That's true but in some cases its just caused by bad PCI specification. e.g my system uses the ALi Magik 1 chipset (1 yr old motherboard), good sound card (Terratec DMX 6Fire LT), latest drivers, 512MB Ram, 1.4GHZ CPU and it would crackle no matter what latency was set with my RAID controller enabled. With the RAID controller disabled I was down to 1ms directsound buffer & 4ms ASIO latency.
This exact situation is extremely common on AMD boards but I've never heard anything similar about Intel systems. Just something to keep in mind for somebody buying a new system I think. -dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/11/2003 at 6:55 AM kevinacameron wrote: >crackling can be caused by many things.... >old via chipsets (kt133) >crappy sound cards >crappy drivers >not enough cpu/ram > >-----Original Message----- >From: David Gover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:37 AM >To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List >Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: xp2000 kit??? > > >You might want to do some research to make sure that the MB you buy doesn't >cause any problems with crackling sound. > >It's very common on motherboards for AMD, usually crackling occurs when >there is disk access (especially common on RAID systems) due to bad PCI >implentation. > >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >On 1/21/2003 at 8:25 PM vince wrote: >"I have to say that the nForce chipset is good under Xp or XP Pro... But >under Win 2K or 98SE you are not getting the most out of the board." > >I think he's looking to upgrade, it would be kind of silly to run 98se if >you are buying a brand new motherboard regardless of which one he might >chose. =) > >imho gigabyte makes some great boards, I would stear clear of anything that >runs VIA chipsets, have had some serious headaches with some of those >boards. > >check some reviews at www.tomshardware.com or www.anandtech.com you might >find some good info there. > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: John Dominy >To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List >Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 7:47 PM >Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: xp2000 kit??? > > >I have to say that the nForce chipset is good under Xp or XP Pro... But >under Win 2K or 98SE you are not getting the most out of the board. BTW if >you got cash to burn I always buy IBM hard drives. They are the fastest IDE >drives on the planet. I put a IBM ATA 100 drive up against a Seagate Ultra >160 SCSI drive (Adaptec controler card), and the IBM beat it down... by >10MB >per sec though put. IBM has a 16BM cache model that is out or is coming out >soon. I have been a tech for 8 years now. I don't really like MSI or >GIGABYTEmyarse boards... I have found that FIC and ASUS are the best >consumer boards you can buy... If you have any ??? pm me at >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > vincel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >check out the nforce2 chipset motherboards, been getting great reviews for >amd machine > >can easily disable onboard sound on most motherboards > >IDE drives are pretty fast these days, probably don't need RAID, look into >getting a Western Digital special edition with the 8 meg cache, i just >picked one up and they blaze. > >nothings too big for a hard drive =P > >-grayscale- > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "luna tek" >To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" >Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:41 AM >Subject: [dnb-prod] xp2000 kit??? > > >> building a new computer this weekend, wanted to ask for suggestions on a >few points: >> >> prolly buying an xp2000 or xp2200 and am looking at Gigabyte and MSI >motherboards, can anyone recommend a model? >> >> since onboard sound is on all motherboards these days, is there anything >i >need to consider. does BIOS disabling work well enough. >> >> not really considering RAID, should i, should be good for recording? >> >> is 80g too big for an HD? >> >> peace and love >> lunatek >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com >> >> Powered by Outblaze >> >> --- >> Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk >> You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > >--- >Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk >You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! 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