Agreed, some people have used on-board with no problems. I was just saying if you do have issues and have a good machine but use on-board sound, you might want to take a look at that as that is typically a lot cheaper fix.
I am 100% sure it was the soundcard or better, lack thereof. We had people that did not believe it and did everything else: more RAM, better CPU, better GFX card, etc., because they couldn't believe that sound would affect the gfx/lag.
Short answer is, the sound is just one more thing that...
For those of you that might not know, on board sound cards are a HUGE contributor to lag. We saw this a great deal with 2142, we had guys that had decent rigs and even on low settings would be lagging. Once they installed a sound card, poof, lag was gone. Keep in mind, it doesn't even have to...
So easy, even someone from Texas can figure it out right Durty? . . . .Oh shit, I'm from Texas too, damn . . . . We'll find someone here to help us when we can't figure it out ;)
I know PB isn't the best, but if it has that, I think it is at least better than nothing, or what Value has which is about the same as nothing. That is why Admins play such a large roll in a successful server.
Is it possible to add a map or two to the I/O server? Karkand is fun, but it would be nice if maybe every 2-3 maps it would be mixed with a few rounds of Jalalabad and maybe a Mashtur or Sharqi, a map both sides have to advance and cap instead of sitting back and camping or where there are...
You at flight school at Rucker? What aircraft you going for? If I could I'd love to fly the UH-60, preferably Medevac. The AH-64 would be cool bu I hear stateside flight time can be a little limited. Defiantly envious of aviators, damn eyes kept me from getting to go to flight school.