You've got me intreiged. Is it worth upgrading from my SBLive Value? -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Reinhardt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Win XP, A3D and compatibility mode
If you get yourself a Platinum Audigy or any line of the Audigy product list EAX will surprise you a lot. Its clearer, and you can hear more now. They finally have fixed their EAX Drivers, and the improvements are remarkable. The Ace Man ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric (Deacon)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:36 AM Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Win XP, A3D and compatibility mode > > A3D = Aureal 3D (Audio) > > Much like EAX of Creative (SB Live! cards) > > A3D was Aureal's answer to 3D positional audio. A3D and Aureal's > products were widely thought to be superior to Creative's hardware, and > A3D was definitely superior to Creative's EAX technology. Aureal was > much like nVidia in that it was a small company that produced a superior > product. Unfortunately, unlike nVidia, it was never able to gain a big > enough market share foothold, a position that left it vulnerable to > Creative's buy-out attempts. Creative was finally able to force its > hand, at which point it bought and buried Aureal, its only *real* > competition at the time. Right now you've got more like the PC and the > PC-compatible thing going on with Santa Cruz and such. > > Anyway, there you go. I'm still bitter about my Monster Sound MX200 not > having real Win2k/XP support because the bastards at Creative did such a > thorough job of burying Aureal and the A3D standard. > > -- > Eric (the Deacon remix) > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
