Probably software seeing as older games (Halo, WoW, D2) don't allow Hardware Channels.
But then again if the program uses OpenAL, it might be hardware accelerated, but other then that, most other sound engines (inhouse, FMOD) might just be Software On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:11 AM, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > the sound enchancement thingy in windows 7 for is juz some sound effect and > modifications (virtual headphone, voice cancelling and stuffs) im using > realtek by the way...it seems without directSound in win7, there's no actual > sound processing...either windows 7 default it to software or hardware, that > is the question... > > On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:13 AM, hussam aulaian <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> @ espi : do u knw why when u disable the sound ACC , the game FPS increase >> cuz all hardware devices will be sharing some amount of somthing called >> IRQ ( interept request ) >> i hav read many articles that by the thing called ACPI , it divides the >> hardware resouces in away that they all get enough >> and for example GPU gets a high value of 16 IRQ >> and one more thing to point out , wht is the difference between a >> MotherBoard that has integrated chips and the one has everything >> external , in the integrated one the CPU has to suffer alot , cuz it has >> to manage all devices at the same time >> so wht basically happens when u disabled the sound the concetration went >> to the other devices , making an etra room for the CPU >> >> and this idea gives me another idea i tried before , how can we disable >> the other devices natively ? i read once only by overriding the ACPI >> and divide the resources manualy , but i also i heard its dangerous if u >> dont hav experience in that field...., u need to read more >> cuz ACPI file comes from microsoft it self , >> >> but its an idea i would like u guys to dig more deep in it >> >> -- >> INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- Espionage724 Has A Signature... -- INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
