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slitz · 12-27-2006, 12:42 AM

The hard lock problem may or may not be related to a voice chat program such as Teamspeak or Ventrilo. I had the same problem until I switched to direct sound in the settings instead of the primary sound unit.

While the CPU hit from using onboard cards is negligible it often results in overheating and you get choppy sound or white noise interference.
I would rather buy a crap $20 soundcard then use the onboard one, but then again I've had really bad experience with it.

I'm running WoW on a AMD4200 Dual Core, 1gb ram and a Geforce 7600GT and I have ~40 fps in a raid environment with highest settings on. Hardly a power machine but for WoW it works splendid (just to give you some reference).
Tons of people have had problems with the Geforce 7600GS, so I would advice you to stay away from it even though it's a good card for a very nice price.

12-27-2006, 12:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
slitz euro scum Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 901 -21 Internets	The hard lock problem may or may not be related to a voice chat program such as Teamspeak or Ventrilo. I had the same problem until I switched to direct sound in the settings instead of the primary sound unit. While the CPU hit from using onboard cards is negligible it often results in overheating and you get choppy sound or white noise interference. I would rather buy a crap $20 soundcard then use the onboard one, but then again I've had really bad experience with it. I'm running WoW on a AMD4200 Dual Core, 1gb ram and a Geforce 7600GT and I have ~40 fps in a raid environment with highest settings on. Hardly a power machine but for WoW it works splendid (just to give you some reference). Tons of people have had problems with the Geforce 7600GS, so I would advice you to stay away from it even though it's a good card for a very nice price. Last edited by slitz; 12-27-2006 at 12:44 AM..