Your motherboard should have two front USB3 ports accessible through case front port header. Haswell's chipset supports 6 usb 3 ports natively, although your motherboard seems to have ditched two of those for ASmedia. It's quite likely that those front ports are native Intel. Lots of mid--priced z9...
Disabled the ASMedia USB and SATA ports in the BIOS. Embarrassed myself a little once I did, as it took me far to long to realize which USB ports on the rear I/O were the ones connected the ASMedia controller vs. Intel, and the 10 minutes of troubleshooting I did after disabling them and trying to f...
Nice catch. I just checked my restored system, and while the intel USB controller is using a MS driver dated from May this year, the ASMedia controller is using an ASMedia signed driver. Fairly certain when I was looking at them a couple days ago after the 1803 update, that controller was also using...
Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else has run into this and/or has an idea of how to solve it. My desktop has the following specs: Intel i7 4790k @ stock, Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac), 2x8GB Crucial DDR3 1600MHz, EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 Ever since Windows 10 has hit, I've run into the same situation each time...
... Yes, I looked at the pictures, and I also looked at a couple reviews quickly before passing my judgement. The wing tips look fine, and I'm actually impressed by the concept of wrapping them around and over top of my ears. But did you even read the one reason why I liked my Bose, and everything ...
I'm in the market for some new earbuds to use when I work out and go skiing because my current ones are on their way out, but I can't seem to find anything that meets my needs. Currently, I'm using a pair of Bose IE2 earbuds . Hands down, the best ear buds for my purposes. Good sound, they sit in pl...
So I have a Corsair HX850 that was purchased in 2009, and a Corsair HX750i I purchased in 2014, both having fully modular cables. I kept the cables that came with each separated, but now I can't remember with 100% certainty which set came with which PSU. Does anyone know if the cables are compatible...
And to finish things off, Gaming Nexus has their review of the Asus ROG Strix up now. They've also added a new graph, looking at component temperatures at a fix noise level . Interestingly, the ROG lead the pack here, where as the FTW3, even with it's over engineered cooler, was the least performant...
That's my point. Not the USD-CAD conversion, but that the CA store has priced the AORUS 1080 Ti the most expensive card by a wide margin. In the US store that same card has a "mere" $50 markup which puts it square in the middle of the pack (making it quite reasonable). Seems a little odd ...
Interesting. I completely forgot to look at warranty lengths. Didn't realize gigabyte was offering that extra year. As for the markups, they aren't that bad. 1USD = ~1.37CAD right now. Dollar to dollar, the FTW3 is offering a better exchange ( $779 USD = $1070 CAD vs. $1080 CAD ) compared to the Aur...
Gamer's Nexus has their EVGA GTX 1080 Ti review up now, doing direct compares against the SC2, as well as the other 1080Ti cards they've previously tested. They're definitely seeing a temperature drop based on the standard fan curves vs. the other cards, as well as higher OOTB performance. Unfortuna...
First set of proper side-by-side comparisons I've seen, comparing the EVGA SC2, MSI Gaming X , and Auros Xtreme: http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2890-evga-gtx-1080-ti-sc2-review-benchmark Quick summary: - Firestrike performance at stock had them listed in order of MSI, EVGA, Auros - The SC2 has...
Wait a second, are you pairing this with your 1920x1200 monitor(s)? Chances are you wouldn't even be able to tell the difference, in practice, between MOST of these cards. I'd get whatever has good clocks, good brand, and the best (for me) warranty. It would be going with the Dell's for now, but th...
IIRC, Pascal "boost" clocks are a loose term since the chip will oftentimes ramp itself far higher than advertised. The higher tier cards will have better coolers, but I'm not sure how much extra I'd spend as you're going up the stack. But heck, if you're already spending a grand, what's ...
Anyone know where some good round ups are of the custom 1080 Ti cards? Now that they are finally released, I've been thinking about going with either the EVGA SC2 or FTW3 , since they are the only proper double-width cards around, but I wanted to check out how they compare to some of the others that...
Well, in the end, it's only taken me about 3 weeks of back and forth for them to issue me an RMA. I wouldn't mind it if there was actually something functional done during that time, but for the first 2 weeks, there wasn't any additional information sent that wasn't included in my first contact. Now...
Edit: I should also add that I've not been terribly impressed with Gigabyte in general. After getting burned by QA issues and poor design choices on multiple brands over the years, I've become a bit of an ASUS fanboy. They're by no means perfect either, but they seem to have given me the least grie...
Ars, Tech Report, and Anand are all on my new list. Also headlining it are The Verge, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, and Engadget. In the case of the later two, it's really only when they have something different from the other sites that I read them. Otherwise if it's just repeated news that's been covered b...
Thanks guys, It's unfortunate that there doesn't appear to be any roundup "reviews" being done any more. A few one-offs here and there, but nothing directly comparing various brands on things like, cooling, value, aesthetics, etc. One thing that I'm really not understanding is how the GPU ...
So, with pricing and availability of 1080 cards coming back to Earth, and the new announcement of Gears of War 4 being bundled with the cards, I'm thinking it's time to upgrade from my GTX 760. However, I've been looking around, and I can't seem to find any good roundups for all the aftermarket card...
Looks like we're getting some new announcements and tech coming. http://techreport.com/news/30577/upcoming-samsung-cf791-is-a-high-contrast-freesync-ultrawide http://techreport.com/news/30595/three-eye-tracking-monitors-join-acer-predator-gaming-squad http://techreport.com/news/30590/lg-will-show-of...
Relatively simple question that'll probably lead to a lot of technical jargon / debate: With the new iPhone launch just around the corner, and the rumours of it leading to the impending doom of the headphone jack, I got myself thinking: If the point of removing the port from phones is because it's t...
The fact that nVidia is currently the dominant player in the discrete GPU market is precisely why they WON'T do as you're suggesting. Fixed That For You The fact that Intel is the overall leader in terms of units shipped in the desktop/laptop market, and AMD for the console market means that this f...
Sometimes I wonder if it even matters. With all content using lossy compression, fancy IQ stuff like HDR monitors seems kind of like polishing a turd to me. Even for stuff like games (which are rendered in real-time instead of compressed for storage/streamng), are you really gonna notice when you'r...
Oh here's another question: I've seen techs talking about 4:4:4, or like 4:4:2, but I have not clue what that means, and trying to google for it has been quite fruitless. I understand 8-bit and 10-bit color (256/1024 shades for each RGB respectively), but no clue how those relate to that 4:4:4 spec....
Thanks guys. Lots of good information. Looks like I'll probably just sit on things for a year, and see what happens. A few of my thoughts: Multi-monitor vs. Ultrawide: I'll still be keeping my current monitors around as second and third displays, so the best of both worlds there. That said, don't wa...
So I'm going to look into upgrading my system with a new GTX 1080 once supply issues settle down, and pricing gets back to MSRP levels (current system specs in sig). On top of the GTX, I'm also thinking of replacing / adding to my monitor collection. After reading the reviews for the last year or so...
Hi all, So I've been going around in circles for the past few months trying to think of what I can do without coming up with much of a solution, so I thought I'd come to the "experts" for some advice. Currently, I have my old gaming rig setup as my Plex Media Server. Core i7 870, 8GB RAM, ...
How about the Silverstone Sugo SG10 , then? Looks pretty good. However, there's a few concerns I'd have with it: 1) From this review , it doesn't look like it would really work to get the watercooler in there. 2) No airflow on the 3.5" drive bays, so the HDD would get pretty hot. 3) No airflow...