One thing to consider with your soundcard purchases.
The next offerings from Papyrus will directly support A3d but
not EAX. So while the SB live will work GREAT with
n2000 etc, some of the features of the A3d version won't
be available. SBlive will work but Diamond Monster will
have a few more gimmicks.
dave henrie
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>> Both are good cards, both have DOS soundblaster emulation...take that as
far
>> as you want, but it seemed to work ok (at least the MX300) in ICR2 when I
>> ran it for a few hours a couple weeks ago. No gameport issues on either
and
>> both are digital so you can ditch that ACM card.
>> Differences? Used to be that SBLive had about 3.5-4%CPU usage and MX300
>> about 7% (or thats what the reports said...heh), but supposedly with the
>> latest MX300 drivers they are about even. Thats with 32 streams running
on
>> both cards..so quite good either way. Do you prefer 3D positional audio?
Go
>> with the MX300...if you prefer to listen to music then the SBLive is
better.
>> Both support DirectSound3D. SbLive support EAX (environmental audio
>> extensions whichis being incorprated in the next DirectX) and MX300 is
>> supposed to have at somepoint in time EAX support, but the MX300 does
>> support fully the A3D (Aureal) 2.0 positional 3D sound. Difference? The
>> A3D actually makes soundmaps much in the same manner that light maps work
>> which gives really nice 3D positional sound effects. EAX is more of
things
>> such as reverb, etc. Its not really positional sound at all...but has
that
>> psuedo effect.
>> End result..both are good cards. I went with the Diamond MX300 because I
>> use my game for playing games and my home stereo for music, so I wanted
the
>> better 3D sound.
>> But you should really try some other PC games on the PC you are
>> getting.....with exception of fighting titles (sigh, the PC still lacks
here
>> which is unfortunate since the game controllers are superior now
especially
>> with USB) PC games are far better than PSX games. ;)
>> > Just about to purchase a PIII450, 128Mb, V3 3000 etc
>> > Do I go for MX300 or the SB?
>> > My PC is for driving sims, and in particular GPL (hence the v3 - no
>> > good buying a N64 if you want to play GT, know what I mean?).
>> > I -occasionally- play other games, but generally that's what my PSX is
>> > for.
>> > I'm tempted to go for the SB card because it's just that - a
>> > Soundblaster. I go back to N2 and ICR2 from time to time so DOS
>> > compatibility is a must.
>> > Also, are there any gameport issues? will I be able to lose that ACM
>> > card or am I best off keeping it?
>> > TIA
>> > Mark
>> > Reading, UK
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>> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
