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Old October 8, 2009, 11:12 AM
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MSI today in conjunction with THX and Creative announced its new Big Bang gaming motherboard, the first ever to implement THX TruStudio PC with Creative EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 audio technology.Big Bang features QuantumWave audio processing, combining THX TruStudio PC with Creative EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 to deliver the most powerful and realistic gaming a... [ Read full article ]
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Old October 8, 2009, 11:26 AM
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Honestly, I think the Hydra chip in this board is more important than the THX onboard audio.
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Old October 8, 2009, 11:35 AM
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Lucid has yet to get their software running properly so I am guessing MSI is shying away from any claims in that area.
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Old October 8, 2009, 01:05 PM
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Yeah I agree. Not many people buy a board for it's sound quality, but if hydra in fact works that is a HUGE selling point.
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Old October 8, 2009, 01:30 PM
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IMO, they should have put the Hydra on an X58 board.
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IMO, they should have put the Hydra on an X58 board.
It is comming. Just wait. I know Im going to have to, and then? Then my UD5 gets replaced
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Old October 8, 2009, 02:54 PM
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I'm looking forward to the Hydra chip. Seems like this is the way parallel workload balance should have been. Give it another year and it'll replace many of the SLI and Crossfire profiles.
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Old October 8, 2009, 03:08 PM
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If that board is half what it's claiming to be, it will get me to upgrade to i5/i7.
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Old October 8, 2009, 04:19 PM
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Oh man, that is one nice looking board.

I'd hit that...
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Old October 8, 2009, 04:31 PM
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