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11-18-2009, 03:43 PM
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#1 | | They let me be a moderator. LOL
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| Cant fit my sound card.
I have:
Antec 902
Asus X58 P6T Deluxe V2 Mobo
i7 920
ATi 4890
Auzen X-fi Prelude
So my card takes up a shit ton of space and blocks my PCI slots for my sound card. It's in the first PCI-e slot for 16X since I'm only running one VGA.
I can KINDA squeeze it in, but the fan would have zero space/air to cool the card, and it would only be sucking on the sound card. Of course when I bought my stuff, I didn't realize I would run into this kinda problem.
What should I do?
I dont want "good enough" onboard sound. I want better which is why I bought the card in the first place.
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11-18-2009, 06:04 PM
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#2 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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You have to give up something. It's your choice what is least important. Next time don't buy a MB that takes 3 video cards unless you are going to use them. The slots might be better used for something else.
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11-18-2009, 09:28 PM
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#3 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Are you even running speakers that require "better" than onboard sound?
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11-18-2009, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by underscore Are you even running speakers that require "better" than onboard sound? | exactly 95% of computer speakers out there (including "high end" logitech ones pale in comparison to any decent HT setup)
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11-18-2009, 09:58 PM
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#5 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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watercool your video card
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11-19-2009, 03:34 AM
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wow you fracked it eh? isnt there another card out there comparable to the 4890 but takes up less space? i guess i would try to find one and return the 4890. sorry not up to date on this tech stuff
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11-19-2009, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by tgill exactly 95% of computer speakers out there (including "high end" logitech ones pale in comparison to any decent HT setup)
and if its a creative card then | Plus your audio going to the card has to be good, FLAC or 320 for music.
That's the one downside to highend or ever mid-range speakers vs half decent low end stuff, if you've got something with junk audio the half decent speakers pull it off better, mid- to high-end and you can hear how bad it is.
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11-19-2009, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by underscore Plus your audio going to the card has to be good, FLAC or 320 for music.
That's the one downside to highend or ever mid-range speakers vs half decent low end stuff, if you've got something with junk audio the half decent speakers pull it off better, mid- to high-end and you can hear how bad it is. | has op checked out a 1x PCI-E card? the ASUS Xonar has been getting good reviews
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11-20-2009, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by John You have to give up something. It's your choice what is least important. Next time don't buy a MB that takes 3 video cards unless you are going to use them. The slots might be better used for something else. | Actually, I'm running the 4890 because I'm waiting for my 5870's to get in. Running 2 in Xfire. Also, the 4890 is TINY compared to the 5870.
And why not run a higher end mobo? Tons of room for upgrades later on without having to switch over to a new board just because I bought a shitty cheap board.
I figured I'm kinda screwed since I can't run it now. Too bad since the Prelude had all the cool features I wanted.
PS: Auzen X-fi Prelude for sale. $130
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