poke some holes please (no Wij, not that one)

[Embattle]

Re: just got this stuff

Originally posted by Testin da Cable
1x iiyama visionmaster pro 19" monitor
2x Kingston 256MB PC3500 DDR SDRAM Cas 2
1x Zalman CNPS6000CU
1x Asus A7N8X (DELUXE)
1x AMD XP 2800+ 512/333 (BARTON)
1x Enermax EG465AX-VE(FCA)
1x Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9700 Pro

with it, and the rest of my stuff I already have I shall be pretending to resist the upgradebug for a while

No doubt a copy of XPee is going on that box

 

[Testin da Cable]

the primary OS is going to be a unix flavour (naturally ), but I'm going to pollute my system with either w2k/pro or wXP/pro to play some of the games I have that don't run on unix.
I've rediscovered my hatred of XP, so odds are it's either 2000 or no w32 at all.

as to the speakers, I have my trusty labtec 2.1 set that I'd had for ages. I'm thinking of upgrading it to something like this perhaps...but only thinking atm

 

[Jonty]

I like XP, for all its faults As for speakers, I believe there are quite a few cheap 5.1 (and 6.1/7.1) setups now available, so, depending on your PC location, I'd think they'd be quite a good investment now you have a cool integrated soundcard (Or splash out around £400 on these insane Sony headphones).

Kind Regards

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by Testin da Cable
the primary OS is going to be a unix flavour (naturally ), but I'm going to pollute my system with either w2k/pro or wXP/pro to play some of the games I have that don't run on unix.
I've rediscovered my hatred of XP, so odds are it's either 2000 or no w32 at all.

as to the speakers, I have my trusty labtec 2.1 set that I'd had for ages. I'm thinking of upgrading it to something like this perhaps...but only thinking atm

You got BF1942 yet?

 

[Embattle]

Get some real speakers http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Logitech_166.html#asp_2d006_2dlg

 

[Jonty]

Think I'd rather have some groovy headphones (thin walls )

Kind Regards

 

[Testin da Cable]

those headphones look pretty cool tbh

there is _no_ way I'm going to get a thx cert speaker set for my computer! why? well, if 90% of the games out there handled positional audio properly...then maybe, but as I watch dvd's on my hifi/telly there is no need. I may get a 4.1 setup in the future though

 

[Jonty]

Indeed, most games don't really show off the true potential of surround sound. However, DOOM III will. And Deus Ex II even has a dynamic audio system (i.e. it creates sounds on the fly to suit situation x, instead of just playing pre-recorded sound files, which is a very big progression).

But I agree, you have to be seriously into audio to justify spending so much (but you're half way there thanks to nVidia ).

Kind Regards