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F1RS 3D sound.

3 posts by 2 people · 21 May 1998 - 21 May 1998

Greg Cisko 21 May 1998#409129
It anyone successfully running the 3D sound patch? If so I am wondering what soundcard you have and what changes are apparent vs the normal non 3D sound. If it is cool I might be persuaded to dump my Soundscape and get a new soundcard. Thanks. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes.
I've been running a Monster M80 for about 3 weeks. I originally had it in a 200mmx machine with a V2 (M3d). The card was only OK on that machine with F1RS w/3d sound, due mostly to extreme distortion and dropouts when there were several other cars around. With just one or two cars it was great. I got a Dell P2-400 machine last week, put the M80 and the Monster 2 in it, and now words can't adequately describe what the 3D sound and V2 do for F1RS. If you have a fast P2, I'd say the change to a 3D card of some stripe would be well worth the money. There are very distinct volume and directional cues that weren't even close to being present with the AWE32 I upgraded from. I'm not so sure about a regular pentium, though, if your sole interest is F1RS. But Greg, I recognize you from flight sims, and the M80 made a quite noticeable difference in F-15's frame rate when I still had the 200mmx. The PCI bus, you know, as well as the digital port. I haven't noticed any of the "nervousness" that some have reported with the M80 port. And of course, the setup is also great with the 400. Before you buy, read the article about 3D sound cards at www.combatsim.com. If I had had the info in that article 3 weeks ago, I might not have bought the M80. Jerry Morelock
Quoted text (9 lines)>It anyone successfully running the 3D sound patch? If so I am >wondering what soundcard you have and what changes are >apparent vs the normal non 3D sound. If it is cool I might be >persuaded to dump my Soundscape and get a new soundcard. >Thanks. >-- >Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes.
Greg Cisko 21 May 1998#409131
>And of course, the setup is also great with the 400. Before you buy, read >the article about 3D sound cards at www.combatsim.com. If I had had the >info in that article 3 weeks ago, I might not have bought the M80. Thanks for the tip. Will do!!! -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes.

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