soundcard

[Guest rnj slinger]

always had my onboard sound, but when i switch it of in the bios i get a fps increase and sim is more "stable".now i would like to buy a soundcard, does someone has some advice?i have 4.1 speaker setup, and i use my pc only for fs.RickPent 4 3.0 1024 ht/offasus p4c800hd 200gb 4 partitionsmaxtor 7200 rpmati 9800pro 256 cat 5.1221"IIyama crt19" relisys crtwin xp sp2 CH yoke + pedals+ 1dell 1hp laptop for asv ivae etc

[miguelpp 25]

Hi, Rick I saw a new Creative X-FI OEM (sure it doesn

[Guest wayupthere]

Whoo x-fi for only fs and 4.1.. way overkill..28USDishhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829102003Very good, Can always get and other set of speakers since support goes upto 7.1, simple and cheap..ORMax upto 15USDhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....&SubCategory=57Simple 4.1 cards, (i dont know qualitywise) maybe good maybe not.

[wsieffert 0]

The reason for the increased FPS is the computer doesn't have to cycle through the sound software to provide sound. The stability could be the result for your on-board sound chip using the same IRQ as other peripheral, such as, network adapters, video chips, etc.If you purchase a sound card, try to get one that will use an IRQ not being used by your system.To check on IRQ usage, open device manager, select View, select Resources by type, Select Interrupt request (IRQ).W. Sieffert

[Guest rnj slinger]

i have now installed a soundcard, and this gave a few extra fps.i was also checking these irq settings, and for the soundcard this is ok, but for the videocard it says it's on 16, but there are also 2 usb host controllers on sixteen. Should i change those to another irq? And how can i do this?hope someone can help me out on this one, seems rather complicated?