Question about IRQ...

husker4life

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Aug 29, 2004
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When your video card and sound card are using the same IRQ can this be a performance hit on games? If so, how much of a performance gain will i get from moving the sound card to a different slot.

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Athlon 64 3000 (stock)
Evga 6800GT (stock)
Asus K8N-E deluxe nforce 3 250gb mobo
pc3200 ddr400 1024MB(2x512) XMS corsair memory
80GB IDE Maxtor HD(Master)
120BG IDE WD HD(Slave)
Lite-on DVD/CD RW
Sound blaster audigy 2 zs
Antec SLK3700-BQE Case with 350W PSU
Windows XP SP1, directx 9.0c, Nvidia 67.02 forceware drivers, nforce 5.10 mobo drivers
 

LTC8K6

Lifer
Mar 10, 2004
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I don't believe there is any performance hit. It is normal for XP to "share" IRQ's.