Recent content by waylay00

So I was playing Empire Total War on my new rig (i7, 650w Corsair, XFX HD4890), but I noticed that I got some artifacts after a while. Opened up GPU-Z and saw that my temps were around 67C. However, I also noticed that the fan speed on the GPU had never risen above 34%. When I manually turned on...

I never had Vista. Went straight from XP to Windows 7. ;) I'll check out the Forte.

Because I'd like to get a card that will be more suited for Windows 7. I doubt Creative will really put a lot of effort into developing the Audigy 2 ZS anymore.

I'm looking to upgrade my aging Audigy 2 ZS to a new card for my new Windows 7 rig. What do you guys recommend for gaming, based on driver support, sound quality, etc...?

I'm having the same problem. I'm using my Audigy 2 ZS with the latest Windows 7 Creative drivers (just released). Everything sounds great, but my mic sounds like I'm speaking through a fan or something. It's all garbled and choppy. So what I did was just use my Audigy 2 ZS for speaker output...

I'd wait it out and upgrade in another 6 months or so, if I were you.

I'm not a "fanboy." Most of my current rigs have nVidia cards in them. Why? Because nVidia had the best price to performance ratio a few years ago. But now, ATi is in the lead. It's senseless to pay a premium for a product that performs on par/below a competitor priced much lower. But, if you...

Who are these "sources"? ATI cards are fine...

Lol, I'm a neat-nick, so sleeving is a must for me. :D

Done deal. I went with the Corsair PSU because it was already sleeved. I sleeved my own PSU last time around, and it was not worth the $20 I saved.

OK, I'm about to pull the trigger: ASUS P6T SE Intel X58 $199.99 COOLER MASTER RC-590-KKN1-GP Centurion 590 Steel Mid Tower $77.99 CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX TX 650W Power Supply Retail $97.99 OCZ OCZ3G1600LV6GK 6GB PC3-12800+ (DDR3-1600+) DDR3 $98.99 INTEL Core i7-920 Socket 1366 Desktop...

Nothing like the feel and sound of spring compressed keyboards. :)

I know a lot of places say don't exceed 1.65v VDIMM for i7 systems. But many kits out there (OCZ Gold, for instance), run right at 1.65v. Is it safe to get RAM tht runs this close to the "boundary"?

So what RAM would you recommend?

What about this configuration?: ASUS P6T SE - $194 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10010451&prodlist=celebros Intel Core i7 920 - $277 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10009642&prodlist=celebros OCZ 6GB (2x3GB) DDR3-1600 Platinum...