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PC brehs..

if date for ASUS rebate is 10/01/13 - 10/31/13
does that mean they have to receive my rebate form by then? or does my forms need to be dated and sent out during that time frame? (meaning they get their hands on it sometime in November (assuming I sent it out today)
 

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brehs. finished my computer about 2 hours ago. I'm on it right now. bytch is fast as fukk. I mean restarting and being back at my desktop in 11 seconds. Its stupid. Got drivers and what not downloaded and i have some anti-virus as well. any recommendations? Downloaded steam and got some of my old games re downloaded. Downloaded the Grid 2 demo and threw everything on Ultra. It was pretty as fukk. Didn't expect that. I need to get a controller. Prolly just gonna cop a 360 controller and spend some dough on some games tomorrow. shyts about to get so real.

Plus I can do homework on this big ass screen. I fukk with it.
 
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I've decided that Black Friday money that I want to spend will be towards a monitor or a three monitor setup. I haven't decided which though leaning towards the three monitor setup. Point me in the right direction brehs.
I think I'm the only one that does 3 monitors on here. fukking do that shyt asap. It will change your opinion of gaming forever. shyt is unbelievable :wow:

You better be SLIing that shyt though breh :mjpls:
 

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brehs. finished my computer about 2 hours ago. I'm on it right now. bytch is fast as fukk. I mean restarting and being back at my desktop in 11 seconds. Its stupid. Got drivers and what not downloaded and i have some anti-virus as well. any recommendations? Downloaded steam and got some of my old games re downloaded. Downloaded the Dirt 2 demo and threw everything on Ultra. It was pretty as fukk. Didn't expect that. I need to get a controller. Prolly just gonna cop a 360 controller and spend some dough on some games tomorrow. shyts about to get so real.

Plus I can do homework on this big ass screen. I fukk with it.


get a program that allows you to control fan speed on your GPU.
i've got EVGA precision, i also use to to overclock and see my frame rate while in game.
it also monitors GPU temps.
 

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brehs. finished my computer about 2 hours ago. I'm on it right now. bytch is fast as fukk. I mean restarting and being back at my desktop in 11 seconds. Its stupid. Got drivers and what not downloaded and i have some anti-virus as well. any recommendations? Downloaded steam and got some of my old games re downloaded. Downloaded the Dirt 2 demo and threw everything on Ultra. It was pretty as fukk. Didn't expect that. I need to get a controller. Prolly just gonna cop a 360 controller and spend some dough on some games tomorrow. shyts about to get so real.

Plus I can do homework on this big ass screen. I fukk with it.

Make sure you keep an eye on humble bundles. Just Google it.

Slickdeals and reddit video game deals are a must follow as well.

I use a 360 controller on there too. I will upgrade to the xbox one controller when they release the drivers next year.

Make sure you go to ninite.com and you can download and install all the programs you need in a few clicks.

What OS are you using? Windows 8.1?
 

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get a program that allows you to control fan speed on your GPU.
i've got EVGA precision, i also use to to overclock and see my frame rate while in game.
it also monitors GPU temps.
y'all be overclocking GPUs like that. my processor is set to 4.2 GHz constantly when its supposed to be 3.4 GHz but I've never overclocked the GPU.
 

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y'all be overclocking GPUs like that. my processor is set to 4.2 GHz constantly when its supposed to be 3.4 GHz but I've never overclocked the GPU.

sometimes i bump the power target up to 105% but other than that i leave it at stock.
 

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Make sure you keep an eye on humble bundles. Just Google it.

Slickdeals and reddit video game deals are a must follow as well.

I use a 360 controller on there too. I will upgrade to the xbox one controller when they release the drivers next year.

Make sure you go to ninite.com and you can download and install all the programs you need in a few clicks.

What OS are you using? Windows 8.1?
I got a wired 360 controller on my PC that's just dedicated for it. don't know if i'll ever use the XBO controller on it.
 

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Just found a very useful program lets you create shortcuts that switch your default audio device in one click.
EndPointController.exe

http://www.daveamenta.com/download/AudioEndPointController.zip

i have 4 different setups on one pc.
a soundbar on my TV (for nights not to bother neighbors) via HDMI from PC
a av receiver with 5.1 plugged up to the computer with optical out
my LG TV speakers
my headphones

that program lets me switch between them all with out digging into windows menus.
 

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Just found a very useful program lets you create shortcuts that switch your default audio device in one click.
EndPointController.exe

http://www.daveamenta.com/download/AudioEndPointController.zip

i have 4 different setups on one pc.
a soundbar on my TV (for nights not to bother neighbors) via HDMI from PC
a av receiver with 5.1 plugged up to the computer with optical out
my LG TV speakers
my headphones

that program lets me switch between them all with out digging into windows menus.

Can it change it on the fly while you're in a game? I can't stand loading up a game only to have to quit it because I forgot to change the audio device.
 

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Can it change it on the fly while you're in a game? I can't stand loading up a game only to have to quit it because I forgot to change the audio device.
requires desktop access. its basically just a command line script. maybe if you got a second monitor you could put it on that.
 

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Make sure you keep an eye on humble bundles. Just Google it.

Slickdeals and reddit video game deals are a must follow as well.

I use a 360 controller on there too. I will upgrade to the xbox one controller when they release the drivers next year.

Make sure you go to ninite.com and you can download and install all the programs you need in a few clicks.

What OS are you using? Windows 8.1?
Nah, I'm using 7. 8 looked a bit clunky too me. Is 8 going to be better for games in the long run? At that can you run it sight or whatever I'm pretty much good to go max on anything but BF4 said it recommended Windows 8. So...yeah

And ill keep an eye out on those humble deals. Always saw those fukkers and wished I could get in on it
 

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Nah, I'm using 7. 8 looked a bit clunky too me. Is 8 going to be better for games in the long run? At that can you run it sight or whatever I'm pretty much good to go max on anything but BF4 said it recommended Windows 8. So...yeah

And ill keep an eye out on those humble deals. Always saw those fukkers and wished I could get in on it


Honestly, screw the start menu/RT hate. Windows 8.1 is a beast of an OS. Extremely efficient in using resources of the computer. I get the start menu hate but the actual operating system is a vast improvement of windows 7. Only minor driver issues I have had to deal with is the only negative thing I can say, but those will get fixed quickly. A couple already have.
 

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brehs. finished my computer about 2 hours ago. I'm on it right now. bytch is fast as fukk. I mean restarting and being back at my desktop in 11 seconds. Its stupid. Got drivers and what not downloaded and i have some anti-virus as well. any recommendations? Downloaded steam and got some of my old games re downloaded. Downloaded the Dirt 2 demo and threw everything on Ultra. It was pretty as fukk. Didn't expect that. I need to get a controller. Prolly just gonna cop a 360 controller and spend some dough on some games tomorrow. shyts about to get so real.

Plus I can do homework on this big ass screen. I fukk with it.
Sweetfx. It improves your image considerably especially the lumasharpen tool.
MSI afterburner to monitor your temps and gpu usage.
HWMonitor is another good monitoring program.
Rivaturner comes with a tool called D3Doverrider. If you get games that are screen tearing or whatnot use that tool and cut on Vsync/triple buffering and see how it is to your liking. It's not a perfect solution but it sometimes gets the job done but that's all up to you. Some people can tolerate juddery gameplay whilst others barf at the thought of their games playing at 59fps.
 
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