OT: What sound card do you use for your sims

Your recommendations. /Igor

"Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... > Your recommendations. > > /Igor > A bit like ATI (drivers - but they're getting there)or Gainward (huge numbers of returns) Gfx cards, IBM Hard drives ( had 6 at work. All 6 have died), myself, I steer clear of the Sound Blaster range I have a Hercules Game Theater XP - and it's fantastic Doug

Turtle Beach/Santa Cruz Doug Ellison wrote:

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> "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... > >>Your recommendations. >> >>/Igor >> > > > A bit like ATI (drivers - but they're getting there)or Gainward (huge > numbers of returns) Gfx cards, IBM Hard drives ( had 6 at work. All 6 have > died), myself, I steer clear of the Sound Blaster range > > I have a Hercules Game Theater XP - and it's fantastic > > Doug > >

I had a SB Live X-Game 1.5 that left a lot to be desired. The static was more then I could bare. I've since switched to the onboard sound on my Asus A7V333 motherboard, and it's static free. Joel Willstein -- "If you can leave black marks on a straight from the time you exit a corner till the time you brake for the next turn , then you have enough horsepower." Mark Donohue "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... > Your recommendations. > > /Igor > >

"Igor" wrote... > Your recommendations. I have a SoundBlaster PCI512, which is a fairly old model, but still works well with all games. Jan. =---

In article <pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]>, "Igor" <[email hidden]> writes: >Your recommendations. > To answer the question posed in your title, I use a SoundBlaster Live! card. It works great, and I don't remember having any problems with it. As far as recommendations, I don't have anything to compare it too, Sorry. Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:-0.381 MonsterRank: +339.873 N2002 Rank:+17.59 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>Turtle Beach/Santa Cruz > Me too!!! I just switched from a SB Live 5.1 Gamer, to an Audigy 5.1 Gamer (haven't tried the Audigy 2), to a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz and after a few tweaks, I love it! Music sounds better too! And, the best part about the TB/SC card is that I got to uninstall all the crap that Creative put on my hard drives! I have Klipsch Pro Media 5.1 speakers, if that matters. -pw

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>Doug Ellison wrote: >> "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... >> >>>Your recommendations. >>> >>>/Igor >>> >> >> >> A bit like ATI (drivers - but they're getting there)or Gainward (huge >> numbers of returns) Gfx cards, IBM Hard drives ( had 6 at work. All 6 have >> died), myself, I steer clear of the Sound Blaster range >> >> I have a Hercules Game Theater XP - and it's fantastic >> >> Doug >> >>

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> And, the best part about the TB/SC card is that I got to uninstall all > the crap that Creative put on my hard drives! Creative call them drivers - but most beg to differ. :D Doug

"Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]>... > Your recommendations. Unlike Doug, I never had any problems with Creative (AWE 32, 128 PCI, Live Value) until I went to WinXP where my Live and GPL *WOULD NOT* co-operate. I tried *ALL* suggestions. I gave up on Creative and went with a Hercules Fortissimo III. A whole new world of frustration was opened up. The sound in GPL was improved but not fully rectified, but worse it introduced real nasty GPL stutters. Tried everything I could think of - switching between PCI slots, drivers, accelleration, etc, etc, to no avail. Tried on-board sound which worked for GPL but was just a mess with N2K2. I went back to Creative and bought an Audigy 2 and I'm glad I did... I woulda tried a turtle beach SC as people rave about them around here but couldn't find one. Is it a US only product? Anyway, that's my experience. Your Mileage, as they say, May Vary. Regards, Mark

On 18 Feb 2003 02:10:37 -0800, [email hidden] (Mark) wrote something like this: >I woulda tried a turtle beach SC as people rave about them around here >but couldn't find one. Is it a US only product? It's sold as Videologic Sonic Fury in europe these days... it's exactly the same card. It's not completely GPL friendly either, not in WinXP anyway. You need to set sound hardware acceleration to "basic" to get skid and shift sounds audible... -- - JKo -

Hercules fortissimo 2, 4 years old, good stuff, and anyway it doesn't matter much since you have to reduce the hardware acceleration to nothing otherwise all the EA games CTD.... -- The first ever pinball ezboard !! http://pub7.ezboard.com/bpinball SYS80 : BLK HOLE - HNTD HSE - SPRIT - VOLCNO - PNK PNTHER - DEVLS DARE - RYL FLSH DLX - SPDERMAN - CHRLIE'S NGELS - TX SCTOR - MRS GOW - RBO WARS BALLY : XENN - EGHT BLL - EGHT BLL CHMP - PACMN - SPKEASY 4 - STRKES N SPRES - SPCE INVDERS - FTRE SPA - LADY LCK - PRAGON WILLIAMS : BLCKOUT - CNTACT - ADDMS FAMLY "Igor" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news: pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... > Your recommendations. > > /Igor > >

"Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<lTd4a.58211$[email hidden]>...

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> "Igor" wrote... > > Your recommendations. > > I have a SoundBlaster PCI512, which is a fairly old model, but still works > well with all games. > > Jan. > =---

Onboard 5.1 dolby sound on the Asus A7N8X deluxe motherboard is not to be sniffed at - sounds fabulous on mine, so I ditched my Hercules Fortissimmo II. Matt

"Matt Larkin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:<lTd4a.58211$[email hidden]>... > > "Igor" wrote... > > > Your recommendations. > > > > I have a SoundBlaster PCI512, which is a fairly old model, but stillworks

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> > well with all games. > > > > Jan. > > =--- > > Onboard 5.1 dolby sound on the Asus A7N8X deluxe motherboard is not to > be sniffed at - sounds fabulous on mine, so I ditched my Hercules > Fortissimmo II. >

Indeed - the nForce 2 sound chipset is superb - and having an integrated solution gets rid of the world of pain of IRQ mlarkey Doug

How much of a "draw" is put on the cpu? I typical don't use any onboard devices because they leach cycles from the cpu. MadDAWG

Anything, but Creative. And that goes double if you have a Geforce video card. I run the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card on one machine, and a Phillips AE (706) on another. They both are great cards, but Phillips has poor driver support. After reading about the Nforce2 sound I may have to try that too. :) MadDAWG

"MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]: > How much of a "draw" is put on the cpu? I typical don't use any onboard > devices because they leach cycles from the cpu. > > MadDAWG > > Well it can't be too much of a draw because the new N2Force boards like the Asus mentioned eariler in the thread are now pretty much acknowledged as the fastest AMD motherboards available. I still have such a built in bias against the first Nforce card that I'm having trouble accepting this...basically I have to tell myself the N2 boards are everything the original Nforce mb's weren't. dave henrie

"MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > How much of a "draw" is put on the cpu? I typical don't use any onboard > devices because they leach cycles from the cpu.A PCI sound card also leaches cycles from the CPU. Dont be under the impression that just because it's soldered on to the motherboard means it doesnt fundamentally work 'the same' as far as I can remember ( and you'll ahve to look back thru HardOCP.com reviews I think) - using Quake 3 FPS ( at 640 x 480 so it's cpu limited) with sound off, and then on - the Audigy 2 was a few percent MORE of a hit than the nForce 2 ( yeah - I went "wtf? - you're kidding me - onboard sound better than a PCI card - nahhhh" - but it's true - if I can find the reviews I'll post here) Hell yeah - the nForce 1 was a dog. The nForce 2 is the very best ( and possibly last ) socket A solution there is Dog

Well it don't surprise me that its better than a Creative card lol Once I get my computers hooked back up I'll have to give it a try. What the hell its not like I gotta by anything. MadDAWG

Turtle Beach Santa Cruz. Solid hardware, solid drivers, NO PCI ISSUES!, and it plays nice with other hardware. Supports 5.1, Digital, and most common formats. $79 Retail. Ya can't beat it. Larry "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... > Your recommendations. > > /Igor > >

LOL! Larry "Doug Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Edi4a.4026$Vx2.355618@wards...

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> > > And, the best part about the TB/SC card is that I got to uninstall all > > the crap that Creative put on my hard drives! > > Creative call them drivers - but most beg to differ. > > :D > > > Doug > >

Interesting... I don't believe I have that problem. I'll double-check though. Larry "Jussi Koukku" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On 18 Feb 2003 02:10:37 -0800, [email hidden] (Mark) > wrote something like this: > > >I woulda tried a turtle beach SC as people rave about them around here > >but couldn't find one. Is it a US only product? > > It's sold as Videologic Sonic Fury in europe these days... it's > exactly the same card. > > It's not completely GPL friendly either, not in WinXP anyway. You need > to set sound hardware acceleration to "basic" to get skid and shift > sounds audible... > -- > - JKo -

If ya want all that Larry mentions and a little better sound at a higher price then go with the Audigy2. I never had any problems with the Santa Cruz though and can recommend it for the price. If quality sound is what you want then the Audigy 2 has an edge. Im no audiophile by any stretch but I can tell a difference for both MP3's and games. In NR2003 I run all sounds including 3d and get no noticeable FPS hit. You can really pickup the small ambient sounds while still getting the full roar of the engine. I don't run any old software so I cant comment on whether GPL/F4 will work. I paid $99 after a rebate and would say it's well worth $20 more than the SC, although I got my SC for $49 almost a year ago. Yeah yeah I know all about creative and there piss poor driver updates (had em all since the original 8bit) but the Audigy 2 was designed for XP and XP will be around till 05' so I feel pretty safe as far as compatibility for at least 3 years. When longhorn ships my advice will be to wait on any Creative purchases ;)) Mitch "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Ltu4a.33284$[email hidden]... > Turtle Beach Santa Cruz. > > Solid hardware, solid drivers, NO PCI ISSUES!, and it plays nice withother

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> hardware. > > Supports 5.1, Digital, and most common formats. > > $79 Retail. Ya can't beat it. > > Larry > > "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... > > Your recommendations. > > > > /Igor > > > > > >

Same here: TBSC. Best sound card I've ever used. Low cpu utilization, excellent stability, compatible with everything and sounds GREAT. BTW, anyone remember buying their first sound card? I remember using the built-in PC speaker (playing Wing Commander IIRC) until a guy at a computer game store about 13 years ago convinced me that a sound card makes a big difference. So I ran out and bought a sound blaster 16 (?) and slapped it in my 286 12 Mhz speed demon. It's amazing how far we've come. -- Joe M. "Dan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:fkd4a.7799$[email hidden]... > Turtle Beach/Santa Cruz > > Doug Ellison wrote: > > "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... > > > >>Your recommendations. > >> > >>/Igor > >> > > > > > > A bit like ATI (drivers - but they're getting there)or Gainward (huge > > numbers of returns) Gfx cards, IBM Hard drives ( had 6 at work. All 6 have > > died), myself, I steer clear of the Sound Blaster range > > > > I have a Hercules Game Theater XP - and it's fantastic > > > > Doug > > > > >

I have a Hercules GameSurround II and Altec Lansing speakers; sounds amazing! A friend of mine has a HGSIII with 5.1 Altecs and he says it's incredible. - Tom N Doug Ellison ([email hidden]) wrote: : "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message : news:pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... : > Your recommendations. : > : > /Igor : > : A bit like ATI (drivers - but they're getting there)or Gainward (huge : numbers of returns) Gfx cards, IBM Hard drives ( had 6 at work. All 6 have : died), myself, I steer clear of the Sound Blaster range : I have a Hercules Game Theater XP - and it's fantastic : Doug

I remember that too, however, mine was an Ad Lib card. "Joe M." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Same here: TBSC. Best sound card I've ever used. Low cpu utilization, > excellent stability, compatible with everything and sounds GREAT. > > BTW, anyone remember buying their first sound card? I remember using the > built-in PC speaker (playing Wing Commander IIRC) until a guy at acomputer

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> game store about 13 years ago convinced me that a sound card makes a big > difference. So I ran out and bought a sound blaster 16 (?) and slapped it > in my 286 12 Mhz speed demon. It's amazing how far we've come. > > -- > Joe M. > > > "Dan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:fkd4a.7799$[email hidden]... > > Turtle Beach/Santa Cruz > > > > Doug Ellison wrote: > > > "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... > > > > > >>Your recommendations. > > >> > > >>/Igor > > >> > > > > > > > > > A bit like ATI (drivers - but they're getting there)or Gainward (huge > > > numbers of returns) Gfx cards, IBM Hard drives ( had 6 at work. All 6 > have > > > died), myself, I steer clear of the Sound Blaster range > > > > > > I have a Hercules Game Theater XP - and it's fantastic > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > >

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> Same here: TBSC. Best sound card I've ever used. Low cpu > utilization, excellent stability, compatible with everything and > sounds GREAT. > > BTW, anyone remember buying their first sound card? I remember using > the built-in PC speaker (playing Wing Commander IIRC) until a guy at a > computer game store about 13 years ago convinced me that a sound card > makes a big difference. So I ran out and bought a sound blaster 16 > (?) and slapped it in my 286 12 Mhz speed demon. It's amazing how far > we've come. > > -- > Joe M.

I was suprised that the PC NEEDED a soundcard. I came from the Amiga school which had built in 4 channel sound. First card was a SB Pro...boy did it feel dumb buying something that was included in my old system. Wing Commander was the title that pushed me over to the PC world. About a year after it was released for the PC, they finally ported it over to the Amiga. they made NO attempt to optimize it, or adjust the color. Just a quick and dirty port..like almost all PC ports for the AMiga, it ran like a dead PIG. There was a wargame that included armour, jets, hovercraft, helicopters..nothing fancy in the graphics arena but the framerate was amazing. If you didn't find and shoot the oncomming jet it would zoom past before you could even recognize it...Then loaded the next great thing from the PC crowd and INSTANT SLIDE show...ah them were da days.. dave henrie

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 17:56:59 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote something like this: >Turtle Beach Santa Cruz. > >Solid hardware, solid drivers, NO PCI ISSUES!, and it plays nice with other >hardware. But there are issues with GPL and Hitman 2 in WinXP. GPL issues are easy to overcome, but with Hitman 2 it's either no music (which is pretty essential in this game, IMO), or no hardware acceleration (hit on fps and no 3D sounds). Other than that, it's a great card. Couldn't notice any difference in sound quality when compared to SB Live 5.1 though, but that's probably due to my poor monitor speakers (Nokia 447XPro)... but I did get rid of the stuttering in GPL when I ditched the SB card =) -- - JKo -

SB Live 5.1 Platinum with Live Drive IR on Win98SE. Deleted most of the Creative junk. No issues with static or stutters in GPL. -- don ------------------------------------- BAPOM Alternative Program Covers for GPL http://www.trilon.com/bapom/ "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... > Your recommendations. > > /Igor > >

>Same here: TBSC. Best sound card I've ever used. Low cpu utilization, >excellent stability, compatible with everything and sounds GREAT. > >BTW, anyone remember buying their first sound card? Yup! It was also a Turtle Beach card and it would not work in my brand new Gateway 400Mmhz dream machine! :-) -pw > I remember using the >built-in PC speaker (playing Wing Commander IIRC) until a guy at a computer >game store about 13 years ago convinced me that a sound card makes a big >difference. So I ran out and bought a sound blaster 16 (?) and slapped it >in my 286 12 Mhz speed demon. It's amazing how far we've come. pw livingston,montana please use "pw at williamsonenterprises dot com" for e-mail thanks -----------== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----= Over 100,000 Newsgroups - Unlimited Fast Downloads - 19 Servers =-----

> I was suprised that the PC NEEDED a soundcard. I came from the Amiga >school which had built in 4 channel sound. Amiga guy Dave? I was an Atari man all the way (800 -> 64 ->128 --> ST 1024 (?)). Still have the ST in my closet with an non-working 20MB hard drive and both a color and b&w monitor. I should try and boot it up! I still remember the ST as having incredible graphics <g> Those darn ex-Commodore owners ruined Atari! -pw pw livingston,montana please use "pw at williamsonenterprises dot com" for e-mail thanks -----------== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----= Over 100,000 Newsgroups - Unlimited Fast Downloads - 19 Servers =-----

Hercules Game Theather XP 6.1 -- ed_

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> On 18 Feb 2003 02:10:37 -0800, [email hidden] (Mark) > reckoned: > > > I gave up on Creative and > >went with a Hercules Fortissimo III. A whole new world of frustration > >was opened up. The sound in GPL was improved but not fully rectified, > >but worse it introduced real nasty GPL stutters. > > Hmm, I have a FortissimoII and never experienced those problems. You > did get the latest drivers, right?

He said a Fortissimo III, not a II - I've got a 3 as well, but haven't had chance to try it with any racers yet.... -- AG Remove removes from address to remove anti-spam measures. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Gauton E-Mail agauton @ postmaster.co.uk Never for me the lowered banner, never the last endeavour! (Damon Hill - 16th June 1999)

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> > Amiga guy Dave? I was an Atari man all the way (800 -> 64 ->128 --> > ST 1024 (?)). Still have the ST in my closet with an non-working 20MB > hard drive and both a color and b&w monitor. I should try and boot it > up! I still remember the ST as having incredible graphics <g> > > Those darn ex-Commodore owners ruined Atari! > > -pw

Odd how that worked out...Usually an Atari stayed Atari. We won't tell anyone that Atari had first crack at the Amiga hardware and passed. dave henrie

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:34:01 +0100, "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Hercules Game Theather XP 6.1 I had one of those and it kicked ass. Currently running a Hercules Fortissimo III 7.1 and it kicks ass as well. I could never say a bad thing about either Hercules or Turtle Beach. Jason

But it's a creative card :) My Live! experiences have removed them from my list for a long, long time. Larry "Mitch_A" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:28v4a.1421$[email hidden]... > If ya want all that Larry mentions and a little better sound at a higher > price then go with the Audigy2. I never had any problems with the Santa > Cruz though and can recommend it for the price. If quality sound is what > you want then the Audigy 2 has an edge. Im no audiophile by any stretchbut > I can tell a difference for both MP3's and games. In NR2003 I run all > sounds including 3d and get no noticeable FPS hit. You can really pickup > the small ambient sounds while still getting the full roar of the engine.I > don't run any old software so I cant comment on whether GPL/F4 will work.I > paid $99 after a rebate and would say it's well worth $20 more than theSC, > although I got my SC for $49 almost a year ago. > > Yeah yeah I know all about creative and there piss poor driver updates(had > em all since the original 8bit) but the Audigy 2 was designed for XP andXP > will be around till 05' so I feel pretty safe as far as compatibility forat

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> least 3 years. When longhorn ships my advice will be to wait on any > Creative purchases ;)) > > > Mitch > > > "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Ltu4a.33284$[email hidden]... > > Turtle Beach Santa Cruz. > > > > Solid hardware, solid drivers, NO PCI ISSUES!, and it plays nice with > other > > hardware. > > > > Supports 5.1, Digital, and most common formats. > > > > $79 Retail. Ya can't beat it. > > > > Larry > > > > "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... > > > Your recommendations. > > > > > > /Igor > > > > > > > > > > > >

My first sound card was a funky Music board for my TRS-80 Model 1 some 20 years ago :) Larry "Joe M." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Same here: TBSC. Best sound card I've ever used. Low cpu utilization, > excellent stability, compatible with everything and sounds GREAT. > > BTW, anyone remember buying their first sound card? I remember using the > built-in PC speaker (playing Wing Commander IIRC) until a guy at acomputer

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> game store about 13 years ago convinced me that a sound card makes a big > difference. So I ran out and bought a sound blaster 16 (?) and slapped it > in my 286 12 Mhz speed demon. It's amazing how far we've come. > > -- > Joe M. > > > "Dan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:fkd4a.7799$[email hidden]... > > Turtle Beach/Santa Cruz > > > > Doug Ellison wrote: > > > "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:pYc4a.1976$[email hidden]... > > > > > >>Your recommendations. > > >> > > >>/Igor > > >> > > > > > > > > > A bit like ATI (drivers - but they're getting there)or Gainward (huge > > > numbers of returns) Gfx cards, IBM Hard drives ( had 6 at work. All 6 > have > > > died), myself, I steer clear of the Sound Blaster range > > > > > > I have a Hercules Game Theater XP - and it's fantastic > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > >

No GPL/WinXP issues here. Larry "Jussi Koukku" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 17:56:59 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote > something like this: > > >Turtle Beach Santa Cruz. > > > >Solid hardware, solid drivers, NO PCI ISSUES!, and it plays nice withother

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> >hardware. > > But there are issues with GPL and Hitman 2 in WinXP. GPL issues are > easy to overcome, but with Hitman 2 it's either no music (which is > pretty essential in this game, IMO), or no hardware acceleration (hit > on fps and no 3D sounds). > > Other than that, it's a great card. Couldn't notice any difference in > sound quality when compared to SB Live 5.1 though, but that's probably > due to my poor monitor speakers (Nokia 447XPro)... but I did get rid > of the stuttering in GPL when I ditched the SB card =) > -- > - JKo -

I think that's because they run the same chipset and basic reference hardware :) Larry "Jason Moyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:34:01 +0100, "Ed Solheim" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Hercules Game Theather XP 6.1 > > I had one of those and it kicked ass. Currently running a Hercules > Fortissimo III 7.1 and it kicks ass as well. I could never say a bad > thing about either Hercules or Turtle Beach. > > Jason

Good to hear. Which drivers are you using? And do you have sound hardware acceleration set to "full"? And skid & shift sounds are fully audible? On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 03:05:28 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote something like this:

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>No GPL/WinXP issues here. > >Larry > >"Jussi Koukku" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 17:56:59 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote >> something like this: >> >> >Turtle Beach Santa Cruz. >> > >> >Solid hardware, solid drivers, NO PCI ISSUES!, and it plays nice with >other >> >hardware. >> >> But there are issues with GPL and Hitman 2 in WinXP. GPL issues are >> easy to overcome, but with Hitman 2 it's either no music (which is >> pretty essential in this game, IMO), or no hardware acceleration (hit >> on fps and no 3D sounds). >> >> Other than that, it's a great card. Couldn't notice any difference in >> sound quality when compared to SB Live 5.1 though, but that's probably >> due to my poor monitor speakers (Nokia 447XPro)... but I did get rid >> of the stuttering in GPL when I ditched the SB card =) >> -- >> - JKo - >

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No sound card, here. :) I use a set of Plantronics DSP-500 digital USB headphones. Less hardware, less software and less drivers makes for a happier windows user.

"John E. Crouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > No sound card, here. :) > I use a set of Plantronics DSP-500 digital USB headphones. Less > hardware, less software and less drivers makes for a happier windows > user. Not at the expense of performance. Have you measured the cpu utilization and fps hit? I know the TBSC soundcard has just about the lowest cpu utilization at 3-5% for most benchmarks, I wouldn't expect an external USB sound device to be less. Any idea? -- Joe M.

Never took the time to do so. Sorry, John