Sound Card Question
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Join Date: 2002-06-12 Member: 759Members
Join Date: 2002-06-12 Member: 759Members
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I'm building my first computer, and I heard people were having Half-Life problems with certain sound cards... I am planning on buying a "Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer" and I was wondering if it gave anyone else problems. On the website I'm buying my parts from (newegg.com), one reviewer said it messed up his Half-Life, so I don't know if it was just him or if its the card...
And if you care, (which you probably don't, but I'm gonna tell ya anyways <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->) these are the specs:
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Case 63$</b>: Enermax CS-10181-B (Black) 12- Bay ATX Entry Server Tower Screwless Entry w/ Locks
<b>Power Supply 46.99$</b>: ENERMAX EG365P-VE(FM). 350W Gold plated connectors provide perfect conduction.
<b>CD/RW/R 44.99$</b>: Lite On 52x32x52x Black Color CDRW Drive LTR-52327S
<b>Cooling Device 7.99$</b>: Heat spreader/Heat sink for DDR and SDRAM, with easy spring chips, with double-side pad. (2 of them... 15.98$ total)
<b>Floppy Drive 10$</b>: SONY 1.44MB 3.5 INCH INTERNAL FDD DRIVE
<b>Hard Drive 110$</b>: WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 120GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD1200JB
<b>RAM 198$</b>: CORSAIR MEMORY Kit 512MBx2 PC3200 VALUE SELECT. DDR RAM
<b>Motherboard 180.99$</b>: ASUS Motherboard for Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron Processors, 800Mhz FSB Model# P4C800 DELUXE Retail w/ ASUS AI Features
<b>CPU 398$</b>: Intel Pentium 4 / 3.0CGHz 512k socket 478 Hyper Threading Technology 800 MHz FSB
<b>Sound Card 75.00$</b>: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
<b>Speakers 73.00$</b>: Creative Labs Inspire 5.1 5200
<b>Video Card 173.00$</b>: Prolink Geforce FX 5600 256MB, 8X AGP, VIVO+DVI+VGA+TV Model VIO-5600-256ADU -[Golden Limited] (Yes, its really gold! Or... at least gold plated. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->)
HeadSet 18$
Subtotal 1,406.95$
Shipping ~50$
Total ~1,406.95$<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And if you care, (which you probably don't, but I'm gonna tell ya anyways <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->) these are the specs:
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Case 63$</b>: Enermax CS-10181-B (Black) 12- Bay ATX Entry Server Tower Screwless Entry w/ Locks
<b>Power Supply 46.99$</b>: ENERMAX EG365P-VE(FM). 350W Gold plated connectors provide perfect conduction.
<b>CD/RW/R 44.99$</b>: Lite On 52x32x52x Black Color CDRW Drive LTR-52327S
<b>Cooling Device 7.99$</b>: Heat spreader/Heat sink for DDR and SDRAM, with easy spring chips, with double-side pad. (2 of them... 15.98$ total)
<b>Floppy Drive 10$</b>: SONY 1.44MB 3.5 INCH INTERNAL FDD DRIVE
<b>Hard Drive 110$</b>: WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 120GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD1200JB
<b>RAM 198$</b>: CORSAIR MEMORY Kit 512MBx2 PC3200 VALUE SELECT. DDR RAM
<b>Motherboard 180.99$</b>: ASUS Motherboard for Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron Processors, 800Mhz FSB Model# P4C800 DELUXE Retail w/ ASUS AI Features
<b>CPU 398$</b>: Intel Pentium 4 / 3.0CGHz 512k socket 478 Hyper Threading Technology 800 MHz FSB
<b>Sound Card 75.00$</b>: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
<b>Speakers 73.00$</b>: Creative Labs Inspire 5.1 5200
<b>Video Card 173.00$</b>: Prolink Geforce FX 5600 256MB, 8X AGP, VIVO+DVI+VGA+TV Model VIO-5600-256ADU -[Golden Limited] (Yes, its really gold! Or... at least gold plated. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->)
HeadSet 18$
Subtotal 1,406.95$
Shipping ~50$
Total ~1,406.95$<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Comments
primarily to have a secon CD drive so you can do direct cd to cd transfers (lite on makes good ones, I buy from them)
as for the audiogy, I have never heard of any problems with it, I am willing to bet this was an isolated case that wasn't even really b/c of the audiogy.
Also, it would be hard to believe that the primary sound card for gamers would not work with the largest on line game <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->