heh.
The state of games now mirrors Hollywood...crazy budgets=transformers 6. Zero story.
Odd thing which should be happening soon (in a few years when gaming rig graphic-ability ~ parity with Hollywood/Real-time fx) is the reverse. Hollywood not making movies from games (done) but Hollywood taking lessons from the games.
Hopefully (?) The industry won't dupe that aspect...Call of Battle Field 10 etc.
Good touchstone for a all this is ye olde Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel.
I thought ME (Kotor too) would have Series-Franchise Novel "quality" writing but I was proven wrong...maybe no Hugo-Nebula material writing but- and I'd say this often- when someone would ask
"What's the best movie you've seen past few years?"
"Kotor...and Mass Effect"
"Huh? Missed those".
Fallout 1 being the iso-turn based masterpiece it was, didn't translate into "movie" experience but I gotta say, it's a huge accomplishment, after playing it thru having that epic-story immersion experience linger.
Hmmm....Divinity O Sin...
Heh heh

As the title suggest...
 
For me, I got 2 , barely enough(i keep my case side open).. How many fans does your system hog? Post away peeps..
 
 
Edit: Post fan size along with the nos if possible
 
 

Dragged this out. Man, there was a 150 baud modem, cassette software player, two floppies. Dunno? Lost forever.
Specs: 6502 CPU running at a speedy 1.X MHz, 4Kilobytes of ram.
Goddamnit. I've hated apple since 1979.

Apologies, missed it!

ASIO4ALL is the solution you're looking for.

My sincerest condolences...you do, however, exude the qualities of the rarified few, who make it through the awful thing...coming out a stronger, wiser person having had to endure and succeed the experience.
godspeed

7-9-14 USG "CCW" funded stats re: Murica/Guns:

Recent data pulled from .gov

A good room is the foundation of a great system. Placement also makes a huge difference.

One can dish out 5k, 10k, 15k for speakers BUT if the room has no acoustic treatment=waste of $$$. Using EQ to attenuate problematic frequencies is a Bandaid covering an axe wound. Depending on how shitty (or not) the shape/dimensions of the room are a few hundred bucks can do the job (lucky) or most likely you'll end up doing the 1:2 or 1:1- as in $2500 on speakers, $1000-2000 on treatment. $600 speakers in a well treated room will sound much better than $4000 speakers in a rectangular shaped room with a 10'> ceiling height. You can search the webs for blueprints to DIY some great stuff on the cheap.
For most of us, the big issue is controlling 100hz> the waves are so dang long, they hang in the corners (standing waves) and do terrible, unthinkable things to the low end.
1st reflections are easier/cheaper to deal with. That's the sound (freqs/hz) that comes outta the speaker, misses your ears, "hits" the surface behind you and is reflected back into your ear- despite the speediness of the phenomenon, your brain does register the same sound 2x (multiples actually) creating dropouts due to nutty phasing issues going on in a crappy room.
Frequencies that reflect can be calmed down with diffusion. Mid-High/High frequencies (1st reflection hz) are directional and can be treated on the cheap, unlike the low booming stuff, which needs absorption. Look up "1st reflection mirror sound test". You can use a hand mirror while sitting in front on ur speakers to see where the "bounce" (a small delay) happens on the wall/surface....and stick something diffusion-y there. 1 problem solved.
If people consider buying 5000$ monitors or 4x mega sli setups, $5000 doesn't seem way outta line here. Gearslutz is the best IMHO for audio stuff but I'm fairly confident I'm not alone in saying that some of those threads get really nasty and go on for years.
People round here seem much more willing to dole out advice in congenial manner. Minimum snubbing.