True 5.1 headset recommendations

I'm no expert, I know in the old days people liked razer, so did you check out this one?

again keep in mind I'm no expert in sound at all.

Turtle Beach Ear Force DP11 Dolby Surround Sound Gaming Headset???

Are you using windows xp or vista? Because those are the two pc platforms that you have to have if you decide to buy the Sharktoon one.

Where does it say xp or vista? win7 is basically vista, so if it works on vista it should work on win7.

Did you install the drivers under xp compatibility mode?

Originally posted by DST4ME Where does it say xp or vista? win7 is basically vista, so if it works on vista it should work on win7.

Sharkoon X-Tatic True 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound Gaming Headset

Platform: Windows Vista / XP, PlayStation, PlayStation2, Xbox, Not Machine Specific, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Thanks Brandon but i was just showing DST4ME where it said Xp and Vista for the Sharktoon's. I'll probably look into the Astro A40's a little later on

Ok np, @hallowed they are now 149.99 without the mixamp, mixamp is a nice addition but the headphones alone is where its at. http://www.astrogaming.com/a40-headset-astro-edition

Yes they are the official MLG headsets

Edited by Brandon - 05 Mar 2013 at 12:17pm

Originally posted by hallowed The a40's are the official headset for mlg I think.They are great for gaming,but they are beyond my budget so dismissed them.$170.00 is the budget I'm putting towards a headset,have,have keyboard,and mouse to get as well. I'm sure the Sharkoon's have a newer driver that would allow them to be win7 compatible,as some of the reviews customers are using them with win7,could be compatibility mode.

If you are looking for a good solid keyboard i recommend getting one from Max Keyboard.

Originally posted by hallowed Ok will check them,never heard of them. I was leaning towards a mechanical corsair.

Well before i bought it i never heard of max keyboard before until i saw a few youtube videos of people reviewing the keyboard. After that i looked them up on facebook and decided to buy it and i absolutely love it. My first mechanical keyboard as well. They are fully mechanical and backlit. Depending on the the keyboard you can choose between blue, white, green, purple or orange. I chose the one that had the red backlit it was the Max Keyboard Durandal G1NL Red Backlit Keyboard. You can even customize the backlit of the keyboard to your liking if you choose to do so.

Edited by ArkansasWoman777 - 05 Mar 2013 at 12:50pm

Originally posted by ArkansasWoman777 Originally posted by DST4ME Where does it say xp or vista? win7 is basically vista, so if it works on vista it should work on win7. Sharkoon X-Tatic True 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound Gaming Headset Platform: Windows Vista / XP, PlayStation, PlayStation2, Xbox, Not Machine Specific, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Thx AW777, kept missing that lol

Instead of starting a new thread,I have been contemplating waiting on a monitor until the dell u3014 is available,I tend to like the 16:10 aspect ratio,but just found a dell 29inch ultra wide 2560x1980 monitor,same as having dual monitors basically.

For productivity I would benefit greatly from dual monitors,but would rather just have one large monitor,I read some reviews where games don't like that resolution though,as I will be gaming also.Some games play at that res,some don't,I don't like the picture quality when gaming on a monitor and scaling the res below the monitors native res,does anybody have any experience with an ultra wide monitor?Or any info when the u3014 will arrive?

I tried googling,but found no availability results.For now I am using an hpzrw 24"(16:10)ips monitor,and love it,great picture quality,colors,no ghosting.But makes having multiple apps in window mode so I can easily switch between them to small.

If I have both Modo on half the screen and photo shop on the other half,I can see them but would like them to be larger, switching between them in fullscreen is what i do now,just have what I am not using in the background and Alt+tab to the other and back,ect.

Its not much of a hassle,but if I have reference images in the view port and another reference image I check for different angles on half the screen I lose more screen realistate than I would like,something dual monitor setup would benefit from,but I really don't want multiple monitors,extra cables and takes more space than one large monitor,for now I found a decent solution using infranview so I can have a reference image and modo,blender,zbrush in full screen and the reference image I don't need all the time in infranview,and it does not go into the background,stays on top of the app I am using at the time,but is still a bit cumbersome.

Still usable solutions if the dell u3014 has an availability date,I can wait,or if the ultra wide 29" is a good option.The reviews that say the games they can't play on it do not specify if they are using the dvi-d cable or the dvi-I.I'm betting they are not using the dual link as I have seen the games they listed on dual monitors which would be the same res,but they are not answering if they are using the proper cable,so not taking a chance.

If it works with games with the proper cable I think it would be more beneficial for productivity reasons also,and its led which I like.

product name for the ultra wide

Dell UltraSharp U2913WM 29-inch Ultra Wide Monitor(opinions)

or wait for the u3014?

I read great things about using them for productivity,but mixed for gaming.It would be better to be able to see the monitors in person,but I live in the boonies so not an option lol.Do you have any links that has discussions using them for gaming,google is just giving specs lists and productivity articles(which all seem to be good for those purposes)

I mainly play fps

Checking your sig,do you do any folding at home by chance?

Does sli benefit for that or is it mainly cpu dependent?

thinking of doing some folding myself but don't knw where to start,if I remember right,evga forums has a link for a client to install,gotta find it.

If you do how well do you think a 3770k and 670-sli would do?Six core was not an option.

Thanks

Bookmarking the page and will download the client and join the team when my pc arrives,just got stage6.

I would be worried about temps trying it now with my laptop,core i7(quad) and 675m can get in the 75-80c range just playing farcry3,with a cooling pad under it.

yeah I'm not gonna attempt it with the laptop,I'm just gonna wait for my pc,I never heard of class 1 or 2 lag until now so thanks,been checking some footage of the ultra wide and not all games natviely support 21:9,but games that support surround and eyeinfinity do.

Theoretically the res could be forced in the games config.files I would think but I'm just waiting for the u3014,hoping it will be priced similarly to the u3011,I'm sure it will be a bit more,but not gonna bother if its $2k.The u3011 price should drop when the u3014 is available though,making it seem like a really good option.The only reason I'm not jumping on it now is the u3014 around the corner,even if its beyond my price range,I would feel odd if I got the 3011 now and the price drops in a month or so.

It would be nice to have the best of both worlds,a double wide monitor for productivity and class1 lag,the only other ultra wide monitor at that res I found was an lg,don't know what class it is.

I just don't care for the 27", its 30" for bust for me

BTW the Asus monitors are not as good as their dell counter part. I think they are class 2 lag also.

As Branson mentioned the price is gonna be around 1399/1499 and in a few months there is gonna be coupon or sale or something.


Below is the u3014 you can look at its specs(click on image) and etc, as I mentioned it just like the u2413 but bigger, also its in the UA so don't have a heart attack when you see the price:




Edited by DST4ME - 06 Mar 2013 at 12:19am