Crossfire + Sound Card - MSI 890FXA-GD70 Crappy Design - Need Advice

Fenix_ZA

Fenix_ZA

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Morning All -

So here is my dilemma: I had an issue with audio feedback and after days of troubleshooting and replacing plugs and rebuilding the PC etc, I gave up and bought an Asus Xonar DG sound card and this has solved my issue.

Anyway, this created a new problem... My mobo is a MSI 890FXA-GD70, which has 6 PCI-E x16 slots, and 1 standard PCI slot. I have 2 6850's in crossfire which has to use lanes 1 and 5, and the normal PCI slot is just above 5, which means the bottom GPU completely covers the slot. I had to remove the bottom GPU in order to fit the sound card. This is really stupid of MSI to design a mobo layout in such a manner.

So I already decided I choose silence above crossfire, so herewith my next questions; I am now selling my 2 6850's (both still under warrantee with Wootware) and replace it with one higher end GPU, and need some pointers:

- I would prefer to have physx this time around and haven't played Batman Arkham City yet because of this, Borderlands 2 will also have physx. So there is not a lot of games that has physx, but the ones that do looks good with it!!

- Does anyone know when the gtx660 & 670 gets released? gtx680 is way above my paygrade

- Also considering the 7870 for it's power and Joker's feedback on that card, so it's a difficult descision

Any advice/thoughts will be appreciated. Thanks!!
 
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I'm afraid I can't help with your questions, but I have one about your feedback: was it feedback in the sense that you'd hear yourslef when speak over a mic, but with a delay, or was it a high pitched squeal?

The reason I'm asking: I've got a Gigabyte 890 mobo, and when on Teamspeak with my housemates, I can often hear myself very clearly. If a soundcard would fix this, I'd happily get one! :D
 
@Avatar - No, it's a high pitch squeacky noise that (was) constantly there; there must be interference with the onboard sound from one of the other component or something, but as I mentionedd, I gave up - tried everything.

The problem you mention is something you need to disable under the mic configuration in the sound settings (think it's under recording devices in the sound settings) in windows. Untick "listen in" and "monitor" (they're found under different tabs within the settings) and that will solve your issue.

@Simon - I have one Club3D 6850 (5 months old with 24 month warrantee) which I bought for R1850, will sell for R1250, and the other is a VTX3D 6850 (still 8 months left on the warrantee) which I bought on special for R1650 at the time, and will sell for R1150 - both exellent GPU's. Will go onto Carbonite, Gumtree etc in a week or so; first want to figure out what I'm going to replace it with.
 
Fenix_ZA said:
@Avatar - No, it's a high pitch squeacky noise that (was) constantly there; there must be interference with the onboard sound from one of the other component or something, but as I mentionedd, I gave up - tried everything.

The problem you mention is something you need to disable under the mic configuration in the sound settings (think it's under recording devices in the sound settings) in windows. Untick "listen in" and "monitor" (they're found under different tabs within the settings) and that will solve your issue.
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Done that, and it persists.. Thanks anyway! :)
 
Fenix_ZA said:
Interresting... Is it only TS that does it? Perhaps install Mumble instead (better than TS imo) to test and see if it's not perhaps a software issue.
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I'll try and convince the housemates to use it, and report back. Thanks!
 
Fenix I would recommend you go with whatever Joker recommends. He is a big AMD fan. And their products are great. So far there's no release date for the 660/670.

Sorry I can't help you with the rest of your problems.
 
quick question ?

Your sound card is a full PCi size ? not that 3.5CM long one?

IF that is the case drop your sound card into a normal PCi express slot. It will automatically run 1 x speed and not 16 and allow your card to work?


That was you can have both your cards and the Sound card?
 
Cranky said:
quick question ?

Your sound card is a full PCi size ? not that 3.5CM long one?

IF that is the case drop your sound card into a normal PCi express slot. It will automatically run 1 x speed and not 16 and allow your card to work?


That was you can have both your cards and the Sound card?
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No, unfortunately it's not the full PCI size, it's the smaller one, so I have to use the specified slot.
 
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