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OMG!!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:40 am
by liberator
I just got an honest to god 24 bit sound card. It's amazing, my computer actually seems to be running faster.
I loaded Renegade and the textures seems sharper somehow and my FPS was up considerably(from 20s to high 40s) it almost seems impossible.
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:43 am
by Goober5000
With a new
sound card?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:52 am
by Taristin
Freed up some CPU cycles, perhaps, somehow?
I dunno wtf I'm talking about...
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:26 pm
by Stryker
Raa's right, it probably freed up system resources on the motherboard that were being dedicated to the onboard sound. A new, dedicated sound card would free up those resources and function more efficiently, allowing a greater freedom of access to the motherboard's resources for the remaining devices.
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:28 pm
by Moonsword
Interesting... quite interesting...
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:02 pm
by Flipside
I've been using a 24 Bit soundcard for quite a while, it's the only way I can hope to do my music stuff, I'm going to be upgrading to a 32Bit 96,000 Khz card in the next month or two
Yes, the difference is pretty amazing, which soundcard did you get?
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:35 am
by liberator
Soundblaster Live! 24-bit.
It didn't fix the problem I bought it to fix, but I am pleased enough to not be depressed enough to be upset with myself.
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:33 am
by WeatherOp
Is that the $19.97 at wal-mart? Cause if it is, I was thinking about buying one two.
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:48 am
by liberator
No, it was 29.99 at CompUSA in Huntsville.
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:06 pm
by Hunter
I've a DMX6Fire 24/96 sound card with front panel. Very good card...
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:53 pm
by Hippo
I've got headphones
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:09 am
by Taristin
*uses the onboard nVidia Soundstorm, as it's got it's own APU, so my CPU is freed up.*
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 5:13 am
by liberator
Those are incredibly hard to find, Raa. I looked for 3 months both locally and online trying to find one.
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 5:42 am
by Taristin
The nVidia Soundstorm? It came built into my A7N8X-E Deluxe...
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:19 am
by karajorma
I've got the non -E deluxe. Damn nice sound from that too.