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It rurns out my poor performance with D3D games was the result of one of the oldest no-no's in the book: I changed two sets of drivers at one time. Something in the Aureal ref 2035 drivers does not agree with D3D games, or perhaps a memory leak of some sort, because it didn't happen right away, and required a reboot to fix. I went back to an older set of drivers (2015 was all I had on my HD)...and things are much better. AvP 1024x768 32 bit looks great and plays silky smooth. Freespace 2 is about on par with my V2, but I think that's more due to my processor than anything.
Interestingly, my 3dMark scores actually went down. So much for benchmarks
Sooo...my apologies for doubting the G400 (although I still get the occasional lockup).
Does anyone have a clue where I can get a more recent set of Aureal ref drivers without getting the 2035's? The 2015's still have all kinds of cracking and popping.
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--My Stuff
Cel266@448,Asus P2B 1009 bios,128MB,16MB G400 (w/ augmented ventilation),Quantum Obsidian,Panasonic 17" S70,MX300,Fujitsu 5.25GB,Dlink 530CT+, 1 grey Cat, 1 orange Cat (currently MIA)
Interestingly, my 3dMark scores actually went down. So much for benchmarks
Sooo...my apologies for doubting the G400 (although I still get the occasional lockup).
Does anyone have a clue where I can get a more recent set of Aureal ref drivers without getting the 2035's? The 2015's still have all kinds of cracking and popping.
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--My Stuff
Cel266@448,Asus P2B 1009 bios,128MB,16MB G400 (w/ augmented ventilation),Quantum Obsidian,Panasonic 17" S70,MX300,Fujitsu 5.25GB,Dlink 530CT+, 1 grey Cat, 1 orange Cat (currently MIA)
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