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Albromor · 09-02-2006, 05:55 PM

Never again will I skimp on researching a sound card (though I must admit I am not sure if my BSODs and the inability the load NWN is directly due to my current card).

I surf but I don't watch DVDs or listen MP3s and, yes, my main reason is gaming (though I do want to learn to edit VHS/mini-DV movies and burn them onto DVD format). The 5.1 was designed for gamers from their Revolution 7.1. The thing is I can play newer games without a hitch like Dungeon Siege II. It was actually the fact that others mentioned that sound card drivers were issues for many when trying to run NWN on newer rigs that got me exploring.

My problem, Zebodog, is that I don't have enough experience to do an indepth tweak so I am going to have to keep learning.

By the way, wasn't there some serious issues experienced by many people with Creative's X-Fi card? Was it ever resolved? I have been looking at the Creative Audigy 4Z. Any thoughts. Thanks and I'll run my DX Diag as roberthebard suggests.

UPDATE: Both my video card and sound card share IRQ 18! Could this be the source of my problem? How do I rectify this issue?

[ 09-02-2006, 06:14 PM: Message edited by: Albromor ]

09-02-2006, 05:55 PM	#6
Albromor Mephistopheles Join Date: June 13, 2001 Location: Northfield, NJ USA Posts: 1,417	Never again will I skimp on researching a sound card (though I must admit I am not sure if my BSODs and the inability the load NWN is directly due to my current card). I surf but I don't watch DVDs or listen MP3s and, yes, my main reason is gaming (though I do want to learn to edit VHS/mini-DV movies and burn them onto DVD format). The 5.1 was designed for gamers from their Revolution 7.1. The thing is I can play newer games without a hitch like Dungeon Siege II. It was actually the fact that others mentioned that sound card drivers were issues for many when trying to run NWN on newer rigs that got me exploring. My problem, Zebodog, is that I don't have enough experience to do an indepth tweak so I am going to have to keep learning. By the way, wasn't there some serious issues experienced by many people with Creative's X-Fi card? Was it ever resolved? I have been looking at the Creative Audigy 4Z. Any thoughts. Thanks and I'll run my DX Diag as roberthebard suggests. UPDATE: Both my video card and sound card share IRQ 18! Could this be the source of my problem? How do I rectify this issue? [ 09-02-2006, 06:14 PM: Message edited by: Albromor ]