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I was actually impressed by the realtek soundcard on my laptop. Its not the card that sucks, its the speakers. They're decent for lappy speakers but nowhere near as good as external speakers, which sound great when plugged in card.
Actually you can play it at full settings, you need to play it at a proper resolution. I hacked the settings following instructions from widescreengamingforums and put it at half my full resolution: 960 x 600. Edit: I never used the...
My old laptop got like that after being shipped to me by a friend. I wish I had advice..they're still there a year later. (I got a new laptop since)
assuming its like the 3880: Go to "mixer" in realtek audio manager. Under "mic" there's a small dot/box. Click on it and turn on "microphone booster.
You'll have noticeably less loading times when booting up and when loading software (like games) with a 7200RPM drive. I got pre-installed windows, works great, same as if I'd installed it. You can probably get a copy of windows from...
I haven't tried it at 1024x768, but it worked great at 960 x 600 (half my full resolution) I'm very happy with my 3880. Great for work and great for gaming (not necessarily the best, obviously you shouldn't compare it to the 9890...
I've been playing FEAR at half my normal resolution: 960 x 600 Works great...It was choppy at higher resolutions (1920-1200) P.S. Is it me or is FEAR highly overrated? I think CoD, Farcry and HL2 are much better games...The AI in...
Quote: does your 3880 make a beeping sound if it gets hot? some 3880 owners including me have heard it beep when we concluded that it is the result of hot temperatures. Except I don't get hot temperatures, just the...
Okay, thanks
How long has it been since you've cleaned the intake? It can go for a month before I hear it beeping...also its not overheating, it seems to beep for no reason. Still worth a try though...do you take anything apart or just blow...
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