System Name | COLOSSUS-MK4 |
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Processor | E8400 @4.4 GHz - FSB @550 MHZ |
Motherboard | Asus P5K Premium (Black Pearl) |
Cooling | Xigmatek HDT-S1283 |
Memory | 2x1GB Geil BlckDrgn 800 @1158 5-5-5-18 |
Video Card(s) | 8800GT 512MB @740/1782/2080 |
Storage | Hitachi T7K250 250GB & 7200.10 Seagate 250GB |
Display(s) | Gateway FPD1975W 19" Widescreen |
Case | Antec 1200 |
Audio Device(s) | Xi-FI Xtreme Audio |
Power Supply | CoolerMaster IGreen 500W |
Software | XP Home SP3 |
Benchmark Scores | SuperPi: 10.563 Sciencemark: 2563.14 |
System Name | УльтраФиолет |
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Processor | Intel Kentsfield Q9650 @ 3.8GHz (4.2GHz highest achieved) |
Motherboard | ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB |
Cooling | Delta V3 block, XPSC res, 120x3 rad, ST 1/2" pump - 10 fans, SYSTRIN HDD cooler, Antec HDD cooler |
Memory | Dual channel 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1800MHz @ 7-7-7-20 1T |
Video Card(s) | Quadfire: (2) Sapphire HD5970 |
Storage | (2) WD VelociRaptor 300GB SATA-300; WD 320GB SATA-300; WD 200GB UATA + WD 160GB UATA |
Display(s) | Samsung Syncmaster T240 24" (16:10) |
Case | Cooler Master Stacker 830 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-E x1 |
Power Supply | Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular |
Software | Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 |
Benchmark Scores | 3m06: 20270 here: http://hwbot.org/user.do?userId=12313 |
need a new sound card for multiple reasons....extra gaming performance for one....are the sound cards with "x-ram" really worth the extra price?...or is it an extra 60 bucks for 1 fps..?
System Name | BLACK |
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Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 3.2GHz |
Motherboard | Abit IP35-E @ 1600FSB |
Cooling | Thermalright XP-90 w/92mm ADDA fan |
Memory | 4GB Hynix DDR2-667 @ 800MHz |
Video Card(s) | PowerColor Radeon X1900XT |
Storage | (2) 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | Samsung 225BW |
Case | Antec Nine Hundred |
Audio Device(s) | Audigy2 ZS Platinum |
Power Supply | Corsair HX520 |
Software | Windows Vista Business x64 SP1 |
System Name | УльтраФиолет |
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Processor | Intel Kentsfield Q9650 @ 3.8GHz (4.2GHz highest achieved) |
Motherboard | ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB |
Cooling | Delta V3 block, XPSC res, 120x3 rad, ST 1/2" pump - 10 fans, SYSTRIN HDD cooler, Antec HDD cooler |
Memory | Dual channel 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1800MHz @ 7-7-7-20 1T |
Video Card(s) | Quadfire: (2) Sapphire HD5970 |
Storage | (2) WD VelociRaptor 300GB SATA-300; WD 320GB SATA-300; WD 200GB UATA + WD 160GB UATA |
Display(s) | Samsung Syncmaster T240 24" (16:10) |
Case | Cooler Master Stacker 830 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-E x1 |
Power Supply | Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular |
Software | Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 |
Benchmark Scores | 3m06: 20270 here: http://hwbot.org/user.do?userId=12313 |
No and nothing is really going to take advantage of Creative's stuff in the future either.
System Name | BLACK |
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Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 3.2GHz |
Motherboard | Abit IP35-E @ 1600FSB |
Cooling | Thermalright XP-90 w/92mm ADDA fan |
Memory | 4GB Hynix DDR2-667 @ 800MHz |
Video Card(s) | PowerColor Radeon X1900XT |
Storage | (2) 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | Samsung 225BW |
Case | Antec Nine Hundred |
Audio Device(s) | Audigy2 ZS Platinum |
Power Supply | Corsair HX520 |
Software | Windows Vista Business x64 SP1 |
that is all i needed to know....while i was waiting for your responses...looked it up...only 4 games us the x-ram...and they are all 4 years old...
that is all i needed to know....while i was waiting for your responses...looked it up...only 4 games us the x-ram...and they are all 4 years old...
System Name | BLACK |
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Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 3.2GHz |
Motherboard | Abit IP35-E @ 1600FSB |
Cooling | Thermalright XP-90 w/92mm ADDA fan |
Memory | 4GB Hynix DDR2-667 @ 800MHz |
Video Card(s) | PowerColor Radeon X1900XT |
Storage | (2) 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | Samsung 225BW |
Case | Antec Nine Hundred |
Audio Device(s) | Audigy2 ZS Platinum |
Power Supply | Corsair HX520 |
Software | Windows Vista Business x64 SP1 |
if everybody is moving away from those formats...is there another card type i should be looking into,,,??
...keeping in mind that i am not one who is rich emough to go buy every new peice of hardware that pops up.....monthly..
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silverlai3
LOL
what were trying to do ?
Processor | Intel e8600 @ 4.9 Ghz |
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Motherboard | DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RSB Plus |
Cooling | Water |
Memory | 2GB (2 x 1GB) of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-1066 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Radeon HD 4870 1GB OC (820/950) & tweaking |
Storage | 2x 74GB Velociraptors in RAID 0; 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB |
Case | Silverstone TJ09-BW |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Profesional |
Power Supply | Ultra X3 800W |
Software | Windows XP Pro w/ SP3 |
System Name | УльтраФиолет |
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Processor | Intel Kentsfield Q9650 @ 3.8GHz (4.2GHz highest achieved) |
Motherboard | ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB |
Cooling | Delta V3 block, XPSC res, 120x3 rad, ST 1/2" pump - 10 fans, SYSTRIN HDD cooler, Antec HDD cooler |
Memory | Dual channel 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1800MHz @ 7-7-7-20 1T |
Video Card(s) | Quadfire: (2) Sapphire HD5970 |
Storage | (2) WD VelociRaptor 300GB SATA-300; WD 320GB SATA-300; WD 200GB UATA + WD 160GB UATA |
Display(s) | Samsung Syncmaster T240 24" (16:10) |
Case | Cooler Master Stacker 830 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-E x1 |
Power Supply | Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular |
Software | Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 |
Benchmark Scores | 3m06: 20270 here: http://hwbot.org/user.do?userId=12313 |
A sound card is a SOUND card... just pick the one with best sound.
There are lots of new sound card reviews latetly.
Below are some new reviews with comparisions between new Xonar DX and Creative cards.
Check them out and you should have the answer.
http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/14500
http://techgage.com/article/asus_xonar_dx_71_sound_card/
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/05/26/asus-xonar-dx-pci-express-soundcard/1
Yeah... same thing with EAX5, you probably don't need your feet toes to count how many games supporting EAX 5 HD
TBH, as a game developer here, I can share something with you:
1. Every game designer is moving away from EAX or X-RAM: it's just so binded to single HW vendor, and all game developers just want everyone with minimum spec can have the same best gaming experience.
2. Software DSP is much more flexible: everyone is using FMOD now, it's much easier and there are WAY more effects we can use than to choose from EAX or X-RAM effects
3. Cross platform: there is no such thing as EAX on XBOX360, it just give me trouble when porting things from XBOX360 or PS3 to PC or viceversa...
Ok, i'll stop here. Anyways, please just go get any X-FI with biggest possible ram, and kindly share with us how much performance increase you've got then. Thanks a lot.
Processor | Intel e8600 @ 4.9 Ghz |
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Motherboard | DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RSB Plus |
Cooling | Water |
Memory | 2GB (2 x 1GB) of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-1066 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Radeon HD 4870 1GB OC (820/950) & tweaking |
Storage | 2x 74GB Velociraptors in RAID 0; 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB |
Case | Silverstone TJ09-BW |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Profesional |
Power Supply | Ultra X3 800W |
Software | Windows XP Pro w/ SP3 |
System Name | BLACK |
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Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 3.2GHz |
Motherboard | Abit IP35-E @ 1600FSB |
Cooling | Thermalright XP-90 w/92mm ADDA fan |
Memory | 4GB Hynix DDR2-667 @ 800MHz |
Video Card(s) | PowerColor Radeon X1900XT |
Storage | (2) 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | Samsung 225BW |
Case | Antec Nine Hundred |
Audio Device(s) | Audigy2 ZS Platinum |
Power Supply | Corsair HX520 |
Software | Windows Vista Business x64 SP1 |
Wow, never happened with my card. What OS do you use, Vista?
Processor | Intel e8600 @ 4.9 Ghz |
---|---|
Motherboard | DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RSB Plus |
Cooling | Water |
Memory | 2GB (2 x 1GB) of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-1066 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Radeon HD 4870 1GB OC (820/950) & tweaking |
Storage | 2x 74GB Velociraptors in RAID 0; 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB |
Case | Silverstone TJ09-BW |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Profesional |
Power Supply | Ultra X3 800W |
Software | Windows XP Pro w/ SP3 |
System Name | УльтраФиолет |
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Processor | Intel Kentsfield Q9650 @ 3.8GHz (4.2GHz highest achieved) |
Motherboard | ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB |
Cooling | Delta V3 block, XPSC res, 120x3 rad, ST 1/2" pump - 10 fans, SYSTRIN HDD cooler, Antec HDD cooler |
Memory | Dual channel 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1800MHz @ 7-7-7-20 1T |
Video Card(s) | Quadfire: (2) Sapphire HD5970 |
Storage | (2) WD VelociRaptor 300GB SATA-300; WD 320GB SATA-300; WD 200GB UATA + WD 160GB UATA |
Display(s) | Samsung Syncmaster T240 24" (16:10) |
Case | Cooler Master Stacker 830 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-E x1 |
Power Supply | Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular |
Software | Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 |
Benchmark Scores | 3m06: 20270 here: http://hwbot.org/user.do?userId=12313 |
System Name | BLACK |
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Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 3.2GHz |
Motherboard | Abit IP35-E @ 1600FSB |
Cooling | Thermalright XP-90 w/92mm ADDA fan |
Memory | 4GB Hynix DDR2-667 @ 800MHz |
Video Card(s) | PowerColor Radeon X1900XT |
Storage | (2) 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 |
Display(s) | Samsung 225BW |
Case | Antec Nine Hundred |
Audio Device(s) | Audigy2 ZS Platinum |
Power Supply | Corsair HX520 |
Software | Windows Vista Business x64 SP1 |
I'm not trying to blame Vista, rather i'm saying that Creative drivers suck, and probably more so for Vista.