Best sound card for GPL?

I understand the Soundblaster Live has minimal frame hit. Is the MX300 as good in this regard? bob

> I understand the Soundblaster Live has minimal frame hit. Is >the MX300 as good in this regard? > bob I've recently replaced my SBLive with an MX300 and I have not noticed any frame rate degradation in GPL. I have noticed that the MX300 has a MUCH more stable gameport. David

Yes.. the MX300 has the best gameport of ALL cards.. including dedicated cards.. It ROCKS!!.. never have to recalibrate and the accuracy is sensational.. took .50 off my times at Monza!!! And the sounds is pretty good too :-) James

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> > I understand the Soundblaster Live has minimal frame hit. Is > >the MX300 as good in this regard? > > bob > I've recently replaced my SBLive with an MX300 and I have not noticed > any frame rate degradation in GPL. I have noticed that the MX300 has a > MUCH more stable gameport. > David

Does the MX300 do DOS based games too??? Like GP2 ??? And... does it do A3D 2.0 ??? So N3 will be supported ? I'm also in the market to upgrade my old ISA based Soundblaster AWE32 (got this baby back in late 1995!) I've got a LWFF, so a fast gameport isn't as important as the ability to support both my older games and the new games that have it the market, and that will be coming in the future! Thanks Jay J

Do not think it supports DOS, but not sure on that one. It does indeed support A3D 2.0 which allows reflection support in N3. Very nice. Rick Sweeney

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> Does the MX300 do DOS based games too??? Like GP2 ??? > And... does it do A3D 2.0 ??? So N3 will be supported ? > I'm also in the market to upgrade my old ISA based Soundblaster AWE32 (got > this baby back in late 1995!) > I've got a LWFF, so a fast gameport isn't as important as the ability to > support both my older games and the new games that have it the market, and > that will be coming in the future! > Thanks > Jay J

IT does Soundblaster Pro emulation in DOS mode if you choose to install the driver for it. Yes, it's based on the Aureal Vortex2 chipset. I don't think you'd be disappointed with either card. I chose the MX300 for the better gameport, but I do thinkthe SBLive had a little better overall sound quality. David

Does the SB Live do A3D 2.0 ? It seems this is the direction many game makers are going in the future!?