Has anyone here tried both the Audigy 2 and a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz in the
same *** machine? I would really like to hear how they compare in terms
of performance, quality, and compatibility. This would be for an XP system.
Mitch
system.
Unless you want ASIO compliance, I'd not bother with the Audigy. Creative
invariably has compatibility issues with various chipsets (VIA especially),
and the sound quality isn't as good as they'd have us believe.
KK
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InvaderZim
"only the dead have seen the end of war"
Plato
> > Has anyone here tried both the Audigy 2 and a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz in
> the
> > same *** machine? I would really like to hear how they compare in
> terms
> > of performance, quality, and compatibility. This would be for an XP
> system.
> Unless you want ASIO compliance, I'd not bother with the Audigy. Creative
> invariably has compatibility issues with various chipsets (VIA
especially),
> and the sound quality isn't as good as they'd have us believe.
> KK
However, Turtle Beach seems to have lost interest in us lately and that is a
damned shame. The best drivers (for NR2003 at least) are the 4161s set.
There are later "Release Candidate" drivers but they haven't been touched
since June of last year.
The TBSC with 4161s drivers is one of those install and forget it things.
It'll never bug you. But, since everyone's computer is different, I must
add the proverbial YMMV :)
I'm looking at the Revolution 7.1, and I'm hearing that it's a great card
but really *** game Frame Rates.
The Hercules GameTheatre XP is based on the same reference hardware as the
TBSC, but I haven't looked to see what Hercules' status of that setup is
lately.
Creative has pissed me off so bad in the past that the Audigy2 is literally
the very last card I'll consider.
-Larry
That being said Creative's software bundle is crap. Driver updates has
also been an issue in the past but the current driver is absolutely rock
solid stable.
Believe me Creative has REALLY pissed me off before also but youre
missing out on a damn good sound card. In a way theyre just screwing
you again cause youre missing out on a good card because of past issues.
Mitch
> Creative has pissed me off so bad in the past that the Audigy2 is literally
> the very last card I'll consider.
> -Larry
> --
> InvaderZim
> "only the dead have seen the end of war"
> Plato
Mitch
Also worth noting on this group that GPL, Win98 & Audigy2 causes stuttering.
Cheers
Tony
Just curious what OS, mobo chipset, and CPU you are using. Seems like a lot
of these cards are very configuration sensitive. Also, can you use the
original sounds in GPL without distortion?
I would like to ask you the same thing I asked Mitch. What OS, mobo
chipset, and CPU are you using? Also can you use the original sounds in GPL
without distortion?
Havent had GPL loaded on any of my past 4-5 boxes :) Gasps from the
crowd <g>
I have run:
NR2003
F1-2002
F1C
America's Army
IL2
IL2-FB
All without so much as a snap, crackle, pop :)
Mitch
> Just curious what OS, mobo chipset, and CPU you are using. Seems like a lot
> of these cards are very configuration sensitive. Also, can you use the
> original sounds in GPL without distortion?
I haven't had GPL loaded in a long time, but I don't really recall any sound
issues. GPL was never squeaky clean in any config and always has had a bit
of upper-register noise to it.
WinXP Pro.
-Larry
> I would like to ask you the same thing I asked Mitch. What OS, mobo
> chipset, and CPU are you using? Also can you use the original sounds in
GPL
> without distortion?
> > I dumped Creative SoundBlaser Live's about 3 years ago for the TBSC, and
> > I've been quite happy with it. The card is far more trouble-free than
> any
> > Creative card I've ever used, and it plays nice on the PCI Bus.
> > However, Turtle Beach seems to have lost interest in us lately and that
is
> a
> > damned shame. The best drivers (for NR2003 at least) are the 4161s set.
> > There are later "Release Candidate" drivers but they haven't been
touched
> > since June of last year.
> > The TBSC with 4161s drivers is one of those install and forget it
things.
> > It'll never bug you. But, since everyone's computer is different, I
must
> > add the proverbial YMMV :)
> > I'm looking at the Revolution 7.1, and I'm hearing that it's a great
card
> > but really *** game Frame Rates.
> > The Hercules GameTheatre XP is based on the same reference hardware as
the
> > TBSC, but I haven't looked to see what Hercules' status of that setup is
> > lately.
> > Creative has pissed me off so bad in the past that the Audigy2 is
> literally
> > the very last card I'll consider.
> > -Larry