Now what kind of performance games will i see running dual channel DDR 400 with nice timings as compared to what i have now.
-->You'll get about 5% more performance simply due to the fact that you'll be running dual-channel. In games like Far Cry where they use up over 700MB of RAM while running, you will notice that they will run much smoother and your system won't lag as you move to new parts of the levels. Games will also load up much much faster and your system will perform better overall (not just games).
How in the world is a single HDD better than 2 in a RAID 0!?!?
-->Lower seek times. The 36GB raptor has a 5.8ms seek time whereas the 74GB model has a 4.2 or something. I'm probably wrong on the figures, but the single 74GB drive will beat out the RAID-0 36GB drives in most situations that you would notice as a gamer, such as load times.
How is a PCI card slower than an integrated Audio Solution. Wouldn't using a non onboard chip take a bit of load of the CPU as the creative audigy series have the EMU10K1 (that might be SB Live ).
-->I don't know "how" or "why" it's faster, all I know is that it is. Someone posted benchmarks on here once and the Soundstorm used very little CPU. Remember that the Soundstorm is a seperate APU (audio processing unit) that is soldered onto your motherboard. It is totally seperate from the CPU. Like I said, it is said to be as powerful as an Audigy.
-->You'll get about 5% more performance simply due to the fact that you'll be running dual-channel. In games like Far Cry where they use up over 700MB of RAM while running, you will notice that they will run much smoother and your system won't lag as you move to new parts of the levels. Games will also load up much much faster and your system will perform better overall (not just games).
How in the world is a single HDD better than 2 in a RAID 0!?!?
-->Lower seek times. The 36GB raptor has a 5.8ms seek time whereas the 74GB model has a 4.2 or something. I'm probably wrong on the figures, but the single 74GB drive will beat out the RAID-0 36GB drives in most situations that you would notice as a gamer, such as load times.
How is a PCI card slower than an integrated Audio Solution. Wouldn't using a non onboard chip take a bit of load of the CPU as the creative audigy series have the EMU10K1 (that might be SB Live ).
-->I don't know "how" or "why" it's faster, all I know is that it is. Someone posted benchmarks on here once and the Soundstorm used very little CPU. Remember that the Soundstorm is a seperate APU (audio processing unit) that is soldered onto your motherboard. It is totally seperate from the CPU. Like I said, it is said to be as powerful as an Audigy.
