Ive been waiting to get my hands on the audigy 2 ZS for quite some time, the time finally came where i was amongst the proud owners of one. But alas , after installing it i found to my dismay that games which were running fine before began to start crashing, games such as doom 3 , half life 2, ut 2004 , you get the picture.
ive had my gainward golden sample at 400 /1100 (which is what i bloody paid for, rock solid stability they say! yeah right.) when the crashes occur, but once i bring the core down to 375 and leave the ram at 1100 all goes well and smooth. ive tried upping my voltage to 1.6 from 1.5 with only a very slight improvement, ie it takes longer to crash. Once i disable my sound card and run my onboard realtek ac97 sound all is ok again , and i can even push my card a little higher say 410 and its quite stable.
my 3dmark 2001 score was 12700 +- before installing the audigy 2 zs, and after installation it went right down to 12250.
i dont know what the hells going on. My brother reckons the pci bus cant handle it or something but i dunno.
pls dont tell me to get in touch with Gainward cos those bozos are a pain in the ass to deal with.
Any help will be appreciated.
