Video/sound Sharing same IRQ/how to change

[smoknbonz]

is there anyway to change it so my video card has it's own irq.
i play alot of games and it seems when i have intense use of video&sound in a game i get mad FPS hits
below is my irq settings
irq-0=sys timer
1=-keyboard
5=SiS 900 eternet adapter
6=standard floppy disk controller
8=sys CMOS/real time clock
9=MS ACPI
10=Nvidia GF2 mx400
10=CMI8738/C3DX PCI audio device
11=SYS 7001 PCI to USB Hub Control
11=SYS 7001 PCI to USB Hub Control
12=ps/2 mouse
13=Numeric data processor
14=PRI IDE controller
15=Sec IDE controller

System Specs Amptron K7-810LMR motherboard with a T-Bird 1000mhz
GeForce 2 mx400
1024 133mhz memory
generic digi 5.1 sound card
2-Hard drives

 

[Nodsu]

You can turn off assigning IRQ to VGA in your system BIOS, most sytems are OK with this. Unless you use USB devices, you can disable USB and other useless peripherals in BIOS too (legacy ports, etc).

The performane hit is most likely because of the poor quality of your sound card, not the IRQ sharing.

 

[smoknbonz]

Thanks i've tried almost all of that,now i just might take it out and try the onboard sound card but with my luck it wont change anything...thanks for your input....

 

[alphnumeric]

Try moving the sound card to a different PCI slot, this should change it's IRQ. What os are you using? If 9X you could try setting it manually in device manager or in the plug and play section of your BIOS.