You guys are totally ignoring his suggestions.Originally Posted by Wolfmight
Lol You don't need 1k. Or is that exaggeration? Well Just look for the 64 3200+s. The rig I'm running is pretty stable.
You guys are totally ignoring his suggestions.Originally Posted by Wolfmight
Lol You don't need 1k. Or is that exaggeration? Well Just look for the 64 3200+s. The rig I'm running is pretty stable.
Not even a single lag? What were the specs on that machine with the athlon xp 2200+?Originally Posted by rossco
512mb ramOriginally Posted by Wolfmight
40gb 5200rpm hard drive
cant remember if I had the geforce 5200 or mx440 at that time...
Basically not that good of a computer, the game was on low or med settings and in the game it worked fine, getting into it and exiting, loading, etc. was hell tho (needed more ram I think).
There's your problem. That's an audio playback chipset, so it's not really suitable for generated sound used in games.Audio Chipset Realtek ALC850
It's a fairly simple codec which needs to get all it's instructions from the cpu. Combined with what are probably poor drivers (as far as DirectX is concerned) you aren't going to get very good performance.
Considering the mobo costs less that $71 you can't expect much more.
Get a decent sound card (or even a cheap sound card, it can't be worse).
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Originally Posted by WolfmightI agree.Originally Posted by lynx
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
Ah, so that's it
Could you guys recommend a decent one for $70 or under?
What about this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102178 ?
Here's a page full of them: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SubCategory=57
Last edited by Wolfmight; 12-29-2005 at 02:58 AM.
Could you try disabling sound to make sure that's the problem?
In the game or in the bios?Originally Posted by rossco
The game doesn't run with the OnBoard Audio disabled in the Bios and it doesn't help to mute everything either. I think it might just be the CPU. I overclocked it to 1.75ghz and didn't see much of a difference. I'm too scared to bring it up to 1.8 or 2.0.
Given your budget, that's probably what you should go for.Originally Posted by Wolfmight
Note the polyphony spec "64 voices (hardware)", that's where the real performance benefits come in.
The first one on the page is the retail version of the one above, but it is $10 cheaper after the rebate.Originally Posted by Wolfmight
I think he means in the game, the game probably won't work with the audio disabled in bios.Originally Posted by Wolfmight
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