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FoghornDeadhorn · 12-26-2006, 09:39 PM

OK, I'm putting together a smattering of long-overdue upgrades for my comp, basically been playing with the same shit since launch, and I'm considering whether or not to put a cheap soundcard in the lot, and possibly a new network card as well. As it is I just use onboard sound and whatever ethernet shit this HP came with. The only reason I would get either one though is to increase performance in WoW, and I'm wondering what people's experience has been with this.

For starters, I've been playing with the sound effects off in WoW for a few months, ever since we started working on Anub and I experienced locking up at the beginning of the encounter (as a tank, this means raid die.). Since turning my sounds off I've found my performance has been pretty damned steady. The question is whether or not the addition of a soundcard would eliminate this problem, for one, and whether it would increase performance noticably while actually having the sound on for another. If it does not, then I really don't care to buy one.

I have basically the same question regarding network cards, my understanding is that they are pretty low impact for the cost but I'd like to hear some other opinions. I'm not interested in buying anything expensive in either of these departments, if anything at all.

I suppose I could put this in General IE tech support but it's really a WoW-specific question from my perspective and I know I'm not the only one upgrading for the xpac.

12-26-2006, 09:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
FoghornDeadhorn Waiting for Diablo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rolling down Rodeo with a shotgun Posts: 4,234	WoW performance and cards OK, I'm putting together a smattering of long-overdue upgrades for my comp, basically been playing with the same shit since launch, and I'm considering whether or not to put a cheap soundcard in the lot, and possibly a new network card as well. As it is I just use onboard sound and whatever ethernet shit this HP came with. The only reason I would get either one though is to increase performance in WoW, and I'm wondering what people's experience has been with this. For starters, I've been playing with the sound effects off in WoW for a few months, ever since we started working on Anub and I experienced locking up at the beginning of the encounter (as a tank, this means raid die.). Since turning my sounds off I've found my performance has been pretty damned steady. The question is whether or not the addition of a soundcard would eliminate this problem, for one, and whether it would increase performance noticably while actually having the sound on for another. If it does not, then I really don't care to buy one. I have basically the same question regarding network cards, my understanding is that they are pretty low impact for the cost but I'd like to hear some other opinions. I'm not interested in buying anything expensive in either of these departments, if anything at all. I suppose I could put this in General IE tech support but it's really a WoW-specific question from my perspective and I know I'm not the only one upgrading for the xpac.