The biggest reason to use a good sound card is for HARDWARE ACCELERATION, just like a video card, it offloads the audio processing to the card. This frees up the processor to do other things...
(Relating to a previous thread along these lines) I use Ventrilo all of time, in fact I leave it on 24/7 so My Admins can contact me anytime. I never have any game lag or get affected by it in any way... (I do know that one of my friends using Vent with a dialup has issues in-game) I run the Vent server on the same box as one of my HLDS servers. It uses almost no processor time (Server), never crashes and sounds great! I am using the DSP Group Truespeech Codec with it. Teamspeak sounds like crap compared to it, using ANY of the codec's that it supports. It also uses a LOT more processor time (client). If I had to use in-game speech, Speex is better than nothing... Mike ParaDOX Munoz -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason O. Washburn Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 12:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [hlds] Please Supply SPEEX CODEC. I agree the onboard sound cards stink. I run a Live:24bit HD card. When I play source on my laptop I use the built in sound card but to tell you the truth I don't hear much difference in the two. I guess my ears could be bad but I hear the same complaints over and over from different people about the sound quality and they are running much better cards than I am. Jason -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Williams Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 9:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds] Please Supply SPEEX CODEC. i have no problem with the comms in source either and i have a simialr set up to brian. One comanatlity. Dedicated sound cards. So, did anyone stop to think those crap motherboard built in sound cards everyone seems to be using nowadays is the probolem????? i have notice that most new systems have them and more importantly PPL USE THEM. but in saying this there must be a glitch in the codec if it is incompatible with build on sound cards. so i think the ppl that are complaining need to look at there setup and valve need to spent some time actually finishing their products before they release them, then half the stuff we moan about being broken, wrong, or just plain rubbish, we wouldn't have to worry about. We are working in a viscious circle and it needs to be broken and valve needs to start paying more attention to the ppl that run their gaming betwork for them. Brian M Frain (eternal) wrote: >-- >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I'm sorry guys, I just >don't see the codec as being that bad. I am gonna >play the devils advocate and state that some of you guys are just >dramatizing a small issue. >I have an sblive platinum hooked up to some klipsch pro-media's, while it is >an older setup maybe it is better than the common user and I am spoiled. I >don't believe that but it is possible. > > > > > >On 2/5/06, Robert Whelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>agreed, the codec sucks. any source mod i've tried sounds like shit and >>my high end electronics just amplify it. its not always about the >>graphics! >> >>I laff when I see an ancient mod like tfc with a far better codec or at >>least the option to fiddle. >> >> >>--- Desolate_One <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>Seeing as we are constantly getting new player models coded in, can >>>we have a relevant update that gives up a decent voice CODEC, miles >>>really is far to pathetic. >>> >>>Asking for the 3rd time in 12 months. >>> >>>Hell don't even bother with SrcTV, just a decent codec would be >>>appreciated by %99 of the total community! >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>archives, please visit: >>>http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >>> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >>http://mail.yahoo.com >> >>_______________________________________________ >>To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>please visit: >>http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> >> >-- > >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
