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Why must everyone parrot this crap??

What in the heck is wrong with 2gig of ram if he wants it? It doesn't add any noise or much heat and hdd swap would be pretty much non-existant, even while playing those games he's listing.

Why avoid SB?? because you read that somewhere in a forum? SB is perfectly acceptable and maybe he already has one?? (I have a Philips card so I'm not biased either way) Most of us just pass through the digital signal anyways and that Sound Blaster label on the box hasn't had an effect on passthrough as far as I've heard.

Why scale back on the processor and graphics? Makes absolutely no sense as he didn't say he was on a tight budget... the more processing power the better especially if he's going to do any pre/post processing! If the money is not a problem.

The only thing that may be a problem would be quieting the beast.. But it can be done.

You pretty much told him to change his whole system like you are some hardware god.. and I have seen this type of statement way too many times in the A/V forums.. what reasoning did you give him for swapping to YOUR preferences? you just told him to "scale" - not very constructive and a waste of time....... sorry to rant.

<blockquote data-quote="chili" data-source="post: 27246" data-attributes="member: 10406">Why must everyone parrot this crap??What in the heck is wrong with 2gig of ram if he wants it? It doesn't add any noise or much heat and hdd swap would be pretty much non-existant, even while playing those games he's listing.Why avoid SB?? because you read that somewhere in a forum? SB is perfectly acceptable and maybe he already has one?? (I have a Philips card so I'm not biased either way)&nbsp; Most of us just pass through the digital signal anyways and that Sound Blaster label on the box hasn't had an effect on passthrough as far as I've heard.Why scale back on the processor and graphics? Makes absolutely no sense as he didn't say he was on a tight budget... the more processing power the better especially if he's going to do any pre/post processing! If the money is not a problem.The only thing that may be a problem would be quieting the beast.. But it can be done.You pretty much told him to change his whole system like you are some hardware god.. and I have seen this type of statement way too many times in the A/V forums.. what reasoning did you give him for swapping to YOUR preferences? you just told him to &quot;scale&quot; - not very constructive and a waste of time....... sorry to rant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chili, post: 27246, member: 10406"] [b]Why must everyone parrot this crap??[/b] What in the heck is wrong with 2gig of ram if he wants it? It doesn't add any noise or much heat and hdd swap would be pretty much non-existant, even while playing those games he's listing. Why avoid SB?? because you read that somewhere in a forum? SB is perfectly acceptable and maybe he already has one?? (I have a Philips card so I'm not biased either way) Most of us just pass through the digital signal anyways and that Sound Blaster label on the box hasn't had an effect on passthrough as far as I've heard. Why scale back on the processor and graphics? Makes absolutely no sense as he didn't say he was on a tight budget... the more processing power the better especially if he's going to do any pre/post processing! If the money is not a problem. The only thing that may be a problem would be quieting the beast.. But it can be done. You pretty much told him to change his whole system like you are some hardware god.. and I have seen this type of statement way too many times in the A/V forums.. what reasoning did you give him for swapping to YOUR preferences? you just told him to "scale" - not very constructive and a waste of time....... sorry to rant. [/QUOTE]