I bought an X-plosion a month ago so i could use DTS Connect. Besides the seriously disappointing lack of Vista x64 drivers, it also doesn't sound any better than my onboard sound. I basically bought it so i could have surround sound in BF2142... but it doesn't even come close to providing any...
Hey everyone,
I've got my new receiver and speaker system (Panasonic SC-HT40) hooked into my motherboards integrated sound (DS3, so its an ALC883) and I want to get 5.1 sound in games, especially Battlefield 2142. So far the best I can do is use Prologic 2 to fake 5.1 from just stereo input...
m-audio revolution *SOLD*
- perfect condition
- used for a few months, not needed because the new shuttle has good enough sound
- original box and manual
- best soundcard for under $100? I think so
$75 shipped
GigaByte K8N Pro *SOLD*
- Great, solid, fast A64 board
- nForce3 150...
I'm goign to university of penn next year, and I was just going to bring my desktop and get an LCD monitor, but then I spotted this $3300 gem for $1900.... so thats what I'm getting.
Basically I would like to know if there are any extremely useful accesories I should pick up as well...
Gigabyte K8N Pro
- Great, solid, fast A64 board
- nForce3 150 chipset, gigabit ethernet, SATA
- perfect condition
- overclocks extremely well, hit up to 360MHz HTT bus speed
- retail box with all the goodies, except for some stickers
$75
shipped
payment by paypal, regular or cc, or MO...
m-audio revolution *SOLD*
- perfect condition
- used for a few months, not needed because the new shuttle has good enough sound
- original box and manual
- best soundcard for under $100? I think so
$75 shipped
GigaByte K8N Pro
- Great, solid, fast A64 board
- nForce3 150 chipset...
All prices are shipped (except for case), special pricing if you get more than one thing, paypal (CC ok) or MO, pp preferred. pics are available upon request. I'm moving into a shuttle, so this stuff has to go.
GigaByte K8N Pro *dibbed*
- Great, solid, fast A64 board
- nForce3 150...
Going to college soon so I want to ditch this old Viewsonic E790B-4.
At this point my two main contenders are the Samsung 172X and 173P. I have a bunch of questions, so i'll jsut number them.
1. I don't play games constantly, but I do play them a lot. Provided the 172X actually is 12ms...
Corsair micro XMS3500 DDR RAM
- Part number CMX256A-XMS3500C2PT
- Platinum edition, silver heatspeaders
- These should use the coveted WinBond BH5 chips
- Designed for 7-3-3-2 1T timings (typical for BH5)
- Check out the PDF here...
The classic 'hey guys what should I buy.' I havent posted a thread in a million years and well...I'm bored.
So I pose an upgrading question to you. Of course I already know what I want to do at this point, but I want to hear what you think.
Door #1...
upgrade my 2x256MB XMS3500C2 to...
Went through my closet and dug up all of my old SDRAM. Everything has been tested to make sure it functions properly.
prices shown are shipped..most likely USPS padded envelope style. If you want more than one thing the price goes down, we can work that out in private.
128MB modules $17...