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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: FreeTerran on May 12, 2003, 02:19:09 am

Title: pc upgrade
Post by: FreeTerran on May 12, 2003, 02:19:09 am: HI guys what do you think shall i upgrade at my pc
my pc:
AMD ATHLON XP 1800 +
Epox 8K3A+
768 DDR 333 Mhz ram
Geforce 4 Ti 4200
80 gb HD
DSL
DVD rom
CD Burner

Any ideas what i shall upgrade ?
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: kode on May 12, 2003, 02:32:42 am: That specs are quite up to date as it is, but if you feel the need to spend some money, you can never have too much disk space.
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: vyper on May 12, 2003, 03:13:53 am: :devil:

DVD-R
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Ryx on May 12, 2003, 03:21:16 am: CPU or vid card.
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Post by: Nico on May 12, 2003, 03:54:55 am: buy a screen :D
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Darkage on May 12, 2003, 04:21:35 am: Quote
Originally posted by Venom
buy a screen :D

ROFL!:D
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Razor on May 12, 2003, 04:26:08 am: No sound card??? = No music!!!!

AAARGH!! How can you live that way? :shaking:
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Turnsky on May 12, 2003, 04:30:08 am: perhaps he doesn't have ears:p
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: FreeTerran on May 12, 2003, 04:36:27 am: Hey i have a soundcard a onboard sound.
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Turnsky on May 12, 2003, 04:37:53 am: ACK! onboard Sound.... how horrid....
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Admiral LSD on May 12, 2003, 04:38:09 am: Perhaps then you should consider upgrading to a real soundcard first before looking at anything else ;)
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: FreeTerran on May 12, 2003, 04:40:24 am: What for a new soundcard, cpu and video card can you advice me ?
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Turnsky on May 12, 2003, 04:41:59 am: anything is better than an onboard sound card....
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: FreeTerran on May 12, 2003, 04:44:55 am: What do you think about an Creative Audigy 2 soundcard ?
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Turnsky on May 12, 2003, 04:47:23 am: i strongly suggest you buy...;)
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Admiral LSD on May 12, 2003, 04:48:46 am: Quote
Originally posted by Free Terran
What do you think about an Creative Audigy 2 soundcard ?

Crappy drivers, hardware that doesn't perform as claimed...

Seriously, look for something based around a Crystal Semiconductor DSP like the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, VideoLogic SonicFury or one of Hercules' offerings.
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: FreeTerran on May 12, 2003, 04:50:11 am: OK thx guys.
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Nico on May 12, 2003, 04:50:11 am: bah, SB16 PCI, best card ever :D
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Turnsky on May 12, 2003, 04:50:46 am: hercs cards ain't bad either
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: FreeTerran on May 12, 2003, 04:51:20 am: Quote
Originally posted by Venom
bah, SB16 PCI, best card ever :D

Whats this for a soundcard from what for a producer ?
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Turnsky on May 12, 2003, 04:52:53 am: obsolete Hardware my friend/ i've got a SB16 ISA in my old machine...
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Post by: Nico on May 12, 2003, 05:00:02 am: Quote
Originally posted by Turnsky
obsolete Hardware my friend/ i've got a SB16 ISA in my old machine...

I used to have one, when I changed my motherboard, had to leave it behind :( made the big mistake: I bought a SB128 instead. never buy a SB128, people, stick to the 16!

btw, Free Terran: SB16:
Creative Labs, Sound Blaster 16
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: FreeTerran on May 12, 2003, 10:28:11 am: I have find the audigy 2 for 89 € know anyone a lower price ?
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Post by: karajorma on May 12, 2003, 11:51:17 am: Quote
Originally posted by Turnsky
anything is better than an onboard sound card....

Depends on your motherboard. The reviews for the NForce 2 boards were pretty good actually.
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 12, 2003, 11:53:34 am: You're wanting to upgrade that machine?

I'd sell my own mother for such a Beast!
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Razor on May 12, 2003, 11:57:54 am: Quote
Originally posted by Turnsky
perhaps he doesn't have ears:p

You know dude, that's not really funny. :doubt:

Quote
Hey i have a soundcard a onboard sound.

Pffff...that's crap. Get a SB Live! at least
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: beatspete on May 12, 2003, 12:51:49 pm: ...Case mods always provide an intresting DIY project, not much point upgrading the decent hardware you have already.
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Post by: Admiral LSD on May 13, 2003, 12:34:30 am: Quote
Originally posted by Turnsky
hercs cards ain't bad either

They may not be capable of 24 bit/96Khz but at least Hercules don't lie about it. The SB Audigy was a sham, plain and simple and its successor isn't all that much better.
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Vertigo1 on May 13, 2003, 12:48:54 am: Quote
Originally posted by Turnsky
anything is better than an onboard sound card....

You've obviously never tried an nForce2 board. :) Onboard 6.1 audio = teh 0wn! :D It doesn't even hog CPU resources! (benchmarks have shown a 5fps drop when sound is enabled)
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Post by: Turnsky on May 13, 2003, 12:55:35 am: well i didn't want to confuse the issues by saying "anything is better than a AC97 onboard Sound card"
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Vertigo1 on May 13, 2003, 01:11:00 am: Yeah well, you made it sound like all onboard sound sucks. ;) I do agree, AC97 blows chunks. :D
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: FreeTerran on May 13, 2003, 01:43:13 am: OK thy guys
And i have buy the SB Audigy 2 24bit/196Khz i think that was a good choise.
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Admiral LSD on May 13, 2003, 02:36:12 am: The only place the Audigy 2 is truly 24 bit/192Khz is in the advertisements. It's far better in this regard than it's predecessor was but it isn't the 24 bit end-to-end card Creative would like you to think it is.
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Vertigo1 on May 13, 2003, 03:36:49 pm: Ohh FT, not to drag this off-topic, but could you please use a brighter blue color in the future? That shade of blue is kinda hard to read.
Title: pc upgrade
Post by: Nico on May 13, 2003, 04:41:27 pm: yeah, not very good choice on a black background actually. well it might not be that hard to read, but when you have bad eyes like mine, it just doesn't help.