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    #6992
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    They're gaming headphone, plenty of battery life for that. There's a set in the office that claim over 35 hours battery life, but they're over 3 times the price.


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    #6993
    sniper_samurai
    Registered Users Posts: 7,524 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    First games getting boosted fps via MS detailed
    https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/02/17/making-backward-compatible-games-even-better-with-fps-boost

    New Super Luckys Tale
    UFC 4
    Far Cry 4
    Sniper Elite 4
    Watch Dogs 2


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    #6994
    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,235 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    sniper_samurai wrote: »
    First games getting boosted fps via MS detailed
    https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/02/17/making-backward-compatible-games-even-better-with-fps-boost

    New Super Luckys Tale
    UFC 4
    Far Cry 4
    Sniper Elite 4
    Watch Dogs 2

    I was looking at starting Watch Dogs 2 soon, so that's great.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dxJFCgkNws


    Watch Dogs 2 looks great, a locked 60fps. Shame they couldn't bump the res at the same time.


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    #6995
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    I replayed Watch Dogs 2 a few weeks ago on my Series X and it played way better than it did on the One X. I know it's not the same as in that video above but it still played better. I actually was so disappointed with it playing on the One X that I played it instead on PC.


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    #6996
    hots
    Registered Users Posts: 5,200 ✭✭✭hots


    Anyone with the controller issue unable to reconnect at all?


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    #6997
    hots
    Registered Users Posts: 5,200 ✭✭✭hots


    hots wrote: »
    Anyone with the controller issue unable to reconnect at all?

    Nvm needs a power cord out off& on.


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    #6998
    .E_C_K_S.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,147 ✭✭✭.E_C_K_S.


    Anyone else have an issue using an older Turtle beach headset (used with a Xbox one) with the new Series X controllers?

    I could hear the game fine but party chat volume was very low, could barely hear the lads in the party chat with me during the game itself.

    Did everything to try turn it up but ended up hooking up an Xbox one controller and using that instead. Very annoying as I would prefer to use the new controller.

    Is this a known issue?


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    #6999
    [Deleted User]
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    Calhoun wrote: »
    Anyone having intermittent issues with the controller just deciding it doesnt like being in a committed relationship with the series x and decided to disconnect itself?
    Vudgie wrote: »
    Does anyone else's controller regularly disconnect from the Series X. I have to unplug batteries and then unplug the console too to get it back.
    hots wrote: »
    Nvm needs a power cord out off& on.

    I've had issues with the link between the controllers and the console for a good bit now. It seems to happen only when the console is plugged in permanently and then goes into in a sleep state, i.e. if it has turned itself on to update and then goes back 'off'. I know when I boot it up because it drops me straight into "pick a profile" instead of booting up with the black / gold xbox logo.

    Have to either hold the power button down to kill it or unplug from the wall. It's a small but annoying quirk. There's a couple of these quirks which have cropped up, more annoying than anything else but this is a top of the range piece of kit.

    Vudgie wrote: »
    Also while I'm here does anyone else use SteelSeries headphones and find that when you turn them on it turns on the console?

    Took me forever to figure out that's what was going on. I'd kill my console, then power the headset off as I was putting them and the joypads away. I was actually turning the console back on when trying to kill the headset and it would all boot back up. Thought I was losing it.
    murpho999 wrote: »
    You'd never be wearing it that long that you couldn't charge it.

    pffft, amateur........those are some rookie numbers you've gotta be pumping those numbers up! :pac:



    Edit: I forgot to mention, someone had told me that this power/connectivity issue apparently only happens if you have the xbox plugged into an extension lead/surge protector and that if it's plugged directly into the wall the issue goes away. I can't test this out cos of the sockets in my house but would be interested to know if anyone has noticed anything similar?


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    #7000
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    .E_C_K_S. wrote: »
    Anyone else have an issue using an older Turtle beach headset (used with a Xbox one) with the new Series X controllers?

    I could hear the game fine but party chat volume was very low, could barely hear the lads in the party chat with me during the game itself.

    Did everything to try turn it up but ended up hooking up an Xbox one controller and using that instead. Very annoying as I would prefer to use the new controller.

    Is this a known issue?

    Did you move the party/game sound slider towards the party further? I think you can individually adjust volume of people in the party as well, so maybe that was set to low? Each controller has default settings when first using them, so I always have to adjust them to my setup. I have a turtle beach headset and have recently switched to using the controller that came with my Series X while my Elite controller gets repaired, and I can't notice any issues.

    Regarding the disconnecting controller issue, I found that if I walked away from my Xbox with my wireless headset on and they got disconnected, I'd return to find my controller had disconnected as well, and the only way I could get the controller to reconnect was by power cycling my Series X. Really weird stuff.


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    #7001
    Curious Geroge
    Registered Users Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭Curious Geroge


    Looking to buy the xbox series s for my niece. Jo knowing anything about these, any difference to buying it in Harvey Norman or Smyth's or other re offer's or passes etc ? Thanks


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    #7002
    sniper_samurai
    Registered Users Posts: 7,524 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    Curious Geroge wrote: »
    Looking to buy the xbox series s for my niece. Jo knowing anything about these, any difference to buying it in Harvey Norman or Smyth's or other re offer's or passes etc ? Thanks

    Gamestop are doing cheap GPU subscriptions with the S, other than that there isn't much of a difference.


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    #7003
    .E_C_K_S.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,147 ✭✭✭.E_C_K_S.


    Basil3 wrote: »
    Did you move the party/game sound slider towards the party further? I think you can individually adjust volume of people in the party as well, so maybe that was set to low? Each controller has default settings when first using them, so I always have to adjust them to my setup. I have a turtle beach headset and have recently switched to using the controller that came with my Series X while my Elite controller gets repaired, and I can't notice any issues.

    Regarding the disconnecting controller issue, I found that if I walked away from my Xbox with my wireless headset on and they got disconnected, I'd return to find my controller had disconnected as well, and the only way I could get the controller to reconnect was by power cycling my Series X. Really weird stuff.

    Is that slider on the headset itself or some setting on the Xbox? Changing the slider seems to do nothing, I tried the audio settings on the xbox too but didn't have much luck. Swapped back to my one controller and it was fine.


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    #7004
    [Deleted User]
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    .E_C_K_S. wrote: »
    Is that slider on the headset itself or some setting on the Xbox? Changing the slider seems to do nothing, I tried the audio settings on the xbox too but didn't have much luck. Swapped back to my one controller and it was fine.

    Are you using a wireless or wired headset? With the wired one, you go to the audio settings through the guide button and there is a slider called headset chat mixer, where you go between hearing the game more or the party more.

    If you're wireless, then you won't have that option.


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    #7005
    .E_C_K_S.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,147 ✭✭✭.E_C_K_S.


    Basil3 wrote: »
    Are you using a wireless or wired headset? With the wired one, you go to the audio settings through the guide button and there is a slider called headset chat mixer, where you go between hearing the game more or the party more.

    If you're wireless, then you won't have that option.

    The headset I have plugs into a little unit that you attach to the controller itself. When I go into the check the audio (through the guide, bottom right) all the options are greyed out. Thanks for the help, I'll tinker around more at the weekend with it!


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    #7006
    s8n
    Registered Users Posts: 3,833 ✭✭✭s8n


    has anyone successfully preordered the new official headset from MS ?


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    #7007
    Conar
    Registered Users Posts: 1,598 ✭✭✭Conar


    s8n wrote: »
    has anyone successfully preordered the new official headset from MS ?

    No I couldn't get it to work. Kept bouncing between Irish and US site. I ended up pre-ordering from GameStop.


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    #7008
    rottie 11
    Registered Users Posts: 3,431 ✭✭✭rottie 11


    Got a series x yesterday, had to change some settings on the tv for it run 4k on 120hz but working now. Any other settings etc I should know about ?


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    #7009
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    rottie 11 wrote: »
    Got a series x yesterday, had to change some settings on the tv for it run 4k on 120hz but working now. Any other settings etc I should know about ?
    Don't forget audio! Dolby atmos app is needed to enable dolby atmos spatial sound.


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    #7010
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Atmos is brutal on the Series X, there can be enormous lag and it's pointless using it. People have even been buying hardware to put the audio and visual feed through in order to synchronise them.


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    #7011
    theteal
    Registered Users Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Atmos is brutal on the Series X, there can be enormous lag and it's pointless using it. People have even been buying hardware to put the audio and visual feed through in order to synchronise them.

    Interesting. It's fine on the One X. I wonder what they've broken. . .
    I'd be more inclined to go DTS for the headset when I get my SX


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    #7012
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Just to clarify, I'm not sure if it's applicable to headphones, but certainly on amps, soundbars and home cinema systems. There's a pile of stuff out there about it.


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    #7013
    rottie 11
    Registered Users Posts: 3,431 ✭✭✭rottie 11


    The power lead for the series x is very short, is it ok to use an extension lead for Xbox and tv ?


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    #7014
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    rottie 11 wrote: »
    The power lead for the series x is very short, is it ok to use an extension lead for Xbox and tv ?

    That's how I have been running it since day one.


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    #7015
    sniper_samurai
    Registered Users Posts: 7,524 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    rottie 11 wrote: »
    The power lead for the series x is very short, is it ok to use an extension lead for Xbox and tv ?

    The power cables you get are abysmally short. The power cable is 1.5m and the hdmi is 3m.

    The hdmi is enough to connect from half way across the room while the power cable barely reaches the floor after routing to the back of the desk.


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    #7016
    rottie 11
    Registered Users Posts: 3,431 ✭✭✭rottie 11


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    That's how I have been running it since day one.

    Read something online that it can damage the Xbox not sure how true that is though


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    #7017
    rottie 11
    Registered Users Posts: 3,431 ✭✭✭rottie 11


    sniper_samurai wrote: »
    The power cables you get are abysmally short. The power cable is 1.5m and the hdmi is 3m.

    The hdmi is enough to connect from half way across the room while the power cable barely reaches the floor after routing to the back of the desk.

    Exactly they really did it the wrong way around lol extentsion lead will have to be used


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    #7018
    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,235 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    rottie 11 wrote: »
    Read something online that it can damage the Xbox not sure how true that is though

    The original Xbox One was sensitive to this, something that I'd never heard of before. It wouldn't hurt anything properly, but you'd get some oddness every once in a while, with networking and such.

    Every console since though, ever since they moved to the internal power supply, is all good with extension cables.


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    #7019
    bluemachaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 1,743 ✭✭✭bluemachaveli


    s8n wrote: »
    has anyone successfully preordered the new official headset from MS ?

    Yeah I managed to snag one, due to arrive the 18th of March. Just hoping UPS actually deliver it this time, they lost my Series X at launch :(


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    #7020
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    Conar wrote: »
    No I couldn't get it to work. Kept bouncing between Irish and US site. I ended up pre-ordering from GameStop.

    I forgot that I had a One4All card, so used that to pre-order from Gamestop. I'm assuming that guarantees getting one when they come out, but I guess you never know with Gamestop.


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    #7021
    Tij da feen
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭Tij da feen


    Basil3 wrote: »
    I forgot that I had a One4All card, so used that to pre-order from Gamestop. I'm assuming that guarantees getting one when they come out, but I guess you never know with Gamestop.

    Just to note, One4All vouchers only work on transactions up to 50 quid online. (But if you pickup and pay in person it'll should be fine).


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