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    Vostro 1500 Sound Card makes my FPS hurt

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by aebrowne84, Oct 12, 2007.

  1. aebrowne84

    aebrowne84 Notebook Consultant

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    I can only think this is common. Planning on getting the X-Fi express card or whichever to take the load away.

    Was playing Oblivion and was wondering why my FPS would take a dive (20-25 down to 8-15) whenever I fought outdoors, particularly the wolves. Disabled sound in the oblivion.ini file and it stayed perfectly smooth under similar circumstances.

    Then I tried just shooting an arrow indoors. Lo and behold, quick 5-8 frame drop the instant the sound registered for the arrow hitting the wall. Disabled sound, perfectly smooth.

    Knocked the channels down 8 in the ini and that reduced the problem, definitely going to upgrade.

    Anyone had similar experiences that did upgrade? I saw 2 or so average FPS increases in the review, just wondering about those moments of increased processor/sound processing activity.
     
    aebrowne84, Oct 12, 2007
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