High HTT and sound on Ultra-D

[K404]

Anyone else had any trouble with audio when running at a reasonably high OC/ high HTT? WMP went weird on me today while I was running 325HTT. WMP was open when I was upping the frequency, that could have been part of it, but all music was badly distorted. Not a massive drawback whilst overclocking, I`ll be honest, but would be better if it didnt happen.



K

 

[maverik-sg1]

Onboard sound?

Mav

 

[K404]

Yawohl!

 

[nick25]

Yawohl!

What was that Kenny?

I assume that translated to Yes it is onboard sound of which I have heard people have problems when running high HTT (commonly above 300) although not on that specific board. Do you have an external soundcard you could use? (when I say external I mean PCI, not literally external to the computer).

Is 325htt your 24/7 HTT or is it likely to be lower, or are you still testing things out?

 

[K404]

Hey! Yawohl means "yes indeed" in German

Dont have a separate soundcard, but been thinking about one for a while. Might take the plunge, waiting for a better range of PCI-E soundcards tho.

Still testing things out but I`m hoping to have a higher HTT than 325, tho it wont be 24/7. If chips lose their OC over time, I want this CPU OC to last so will probably only give it serious abuse when i`m benchmarking.

Cheers!

Kenny

 

[nick25]

PCIe is backwark compatible with PCI.

 

[K404]

I didnt know that, so I dont need to worry about buying a PCI-E card to futureproof it? NICE!

 

[nick25]

I think it is - thats what I was told before pcie came out anyway. It better be backward compatible as I said before I don't want to replace my card and at the moment there isn't anything to replace it with anyhow.

 

[boardy]

I never knew PCI-x was backward compatible. Is that with the x16 sockets and PCI cards or other way around? As in x1 is compatible with PCI slots. Not sure how this would work, can u give a link nick?

I need to upgrade audio aswell but don't wanna get somthing I can't use.

 

[nick25]

A very good point - I can't see how it would work. It was ages ago I heard this so don't have a link. But looking at they must have meant PCIx is backward compatible to PCI.

This is a right bugger, I don't want to have to replace a £350 soundcard. When do you think PCI will be phased out completly?

 

[maverik-sg1]

A very good point - I can't see how it would work. It was ages ago I heard this so don't have a link. But looking at they must have meant PCIx is backward compatible to PCI.

This is a right bugger, I don't want to have to replace a £350 soundcard. When do you think PCI will be phased out completly?

Next week

AGP has been 'dead' for over a year now - so you might ahve a while longer mate, the XFI cards are being related to the best audiophile cards out there right now.

The problem you'll have is that newly designed MOBO's recognising that PCI will be phased out will but the only slot they will supply in the most awkward of places - making it impossible to install anything once you have your GPU installed :O

 

[nick25]

XFI isn't really in the same league as the likes of Lynx and RME though.

 

[OV3RCLOCK3R]

PCI-x is not backward compatible with pci, I dont think so.

I think its different sockets

 

[boardy]

I may do some searching on this and report back, I'd be suprised if it was backward compatible tbh.

As for sound cards, you can't beat my M-Audio Delta 1010 Studio 5.1 surround, oh yes, its awsome (with a price )

I'll let you know if I find anything on PCI backward compatibility with PCI-x.

 

[nick25]

PCIx is backward compatible with PCI but not vice-a-versa I believe.