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The Creative SoundBlaster Live! has the EMU10K chipset, the same card I thought worse than the onboard VIA sound chip. Surely onboard sound has improved, just like onboard graphics cards have improved?

I recently upgraded my appalling Creative i-trigue 2.1 speakers which I paid £80 for a couple of years ago, with spanking new Roth Audioblob2 2.1 speakers. I am getting a much better sound now, but am wondering whether I could improve sound quality further? The VIA VT8233 sound chip on my...

What do you want to acheive with this graphics card? Windows Vista Aero, playing games that are a couple years old, or media centre use? The 8400 is perfect for those. Want to play today's games? I don't think so...

I don't think all the latest X-FI cards are supported yet. Most are of course, but I am not sure how feature complete the Linux implementations are. Best advise I can give is simply choose the card you want, then google it. Check that the card works with Alsa.

Fair points by everyone. I'd certainly be interested in comparing power usage, between PSUs as well. I've bought some PSUs for various projects / studies not because of how powerful they claim to be, but by how efficient they are. I did this because the study PCs were going to be run 24/7 and...

Indeed. I need to install childlock software that automatically disables my PC when it detects my intoxication :)

Got a little too drunk last night. My last post was insanely harsh so I've deleted it. Apologies... Moving back on track, there are other reasons why IPCop may not be a good idea for Donkey. A lot of people run IPCop on ancient hardware, but that is a problem in itself because this older...

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Creative sound cards should not be bought if you want ASIO drivers. Creative sound cards are consumer grade only, not professional grade. If you want professional ASIO drivers you need to look towards M-AUDIO sound cards.

Likewise. my profile is at: megamaced’s Music Profile – Users at Last.fm But to save everyone the hassle, I am currently listening to Kraftwerk.. :)

So what have you decided to go for? Not the hippie Richard Stallman! :)

Cmon, as a single user, traffic shaping is going to make little difference! Take my current network for example. I share the internet with an house mate, and our router is an extremely low-grade Dynamode Wireless Router. This router offers nothing extraordinary. No traffic shaping, nothing...

Recently I decided to check out what Web 2.0 services are available for Linux. Part of this investigation included free online storage. Now I wasn't just looking for any free online storage, but specifically a service that offered an official Linux client that could sync folders and offer easy...

IPCop is the dog's bollocks... I deployed IPCop in a 24 user (or PC) scenario and it worked flawlessly. Its an excellent piece of kit. Though I must admit I am not sure that you would see any benefits, what with you being the only user on the network. You'd be better off with a dedicated...

I think Linux uses as much physical RAM as needed to run faster, then delegates it to other applications that you start. If your PC was using a lot of swap space then I would be worried about memory usage. On my system, Ubuntu 8.04, with Compiz and Screenlets, plus running Firefox (with a ton...

I completed migrated from Opera to Firefox when version 3 came out. Now here are my favourite extensions: Adblock Plus Needs no introduction.. Fast Dial Displays an Opera like speed dial where you can instantly select a handful of your favourite website. Foxmarks Needs no...

Changed Swansen's signature to read: Times inadvertently confused people in threads: 4812485 times :chk:

What brand and model UPS do you have? Have you installed the UPS software? Is your computer communicating with the UPS software? Have you properly configured the "what should I do if this happens" settings in the UPS software?

You could always go one step further by getting Richard Stallman's face tatooed on your back :)

Cool! I like the new look HWF!