Recent content by dzspleen

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    $200 card for DOOM3?

    I just bought the MSI 9800 Pro from Newegg and it runs Doom 3 really well. Quite the upgrade from my old laptop's 7500. Just make sure you get the latest drivers for it, D3 kept crapping out on me until I got new drivers. I would thrust this card, many thrustworthy games come with it too!
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    Setting up 5.1 soundcard/speakers

    I used whatever the Control Panel brought me to, so I'm thinking XP?
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    Doom III Freezing Up on 9800 Pro

    I don't have any other cards available to troubleshoot with. Haven't gotten a chance to play any other games yet either. I don't have things turning black, though, just the clean image staying on the screen and my CPU usage stuck at 100% the few times I could ctrl+alt+del. When I ctrl+alt+del...
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    Setting up 5.1 soundcard/speakers

    I just set up a new PC with the Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 soundcard: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=29-102-165&depa=1 and my 2-year-old Altec-Lansing 5.1 speakers: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=36-113-126&DEPA=0 I set them to 5.1...
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    Doom III Freezing Up on 9800 Pro

    Thanks to both of you. Mars, what kind of settings are you able to run on?
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    Doom III Freezing Up on 9800 Pro

    I just got everything installed on my new computer yesterday and bought DIII. I tried running it on High 1024x786 with no AA or AF. The first doorway I go through after the first main hallway with the soda machine, soda cans, traffic cones, etc. it froze right when the first video was supposed...
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    Newly Built Computer Doing Nothing

    Please ignore, I'm a moron and I didn't know about the 12V ATX power connector...