Realtek onboard soundcard = resource hungry?

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bigcomp

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does this realtek sound card eats up a lot of my resources? like if i disable sounds for my game and play fps increases dramatically.. can anything be done about it without messing with the hardware?
 
You could turn hardware down to monimum, and yes turning off sound completly will help out alot, due to the CPUs need to help out the sound card.
 
i tried that already.. turning hardware to minimum makes it even more crappy!.. heres the log

Code: 
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 12:26:30 PM, on 8/14/2006
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
D:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
D:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
D:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
D:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
D:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
D:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
D:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe
D:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe
D:\PROGRA~1\BILLPS~1\WINPAT~1\winpatrol.exe
D:\Program Files\Spyware Terminator\SpywareTerminatorShield.exe
D:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IDMan.exe
D:\Program Files\Microsoft Firewall Client\ISATRAY.EXE
D:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
D:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
D:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
D:\DOCUME~1\Admin\LOCALS~1\Temp\Rar$EX00.000\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.yahoo.com/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = SERVER1:8080
O2 - BHO: IDM Helper - {0055C089-8582-441B-A0BF-17B458C2A3A8} - D:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IDMIECC.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - D:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] D:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] D:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WinPatrol] D:\PROGRA~1\BILLPS~1\WINPAT~1\winpatrol.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SpywareTerminator] "D:\Program Files\Spyware Terminator\SpywareTerminatorShield.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "D:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [IDMan] D:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IDMan.exe /onboot
O4 - Global Startup: Firewall Client Connectivity Monitor.LNK = D:\Program Files\Microsoft Firewall Client\ISATRAY.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download All Links with IDM - D:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IEGetAll.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download with IDM - D:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IEExt.htm
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - D:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - D:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1155310624312
O18 - Protocol: livecall - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - D:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\MSGRAP~1.DLL
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - D:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\MSGRAP~1.DLL
O20 - Winlogon Notify: igfxcui - D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\igfxsrvc.dll
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - D:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - D:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG E-mail Scanner (AVGEMS) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - D:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
 
Ok, you dont have what i was looking for there. Usually realtek has an .exe called ALCMTR, but you dont seem to have it. Btw, fix this:
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = SERVER1:8080
 
i did'nt find any int ernet in my registry.. anways, anything can be done to boost some performance? coz of this resource hungry realtek
 
I bought a sound card this year purely to minimize cpu load. I don't play games but I could notice the effect on moderate cpu applications. It's essential to have a sound card for gaming. Audio-wise the onboard audio is fine for most users.

Starman*
 
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