When I first got my EVGA 8800GT Superclocked I was running it at core 675/mem 1975. I would rarely get a crash, so I eventually backed it down to stock 650/1900. All was fine. I wasn't crazy about the temp/noise, so I replaced the stock HSF with a Zalman VF-900. Nice and quiet, and temps in...
I was unaware of this issue, and thought I'd pass it along. I just installed an X-Fi Fatality, and noticed under heavy HD access, lots of pops, static, etc. Others are having the same problems. In common, most are using Adaptec XX160/320 SCSI cards/nForce4 boards. I can duplicate it. Play...
I'm trying to find an answer to this, and I'm sure someone here can explain it.
As I understand, the Source-based games (HL2, CS:S, DoD:S) do not use any hardware acceleration for sound. My logic was that since no hardware acceleration was used, on-board sound would perform similarly to a...
This is a heads up to anyone considering a Lian-Li PC-V1100 case and who has 15K rpm harddrives and is concerned about sound. The drives/case create a resonance cavity that will give you a headache in 15 minutes. I've tried each of the six HD bays, adding very high-quality baffling in various...