June 18, 200718 yr I've been thinking about getting a soundcard for my old (and reliable...hehehehe) Pentium 4 1.6GHz computer, specially after noticing a FPS difference between engines on and off: 6-7 FPS (average) less with the engines on (using PMDG 737 in FS2004, default LIPZ airport), frames locked at 20. Is this reasoning correct? At this moment I'm using the motherboard's onboard sound.Here I can get a rather cheap soundcard at $18. The detail is that it's a 5.1 sound card, and I'll be using only 2 speakers (home "noise regulations" hehehehehe). Does anybody know how could I set it up (connections, windows setup, FS9 setup) without losing too much?Thanks in advance and best regards from ColombiaLuis Miguel Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
June 19, 200718 yr Using a sound should give you some fps provided you have a decent sound card that has its own sound processor that does not use the CPU. Check the card that you are getting does not utilize the cpu for dsp etc.As far as install goes, It should be straight forward. Just install the card, and then the driver. and you should all be setManny Manny Beta tester for SIMStarter
June 19, 200718 yr Normally....a cheaper sound card will not increase your FPS....but it may increase your sound quality.I know it isn't 18 bucks, but if you check out the X-fi cards, you may find an increase from some of the higher models:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16829102189 | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
June 19, 200718 yr Author Wow, looks interesting, but I'd get first a new machine before thinking in a soundcard like this one... it's too much card for my computer! Now, how could I know if the sound card has its own sound processor and does not use the CPU for sound processing? Which keywords should I be looking for?Best regards from ColombiaLuis Miguel Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
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