What are opinions of best Soundcard and speaker combination?...I'm not a music aficionado. I want best sound for gaming...COD, ROF, COD(the other one)MW3, Battlefield3

Any advice will be appreciated.

I'm going to wait . . . with this game improving, and current stuff only getting cheaper its better. Also the talk of the sequel seems to lend itself to waiting . . .



one would be surprised how many "hardware" issues are related to a PSU that is under powered.

Especially if you've got world class audio / video cards and lots of USB toys

Monster rig... I think mine is just fine. I get an avg of 95 PS peak of 160 and min 75

you have a monster rig.

No.

I'm content with things as they are.
Maybe when the 7xxx AMD cards come out, I'll be tempted to upgrade the GPU. We'll see.

No new rig for me, albeit maybe a GTX580 as upgrade.

On-board sound is perfectly fine. The only people that would notice a difference are "music aficionados" with very expensive speakers or headphones. Unless your motherboard is from 1997 you don't have to worry about crappy sound. As for speakers, you need to first determine what you want to pay, then go to a big-box store where they have a lot of models being demoed and give them a listen.

Having a system that can run todays Sims like ...ROF, A10C and CLOD is one thing...

Having the CLOD developers correct the problems so it will run/perform smoothly without bugs is another....

If they improve CLOD performance with the new graphics and sound ...that will be great...

but CLOD has some inherent performance problems where resolution of those problems may be a long time out....

At this point.....do not expect a that new or high end system will solve your CLOD problems...it will not.

Myself? I just like new toys and I will upgrade and buy new stuff...just cuz it puts the wind beneath my wings

I was thinking of going for a new SB-E CPU and MB but after the disappointment of all the reviews Ill be saving my money for the next Gen Nvidia GPUs. TBH if they fix SLI support I wont need gear for another 2 years anyway... Rig in Sig. Latest additions here> http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...=25288&page=11

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Hey on ebay i am selling my motherboard, processor and memory

Have a look! Item number: 280780002082

Im hoping to upgrade to the new rampage IV, 2011 processors and new quad channel memory

Cheers