X-Fi and DirectX 9 based gam

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Hi!
Well, i'm really happy with the card overall but i have the same issue as priyajeet(he posted it in the crackle/pop thread.
Here's the thing, i can't play any directX based game. I do play OpenGL based games without any issue.
Tried few DX games so far, HL2 based games, BF 242 and Gunmetal, in all the same problem occurs, the screen goes black, system hangs, sounds in loop.
priyajeet was probably ignored cause he has nforce4 based board, that's not my case.
Pentium 4E 2.8GHz
Asus P4P800 SE Bios Version: 0 (latest non-Beta) (northbridge 865PE with Southbridge ICH5)
OCZ 2x52Mb DDR (Dual channel)
2x seagate 200GB SATA II in Hardware raid 0
PSU LC Power 550W
XFX 6600GT 28Mb DDR3
X-Fi Platinum (not in shared IRQ, it has IRQ 22 all for herself)
Some Ethernet PCI card based on a Realtek chipset
LG DVD Player
Philips CD recorder
I don't feel that the peripherals need to be posted with detail(Speakers, mouse, keyboard, printer, monitor)
It kinda seems that this is resources issue, since any openGl based game will work fine and DirectX based games work for few seconds till it crashes.
If anyone has any ideas or sugestions or questions about the current configuration of my computer, both hardware or software please answer, i really like this sound card and i would like to keep it, but i won't if the issues remain.
Best regards,
DanielMessage Edited by darthdan on 02-04-200704:7 PM

Answer 1

How embarrassing, I'd be lucky if my cpu was operating at 600Mhz. The computer is an all-in-one IBM handmedown from dad that was purchased in 200. He crashed the harddri've (at least it broke down) & left it to me to upgrade. Now running multiboot C:\98SE Vs D:\winXP on a 20Gb Samsung HDD with intergrated audio/usb.. The machine is a netvista 27952A & it's not clear at all what sort of soundblaster was put onboard b4 sale. I was checking through the bios yesterday & using a diagnostix app. on diskette downloaded from IBM/lenovo website which showed the sound card has no I/0 addresses at all! The system information IDs the sound card OK but says its not configured & F help goes on to say I need soundblaster pro or compatible sound card. OK so I came here, to creative labs, looking for low profile PCI cards and finally figure out it's really not the hardware that I need it's the software (ie: cd-rom or web-link). There is a possibility that new soundcard in the ethernet expansion slot would work v. well but I'd be messing up some particularly neat hardware. What do you think? If I hadn't found your reply here I was going to start a new thread "sound card with no I/0 address". I have put the qr6z07.exe audio file from IBM website in place + reboot & also have used the IBM nati've cd-rom recovery console to reinstall o/s. Have had rare patches of internal speaker system & cd-rom playback but the twin stereo speakers don't make a peep unless you switch the power off, 24 months or so now and v. frustrating:angry:. I'm running out of time to complete the machine b4 support dries up altogether... I was thinking I be able to?network it in combo with a dual core server to surf & be you know 'long board sentimental'.