> I only can comment on the SB Live! Value, don't know anything about
snip
I am running at or around 36 fps in most situations already. Will a SBLive
speed things up even more? (SB 16 ISA now) I use headphones when racing or
ridding the skies of enemy WW2 planes. Will a SBLive increase my audio
quality?
Cheers
Dolle Dolf
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I have the same wheel (NASCAR Pro), and in GPL I had the jumpy / jerky wheel
syndrome, with my previous Turtle Beach Montego soundcard or a TM gamecard.
With the Live's joystick port, it's butter smooth. I've had no problems
with any controllers using the Live gameport, and my GPL framerate seemed to
improve some to boot.
And it sounds very nice with the 4 speakers hooked up too.
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>And one more thing. My wheel is TM Formula 1 Racing Wheel aka Nascar
>Pro.
>--
>Greger Huttu
a question if anyone wants to help me with it, is a spdif conection for a
dat player exactly the same as the optical link used to connect a minidisc
player to your stereo for digital recording?
Rubinio
rubinio
> > I only can comment on the SB Live! Value, don't know anything about
> snip
> Ook gij, Brutus......
> > My opinion, you will see much more improvement from SB16 to one of
> > these cards, then the difference between them.
> > Remco
> I am running at or around 36 fps in most situations already. Will a SBLive
> speed things up even more? (SB 16 ISA now) I use headphones when racing
or
> ridding the skies of enemy WW2 planes. Will a SBLive increase my audio
> quality?
> Cheers
> Dolle Dolf
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> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
The optical link uses a fiber optic type of connection.
The SPDIF (Sony Philips Digital Interface Format) connector on the
Soundblaster Live uses a normal wired connection.
To confuse matters: The optical link on your MiniDisc player may
actually use (support) the SPDIF format but the physical connection is
optical not wired.
Both connection types in question are digital and for the PC sound
card application have almost identical results in regards to sound
quality.
-Gary
P.S. Of course, I could be wrong. :)
> >My opinion, you will see much more improvement from SB16 to one of
> >these cards, then the difference between them.
> Are the SB Live cards PCI or old-style PC bus? I don't have any free
> PCI slots.
> Joe
EAX......MX300 does it as good as the SB Live
A3D......MX300 Does it but the SB Live NEVER will so that makes the choice
easy. MX300 all the way!
> > And one more thing. My wheel is TM Formula 1 Racing Wheel aka Nascar
> > Pro.
> > --
> > Greger Huttu
> The regular Live is more for musicians etc....
> if you goto Alison Hines' reader FAQ you'll find out more about the
> live. I've read that the SB live uses less CPU power than the MX 300.
> I've got a Live and it's great.
> L8R .
> > Well one other item to consider is the future Papyrus releases. The
> next
> > Nascar releases will not support EAX. But they will use A3d so the
> > Diamond MX300 becomes more appetizing.
> > dave henrie
> > --
> > On May 17, 1999 A Whale was killed off the coast of
> > Washington State. The Whale was killed in the name of
> > Tradition.....I say....
> > %&#& Tradition!
> > >Hi guys, I know this has been asked a lot but which sound card would
> > >be best for GPL?
I still highly recommend the MX300 though, and it's true that the
pre-release drivers do lower CPU utilization by a very substantial margin.
If you're a gamer, the MX300 is a no-brainer in my opinion.
- EZ
> EAX......MX300 does it as good as the SB Live
> A3D......MX300 Does it but the SB Live NEVER will so that makes the choice
> easy. MX300 all the way!
> > > And one more thing. My wheel is TM Formula 1 Racing Wheel aka Nascar
> > > Pro.
> > > --
> > > Greger Huttu
> > The regular Live is more for musicians etc....
> > if you goto Alison Hines' reader FAQ you'll find out more about the
> > live. I've read that the SB live uses less CPU power than the MX 300.
> > I've got a Live and it's great.
> > L8R .
Remco
Personally, I had the choice between the MX300 and the SB Live, I chose the
live...well...because I got a better deal on it. :)
Comdex deal, 100 bucks for the Value and a 4 point speaker system with
subwoofer.
hehe
Golgo
> > They are AGP with gold contacts and tungsten carbide clamps. Very
> >nice. But the Value version only has ISA with tin contacts and plastic
> >clamps :((
> erm? I own a Value, and it's PCI.
> Personally, I had the choice between the MX300 and the SB Live, I chose the
> live...well...because I got a better deal on it. :)
> Comdex deal, 100 bucks for the Value and a 4 point speaker system with
> subwoofer.
> hehe
> Golgo
I resent that. Rendition is much better than all the other stupid APIs. But
enough about that, Papy sims should support Rendition Rredline, 3DFX glide,
D3D, OpenGl, EAX, and A3D.
>I resent that. Rendition is much better than all the other stupid APIs.
And in tasking resources to that, they must either pull resources off other
things, like extra features, or further delay release. The latter costs
money. Everything is a tradeoff. To continue to support a near-extinct
(except in this ng) API and card doesn't seem logical from a business point of
view.
Further, if it wasn't for Papyrus' support of Rredline, probably most of you
would have already replaced this card. Holding on to this legacy card has and
will limit your performance in other non-Rredline sims. All it does is keep
your short-term costs down (no small issue for many of you I realize). My
conclusion: if no other developer of the games you and I like supports
Rendition, Papy is probably doing you a long-term favor by dropping support,
forcing you to get with the program and buy a TNT or future all-in-one 3dfx
card (V2's will sooner or later be obsolete and performance-limiting).
AHH
That's heracy. Just be warned!! Go get your TNT's.u Go get your 3dfx's. Go
get what other 3d card out there. Just be warned that when rendition releases
their next generation card, many of you will jump back on board the rendition
bandwagon, just like you did with 3dfx and TNT. Just be warned.
And just be warned that I have no idea of what I'm talking about. And drink
beer.
