sound card opinions? impending upgrade

Well, it seems that I need to get a better soundcard, the Vibra128 just can't cut it, I suspect that I need hardware support to reduce the PO hit on the cpu. So, what is the best way to go, the Creative 5.1 says on the box it has EAX support but does it actually work? What about the Audigy Entertainment (I am on a budget) Is this any good? What actually works and does reduce the po hit by giving hardware sound acceleration? Cheers and TIA

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The EAX on the 5.1 does work. I only have a 5.1 player installed,(I'm on a budget as well!!)but since I put it in it helped my PO a little.It's a good little card and well priced for people like us !

Sound blaster Audigy would be probably the best choice:

[www.soundblaster.com]

looks very nice Habi but it might be out of my price range, I'll check a local wholesaler tomorrow and see how much if its available

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I'm using a Sounblaster 1024 value and have 3D hardware sound with EAX running. Sounds great at Monaco

Sound blaster live! Value is very good, I use it and EAX is great.



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I also have the Live! Value, and it's great for EAX and Four-point surround.
5.1 might be overkill for games but if you watch DVD's on your computer, the 5.1 might be worth it with a 5.1 speaker system.

One of these for 25 quid is all you need



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Thanks for that, I got myself a live 5.1 for A$79, the gp4 sound calibration gives me eax, but not 2d or d3 acceleration. No difference to the PO hit and still unplayable. Damn, oh well, there's always hope that the cfg file will come good , I put some flags in to the cards.txt to force 16 bit, I'll test it later.

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Have a look for a VideoLogic SonicFury (TurtleBeach SantaCruz). It's a great card - better than the Creative 5.1Live (It supports EAX AND A3D.) I think it's around £55 tho'.

too late, card bought and installed, downloaded latest driver set 52mb, I have 3d and eax but still unplayable ;-/, guess it's on the shelf till infogrames bring out a patch. Meanwhile it's back to f1_2002.....

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audigy (gamer one) and then save some cash for the cambridge soundworks surround speaker setup, its awesome in all games, and mp3's sound like proper cd's






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2mortalwombat: try installing new sound drivers for SB Live!. I did this and PO went from 1500-1800% (record is 1836%) to 150% with 2d, 3d sound and EAX.



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The Cambridge speakers are brilliant

I haven't heard good things about the new creative drivers. I installed them and my PO went from 150 up to 900 on the grid. And then I had some comptability issues with my midi keyboard and stuff like that.

does it ever get any easier?

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Yes....install older drivers and everything is wonderful! :P

Vader, the system must have eaten it
older drivers, hmmm, I'm back on 98SE and I think I got the 23.XX's installed but hey, I can soon change that

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