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Control panel -> Speech.

How do you measure FPS in-game? (Please don't suggest Fraps )

Most games have some kind of console command to measure fps - in UnrealEngine based games, it's stat fps; there are several commands in CS, thgouh their exact names escape me at the moment. i'm sure there is a command like that in almost every game - just look through the documentation.

the contol panel speech thing is for the computer speaking to you not for the microphone. Anybody know how to turn microphone on? What driver did you use to install it (the intel chipeset one on disk z71v disc?)? Also what dvd program are you all using; power dvd, the asus one..?

No, it's not. The Speech section controls Text-to-speech, but it also configures your microphone, trains your voice profile, and allows you to configure audio input/test if your microphone is turned on.

I have that on my desktop but for some reason there is no option for the microphone on the laptop. Am I supposed to install something? The drivers? What driver relates to the microphone? Anybody who uses microphones in games let me know what you did to use the microphone!

review updated with overclocked benchmarks

Just an FYI;

You can grab the Synaptics, 7.11.6 (this version should work, not tested) touchpad Driver over here;
http://download.fujitsu-siemens.com/...9-9017BFFBBF12

or the 7.10.14 (this version does work) here;
http://download.fujitsu-siemens.com/...5-D513CDE2F585

whats the advantage to this driver over stock ones on cd?

I think mainly that it resolves some scrolling issues.

WHat Scrolling issues? I don't even install the touchpad driver at all from that CD. The standard windows XP one works great..even the scrolling!!

Mine did. Actually my dvd drive sucked. I made about 20 coasters and had only 2 successful burns - i tried 4 different types of media (sony, optodisc, ritek g04 and g05). Didn't matter what speed.

I returned the drive so far but not sure what'll happen (ie refund or replacement). Right now I swapped out my NEC6500 into the bracket and it's working like a charm.

I had a posted in the general that i asked too - how's your hotswap working? Mine doesn't seem to work that well. I take the drive out, no problem. Put it back in but it doesn't recognize.

Also, are your HD and dvd drive on primary? I find that both being on one channel makes things slower.

Also the SATA adapter I think is just a SATA-->PATA adapted. THere's no SATA controller onboard that I can see.

I've noticed that since I overclocked my video card, I have gotten occasional lags/jumps in DVD and other video playback that weren't there before. Is this from overclocking? Any suggestions?

If you didn't experience those issues before overclocking, then after you do they start popping up, I think the writing is on the wall on that one.

Kai

yeah, I guessed the same. I took down the clock speed a skitch and video playback is fine now. (and I still get 2000+ in 3DMark05, which is acceptable to me)