[CUBE] Gaming performance vs USB speakers

[RedEclipseTurbo]

I noticed less than 1 FPS drop while benchmarking several cards on 
Unreal Tournament so if it does cause a performance hit then it must be 
selective. It could be that they had 3d Sound activated or some other 
CPU intensive sound setting that caused the slowdown. Retrofit an ATI 
8500 or get a GeForce3 card in there to max out the graphics output to 
where it will be limited by the CPU. Upgrading the CPU to an 800 or 
1.2Ghz G4 will make even more of a difference when coupled with a fast 
video card.

Chris

On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 04:03 AM, Magnus Petersson wrote:

> Read the CubeOwner FAQ last night.
>
> What's this I see about "doubling game performance" by disconnecting 
> the USB
> speakers (graphics cards section)? Is it a general rule or does it 
> apply to
> some specific titles only? And... If I run audio output through the 
> iMic
> instead, would that change anything (I guess not)?
>
> (Stock Cube G4 500, BTO Radeon, SoundSticks, iMic)
>
> Magnus
> Stockholm
> FPS challenged
>
>
>
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