The most important question is, how much money are you willing to spend on everything? Reciever, headphones, etc.

NVIDIATI

i have logitech z906 speakers  however i want to step up pc audio in the following department. i also haveYamaha NS-SP1800BL 5.1-Channel Home Theater Speaker Systemthat I have not used yet.  I am also covered in the headphone department as i have sennheiser hd598, klipsch x10i, beyerdynamic dt 880, and a few other high end headphones.

1) i have 5.1 yamaha speakers that i want to use with a receiver with a pc. can anyone recommend a good 7.1 receiver? if the receiver has dolby headphone mode that would be good as well. i would like to spend under $300.  i have amazon prime and live in FL  (free shipping no tax hopefully i can stay under $300 or $350 at the most).  

1.5) I might buy 2 speakers for 7.1 sound, which speaskers would be good with the yamahas and do most pc games support 7.1 sound or hopw do you know if the game does.

2) from what i have been told is that hdmi will carry over your 1080p and full surround sound in one cable (gives better sound than optical or coaxial cables). here is my problem (a good problem) i use  dvi-d cable out of my gtx 680 for 2560 x 1600 gaming, with that set up what should i be connecting the pc to a receiver with for the the best sound?   should i go with optical, coaxial, can hdmi only do audio if you want, something else........?  sorry extremely confused.

3) would a sound card benefit me in my situation of wanting to use a receiver or is it useless?  what is a good sound card if i should get one (i used to use a claro plus card but it does not fit in my new motherboard. )

4) if i want excellent headphone sound for gaming and possibly videos, should i plug into the reciever, the pc, or buy a separate amp that plugs into the pc, or use a separate amp that plugs into the receiver?


thanks for your help

1. I used to know a great website for that. But it's been so long since I used it. I recommend searching on google for a metro save file.

2. Normally cloud saves happen automatically. Right click on a game in your steam list > properties > Under the tab 'updates' you will find a checkbox that will ask if you want saves stored in the cloud. You can uncheck that. It is checked automatically for each game.

3. Sure you can. Whenever I get a new PC I copy the 'my documents' folder. Most if not all of your saves are stored there.

Edit: oh and I've never turned off steam cloud sync but I think there is an option for that in steam. Go to the view tab > Settings > Cloud tab and uncheck steam cloud sync.

R4gn4r0k

1. i reinstalled steam on a fresh install of windows 7 and my old metro last light steam cloud save files are gone. where is a good source to get other peoples save game files for this game and other pc games (and  ps3 games). basically i need a completed save game file so that i can load the chapter that i got up to already.

2.  also how do you make sure your steam game save files are getting backed up in the cloud


3. is there a way to disable steam cloud forever and just back up yourself with an something like an extra hdd or your own cloud service like dropbox?


 thanks for your help.

simple breakdown as to why pc gaming dominates console gaming

Pc gaming:

• an endless amount of control options (soon Omni by Virtuix and Oculus Rift)
• cheap launch titles and cheap sales (significantly cheaper than console games)
• mods
• free multiplayer for most games
• true 1080p graphics, and graphics that can go way beyond 1080p
• a huge mmo market, if you are into that

console gaming current and future:

• a few good exclusive games

The combination of the Oculus Rift and Virtuix Omni will help PC gaming dominate console gaming as usual. 

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