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Right i haven't ordered yet but i have a few things to ask.. should i stay with the R9700 Pro and does anyone here own the card and has no problems.
Otherwise i can go for a Geforce 4Ti4800-SE go up to a Athlon XP 2600 and a bigger hard drive.
With onboard NIC's is it good enough that it is not a neccesity to have a separate card for my Broadband, however with onboard sound (other than Soundstorm) and onboard Graphics, dedicated cards for these both will always guarantee performance and you can see how i'm concerned with onboard NIC's.
Otherwise i can go for a Geforce 4Ti4800-SE go up to a Athlon XP 2600 and a bigger hard drive.
With onboard NIC's is it good enough that it is not a neccesity to have a separate card for my Broadband, however with onboard sound (other than Soundstorm) and onboard Graphics, dedicated cards for these both will always guarantee performance and you can see how i'm concerned with onboard NIC's.
Turbonutter wrote:
> You can get 530TXs for around a tenner now anyway, as far as NICs go
> they are the daddy. As for sound, Terratec make the best soundcards.
>
> http://komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?action=info
> &p=17985&t=867&l=2&AvdID=1&CatID=16&GrpID=3&s=pl
>
> Donnage.
>
> Obviously the less expensive ones are just as good.
Never heard of Terratec before until now.
> You can get 530TXs for around a tenner now anyway, as far as NICs go
> they are the daddy. As for sound, Terratec make the best soundcards.
>
> http://komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?action=info
> &p=17985&t=867&l=2&AvdID=1&CatID=16&GrpID=3&s=pl
>
> Donnage.
>
> Obviously the less expensive ones are just as good.
Never heard of Terratec before until now.
I really doubt the onboard NIC will have probs after seeing some reviews. But it might be safer to have a soundcard that should work at least.
You can get 530TXs for around a tenner now anyway, as far as NICs go they are the daddy. As for sound, Terratec make the best soundcards.
http://komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?action=info &p=17985&t=867&l=2&AvdID=1&CatID=16&GrpID=3&s=pl
Donnage.
Obviously the less expensive ones are just as good.
http://komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?action=info &p=17985&t=867&l=2&AvdID=1&CatID=16&GrpID=3&s=pl
Donnage.
Obviously the less expensive ones are just as good.
§n][pe® wrote:
> I heard the Soundstorm can be as good as the audigy but i'm not going
> to tweak it until it works if it has problems.
How about you try it out and if you don't like it spend the hundred squid or whatever on an Audigy2 you were going to spend anyway? If you like the onboard device and decide against an Audigy, you win £100. If you don't like the onboard device and get an Audigy anyway, you don't lose.
Same logic can apply to the NIC, hmm? (although if you actually go out and buy a seperate PCI NIC because your onboard one "isn't fast enough" I will disown you)
> I heard the Soundstorm can be as good as the audigy but i'm not going
> to tweak it until it works if it has problems.
How about you try it out and if you don't like it spend the hundred squid or whatever on an Audigy2 you were going to spend anyway? If you like the onboard device and decide against an Audigy, you win £100. If you don't like the onboard device and get an Audigy anyway, you don't lose.
Same logic can apply to the NIC, hmm? (although if you actually go out and buy a seperate PCI NIC because your onboard one "isn't fast enough" I will disown you)
Miserableman wrote:
> The onboard sound is good enough on that board - get an Audigy 2 if
> you must, but I know people who would laugh til they cried at the
> thought of buying a creative soundcard for 'superior performance'. NIC
> performance is a bit of a non-issue - having said that, I think
> Turbonutter dug up a review the other day of those onboard NICs versus
> PCI cards - the nvidia port came up as fast as anything, while the
> 3com one was a lot slower.
I heard the Soundstorm can be as good as the audigy but i'm not going to tweak it until it works if it has problems.
> The onboard sound is good enough on that board - get an Audigy 2 if
> you must, but I know people who would laugh til they cried at the
> thought of buying a creative soundcard for 'superior performance'. NIC
> performance is a bit of a non-issue - having said that, I think
> Turbonutter dug up a review the other day of those onboard NICs versus
> PCI cards - the nvidia port came up as fast as anything, while the
> 3com one was a lot slower.
I heard the Soundstorm can be as good as the audigy but i'm not going to tweak it until it works if it has problems.
Yes i pasted something similar.
The onboard sound is good enough on that board - get an Audigy 2 if you must, but I know people who would laugh til they cried at the thought of buying a creative soundcard for 'superior performance'. NIC performance is a bit of a non-issue - having said that, I think Turbonutter dug up a review the other day of those onboard NICs versus PCI cards - the nvidia port came up as fast as anything, while the 3com one was a lot slower.
Stop worrying about the sodding onboard NIC.
Forget about onboard graphics and sound.
You'll need an ADSL/Cable modem for your broadband unless you're on a network and are letting another computer/router worry about that.
Stick with the R9700 Pro. Or better, get an R9800 Pro.
Forget about onboard graphics and sound.
You'll need an ADSL/Cable modem for your broadband unless you're on a network and are letting another computer/router worry about that.
Stick with the R9700 Pro. Or better, get an R9800 Pro.
Right i haven't ordered yet but i have a few things to ask.. should i stay with the R9700 Pro and does anyone here own the card and has no problems.
Otherwise i can go for a Geforce 4Ti4800-SE go up to a Athlon XP 2600 and a bigger hard drive.
With onboard NIC's is it good enough that it is not a neccesity to have a separate card for my Broadband, however with onboard sound (other than Soundstorm) and onboard Graphics, dedicated cards for these both will always guarantee performance and you can see how i'm concerned with onboard NIC's.
Otherwise i can go for a Geforce 4Ti4800-SE go up to a Athlon XP 2600 and a bigger hard drive.
With onboard NIC's is it good enough that it is not a neccesity to have a separate card for my Broadband, however with onboard sound (other than Soundstorm) and onboard Graphics, dedicated cards for these both will always guarantee performance and you can see how i'm concerned with onboard NIC's.