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Will a sound card with game port (db15) use up lots of system resources even tho I only need the joystick port?
I have Dell with a Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card. It does not have the usual game port or joystick port (db15) like all the previous sound blaster PCI cards of the past. So if I install an older Sound Blaster card (since I have purchasing them for the last 15 years) that has the game port... Will this older sound card waste a significant amount of system resources (possibly slowing my gaming experience) even though I will just be using it for the game port only... not the sound.
I will test your answer today. I will install a Sound Blaster Live (4 years old) card and hook my Thrustmaster joystick to the game port so I can drive in my favorite car racing games Carmageddon 2 & FlatOut 2. I just hope XP wont try to detect & connect the card for sound use, when all I need is the joystick port. I will consider buying a cheapo sound/game port card that is not Sound Blaster brand, if XP insists I install SB Live drivers.
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- Masked MusketeerLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
No, installing extra devices won't utilize system resources. Well, not much anyway. You will not notice any differences in CPU utilization or memory, it's negligible.
