I have a question...

[husker4life]

When your video card and sound card are using the same IRQ can this be a performance hit on games? If so, how do you change them to each use a seperate IRQ. I have no conflicts in device manager btw.
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Athlon 64 3000 (stock)
Evga 6800GT (stock)
Asus K8N-E deluxe nforce 3 250gb mobo
pc3200 ddr400 1024MB(2x512) XMS corsair memory
80GB IDE Maxtor HD(Master)
120BG IDE WD HD(Slave)
Lite-on DVD/CD RW
Sound blaster audigy 2 zs
Antec SLK3700-BQE Case with 350W PSU
Windows XP SP1, directx 9.0c, Nvidia 67.02 forceware drivers, nforce 5.10 mobo drivers

 

[Kckazdude]

Yes, they will suffer in performance. Assuming you have AGP and PCI cards move the soundcard farther down away from the video card. If using integrated sound you can go into your BIOS and manually assign IRQ for sound.

 

[husker4life]

How would i go about testing this? unplug the sound card and see if games improve in performance?

 

[FearMe]

How would i go about testing this? unplug the sound card and see if games improve in performance?

Do what the previous poster suggested. Move the sound card down a slot or two. Preferably two slots.

 

[GVX]

It's good to have some extra space for airflow below your video card anyways.

 

[Kckazdude]

Looking at the system in your sig, I would suggest moing the sound card to the bottom PCI slot for best performance. As previously stated thei will give your video card more breathing room and eliminate IRQ sharing/conflicts.

 

[husker4life]

OK i understand what i have to do, how much of a performance gain will i have after moving the sound card? my sound card is in pci slot 2 atm