Yes - I bought a soundblaster live! value for 56 bucks on e-bay and it was
worth every penny....upgraded my old awe-64. Going to go to bb and buy a 150
buck creative labs subwoofer/4 tweeter:_) speaker system to back up the
card.
Playing SOF with the live! card and four speakers is completely different
than the awe-64 with two good speakers....
by the way - I was playing commandos a while back and got stuck on the
waterfall mission while using my old awe-64. I installed the live card -
booted up commandos - and noticed no real difference -wasn't surprised
commandos is not big on sound effects.... Then I came across the waterfall.
It sounded like a real waterfall - I moved back and forth across the
waterfall for about 5 minutes - just revelling in the sound -:)
bubble
> Hey, whats wrong with NEC? I have one and it's very reliable and
> upgradeable. I got the Creative X-Gamer and there was a big difference
in
> sound quality and the CPU utilization was way lower than the MX300. You
> can disable the on-board soundcard in the BIOS and then shut the computer
> down and install the Creative card all in about 10 minutes. Creative
> drivers work well and the card is supported to the max by Creative.
Aureal
> is unfornately in Chapter 13 so I wouldn't bother with them and who knows
> what Diamond/S3/VIA is up to right now. Creative is the only safe way to
> go. IMO
> > First off, sorry for crossposting, but these are the groups I visit the
> most
> > for my *** opinions. In a nutshell, I'm considering upgrading my
> current
> > "Crystal Sound Fusion" card included with my 400 mhz, 96 mb ram NEC
> (please
> > don't flame me) computer to a Creative Labs X-Gamer soundcard. Is there
a
> > major difference in soundcards, and those who have this new card, what
are
> > your opinions?
> > I upgraded my speakers when I purchased the computer, so I'm happy with
> > those. Finally, I assume that my soundcard is soldered to the
> motherboard,
> > so I guess I just disable the existing one, and uninstall all files
> related
> > to it and install the new one...correct??
> > Dave
