Recent content by AsterFaster

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    Motherboard bottle neck?

    Just adding an update, pulling the second card out and running everything through the 1070 did seem to help a little. Definitely noticeable. Thanks for your help.
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    Internal sound card to external audio adapter via optical?

    I just bought a Focusrite 6i6 Scarlett external USB audio adapter to replace my Omega Claro II sound card. I want some external input options for pro mics. But I noticed that both devices have optical input/outputs. Would there be any benefit sound-wise, to reduce latency or CPU load-wise to...
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    Motherboard bottle neck?

    I'll give this amazingly simple solution a try and report back. If it doesn't help enough do you think that a motherboard/CPU would show a big difference over my existing setup?
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    Motherboard bottle neck?

    Thanks so much for the reply Tradesman1. I have the cards in opposite PCI E slots which I thought allowed the main slot to run x16. The last slot runs x4 but I really only need the main monitor to run full speed. But you're saying that the 1070 can easily handle the load of multiple monitors...
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    Motherboard bottle neck?

    I was running three monitors until one monitor went bad. I might go back to three monitors or maybe one 34" and one of the old 24" monitors.
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    Motherboard bottle neck?

    Hi Tom's Community. I've been reading this forum for years and always seem to get my answers. It's a great web resource. But I have one particular problem that I can't solve and it might require spending a lot to solve. I have a pretty beefy computer that I've built up over the past year and a...