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    Another weird question: low CPU frequency limit in Slot 1 mainboard, or out of date tech docs?

    Hmm... that's exactly what is, a Jabil/Tabor 2 board. So it ought to work? I'd prefer not to go the slocket route upon further research (not saying they don't work, I just don't want to risk paying that much more) but I can get a slot 1 PIII 700 for only 40 dollars, and an 850 for 90 or 100...
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    Another weird question: low CPU frequency limit in Slot 1 mainboard, or out of date tech docs?

    Thanks for the replies. Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. It's not the N440BX board that she has, that's just my dualy board. Her's is a slightly different iteration of the same chipset - an i440BX PCIset. (There was an AGPset too, and that's the only one still listed on Intel's site, though...
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    Another weird question: low CPU frequency limit in Slot 1 mainboard, or out of date tech docs?

    Hello again. Thanks once more to everyone who helped me with my sound card search. I genuinely appreciate it, and so does my girlfriend. That episode got me really interested in upgrading old Slot 1 systems as much as possible, and to that end I just found an N440BX dual Slot 1 PIII board...
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    For the love of god, or computers, or whatever - someone please help me determine DirectX compliance in a sound card

    Yeah, that's what we had hoped, but alas despite having a compatible video card (also cheap, but sufficient) it still wouldn't run her game. We tried updating drivers at gateway, as well as Windows update. No luck. So we finaly emailed the developers of the game and their tech support told us...
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    For the love of god, or computers, or whatever - someone please help me determine DirectX compliance in a sound card

    In that case I could just get her this one for ten dollars and it would work? Sabrent SBT-SP6C It says it's "Fully Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro compatible and Direct Sound compatible." And the system requirements are only: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, Windows NT4.0. DOS or Linux...
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    For the love of god, or computers, or whatever - someone please help me determine DirectX compliance in a sound card

    Ok, thanks folks. I wonder why every game's official site lists DirectX (insert version number here) compliant audio hardware as being a requirement. I guess like you said, they just mean a card that can handle atleast 16-bit audio. There seriously needs to be a major marketing push towards...
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    For the love of god, or computers, or whatever - someone please help me determine DirectX compliance in a sound card

    Well, I assumed as much - but they really should say that somewhere, don't you think? Or am I just a worry wart who's too picky? (entirely possible, lol). I'm assuming you mean DirectX 9 (or atleast 8) and games that require compatibility with those, right? Thanks for replying. EDIT...
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    For the love of god, or computers, or whatever - someone please help me determine DirectX compliance in a sound card

    Every video card we see touts "DirectX 9 compliance" or "full DirectX 9 support!" But what about sound cards? Loads of games list a DirectX 8 or 9 compliant sound card as a system requirement. How are we to go about figuring out whether or not a card offers us the support we need? Neither the...