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Gigabyte GTX 570 (SLI) to Yamaha RV-367 AV Receiver - GTX 570 Card 1 DVI-D port is connected to Dell U2711 27" 2560x1440 Monitor - GTX 570 Card 1 HDMI port is connected to HDMI input of AV Receiver - No connections to GTX 570 Card 2 - AV Receiver HDMI Out is connected to HDMI input of Hisense HL81V68P 32" 1920x1080 HDTV To send HDMI audio to AV Receiver, go to Windows 7 sound properties and enable HDMI audio.

Last Friday the 13th, I finally joined the FX world. Impressions, so far: I need uber-fast CF or SD cards, stat! I'm currently using a Class 4 SD card and it's so slooooowww! It's like 15~20 seconds write time per image, ewww! I need to improve my hand-holding skill. 36MP easily shows blur at pixel level. Thank, God, all my FX & non-FX lenses focus good/sharp with this camera. None of the focus horror stories I've read in forums. However, Tokina 11-16 is not recognized as non-FX. The manual seems lacking so I got Tom Hogan's guide; digesting it now. So far, so good. Highly recommended. Images at ISO 6400 are very usable, insane! Having a USB 3.0 memory card reader is recommended. Looking at eBay now... I'll shoot RAW uncompressed (75MB/image).

Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II and Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 EX DG APO Macro HSM II 100% crop comparison at f2.8 Note: on tripod, VR off, and both at same settings (ISO/f/s/l). Also all images are straight out of Nikon D90. No post-processing. Reference images: 70mm 200mm Other reference images: Sigma at 200mm f2.8 Nikkor at 200mm f2.8 (VR Off) Conclusion: Nikkor's image quality justifies its almost 3x price compared to Sigma HSM II (well, 1.5x for build quality and 1.5x for image quality).

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K , $319.00 Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ CPU Cooler , $33.00 Motherboard: AsRock z68 Extreme4 , $215.00 Display: Dell U2711 , $764.15 Display Calibrator: Spyder3Pro , $160.00 GPU: 2x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 1280MB Overclocked V2 , $738.00 RAM: 2x G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 , $138.00 SSD: Crucial M4 SSD 64GB , $145.00 HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB WD10EALX , $65.00 ODD: LG CH10LS20 10X Blu-ray DVD Combo Drive , $75.00 Card Reader: Scythe Kama Reader 2 , $29.00 HDTV Tuner: Leadtek Winfast PxDVR3200 H PCIe , $64.00 PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 850W , $169.00 Case: CoolerMaster Storm Enforcer , $99.00 Extra Case Fan: CoolerMaster MegaFlow 200 , $35.00 Keyboard: Logitech Gaming Keyboard G510 , $75.00 Mouse: Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700 , $69.00 OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit with SP1 OEM , $105.00 USB DAC: FiiO E10 , $84.00 Headphone: Sennheiser HD 448 , $149.00 Speaker: Audioengine 2 (A2) , $268.00 Total: $3,7...

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For the past few months, I've been listening to my FLAC/320kbps MP3s using iTunes or Winamp (both at EQ flat), onboard mobo audio (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), and Audioengine 2 (bought a couple of weeks ago). And I was pretty contented. Then curiosity got hold of me and I bought a FiiO E10 desktop DAC yesterday ( I got bored the other day so I browsed thru various boards ...) People are saying the latest mobos nowadays have pretty decent audio chips that there's no need to add a dedicated soundcard or external DACs (entry-level types). Oh, how pretty wrong those people are! After a brainless FiiO E10 setup, Audioengine 2 and DAC are ready to go within 10 seconds. And the audio output is just awesome!!! It's like I got a brandnew set of ears! Mozarts, Dire Straits, Queen, Radiohead, Acoustic Alchemy, etc seem to come alive in our PC desk. I'm thinking now of taking a day off tomorrow.... too much songs to digest again!!! So if you're just using your mobo's onboa...