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Is a creative Soundblaster Live 5.1 sound card better than the onboard sound of an MSI k7n2 Delta-L ( Nvidia AC97 I think)?

Hey guys, Maybe I should just address Biohazard and Infinitevalence since they are the only ones interested in this discussion. Ok guys I know that the more money I spend the better the memory I'll get but what I don't understand is that Apotinosis told me that PC2100 running in dual channel is actu...

Thanks for the input. I am not sure I understand all thge reasons but I hear what your recomendations are, Thanks.

Merlin

AMD XP2800+ Barton (unlocked) I will OC. MSI K7N2-Delta-L, Maxtor 120GB ATA133, Radeon 9600SE, 52X24X52 CD ROM Burner, 8X DVD Burner, Powermax 420W power. Running at FSB 360 right now because memory won't let me go higher. I mostly play games, Never winter nights, KOTOR, CS, MOHAA, but I also do som...

Hey everyone, I am sure some of you are thinking I am dense because I keep asking memory questions but I seem to be getting different answers fron different people. I hope someone can help me sort out what I grasp so far and clarify where I got it wrong. From what I understand it is a very good idea...

Hey guys, I am still learning about all this and I need a little help. I have SANDRA and I know how to run the benchmarks but I don't know how to use the info I get or what it means for my system. I want to find out exactly what parts of my system need upgrading and what parts are fine. I know I cou...

I was wondering if a set of XMS 3700 could be slowed down to 400 Mhz and tighten the latency timings to sync with an Atnelon XP2800+ overclocked to 400 Mhz FSB. If so what timings could I resonably expect and what voltage should I use?

MSI K7N2 Delta-L .I know it will take DDR400 and it supports dual channel. MSI recommends Kingston, but you guys proved that Corsair sets the standard in quality and performance, and a friend of mine who is a system admin. for a company also says that Corsair is the best. I really would prefer corsa...

Hey guys I haven't given it much thought yet but people on eBay are selling memory they bought that doesn't work on their mother board. How can I tell what types or brands my board will accept?

With the release of their XL series, do you guys expect to see a price drop in the regular XMS series ,(twinx1024-3200c2pt) if so how quickly do you THINK it might go down and by how much. I realize you have no crystal ball but your alot closer to the industry than me and have seen trends in the pas...

Hey guys I goofed. I thought that DDR meant 128bit memory because I have a mainboard with dual channel DDR and I forgot that single channel ddr is 64bits and dual is 128. So in a manner of speaking it could be said that the memory on the 9600SE is single channel and the others are dual or at least t...

Does anyone know of a site , program ,or any other way to find out which are needed and dissable all those #$@%$# background applications that are not. I have ENDITALL installed but I dint know what this stuff is and if I need it or not. With 98SE it was easy keep explorer and systray end all the re...

The box my 9600SE came says its 128 ddr which should be 128bit memory right? Are you sure about your runndown?

I have e-mailed ATI twice and no one answers my question so maybe you guys can. Other than some cards that have 256 meg of ram and others have 128. What is the dif between the 9600 pro, 9600SE, 9600 XT and the plain 9600? and is it mpossible to update the bios on a 9600SE to majke it better?

You guys are really giving me an education on the basics of PCs. Thanks. I was wondering how the AGP clock speed as it appears in BIOS calculates in with the AGP multiplier( 4x or 8x) and the Vid card's clock rate and mem speed to arrive at overall Vid card performance. It would seem to me that you ...

Thanks, I figured this would be the case but wasn't sure. It makes perfect sense and now I have to yell at a friend of mine who told me not to buy Nvidia FX series vid cards. He claims their no good or at least not as good as radeon or their TI series. I recently bought a radeon 9600SE based on his ...

I know Radeons work fine on Nvidia chipset boards, I have one. I was just wondering if Nvidia's might have some advantage like maybe you can overclock better or something. Same question would apply to the new MSI boards with a radeon chipset, or maybe its not a radeon chipset but rather radeon on bo...

Is there a hidden benefit to running a NVidia Vid card if you have NVidia chiset on your mainboard?

I almost never hear anyone say the have an MSI board and I was wondering why. I have owned two and have had great service form them but I never OCed before.

I appreciate all your help guys but so far no one has answered my question. I know MOST new DVD players will play both and I know they are different techs. What I don't know is IF a DVD player won't play both, which of the two is that player more likely to play +/- . I want to burn a few DVD's for f...