Fair enough, but you do know how bad the virtual hardware resample onboards do, like realtek, cheap cmedias and idts, right? The audio quality you're sending through it also plays a big role, but onboards are tricky things to get the best out of its worst :) and trust me on this, I've played with more onboards than I wished, as well as the crappy conexant that came with my laptop.
On 1 Jan, 01:21, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > Well with my 950GMA laptop, it had SPDIF so I used that with my 5.1 audio > sytem > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:08 AM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > There used to be three big solutions for audio in vista/7. First there > > is a famous realtek to x-fi mod, enabling some of creative's x-fi > > features on realtek (realtek only!) onboard chipsets. Then you have a > > rather unstable and somewhat high cpu usage alchemy app that converts > > ds and ds3d to openal, for games that either don't have native openal > > or even the selection between ds3d and openal. And a great solution > > that was literally deleted from the web :S a universal audio driver > > that was amazingly lightweight, and pushed all audio hardware to their > > limits. > > > @lolatthteotherguy: Ever since I got my dac and my amp, the way I > > listened to sound really changed. I still keep my x-fi usb around for > > serious gaming, but for everything else the dac beats it to the > > punch :) I don't consider myself an audiophile either, but I'm going > > on that direction. Also, not using lossy formats, using bit-matched > > modes or using proper calculated resamples do help. Some of these > > things are controversial, it's going to do with how you think and > > listen to sound. > > > @Espionage: Would you sacrifice some cpu cycles for full accelerated > > audio on 7? And what exactly you have outputting sound on your pc? > > > On 31 Dez, 04:48, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > >> lol @ users asking from time travellers... :) > > >> still, i HATE Vista :) > > >> btw, Tribaljet..is there any way that i could use OpenAL on all games? ive > >> tried Kane & Lynch 2 btw on my desktop and it uses openAL, it was as good > >> as > >> the old time Dsound HAL was available... i missed those gaming days... > > >> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 4:16 PM, PL4YaH <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Well said Angelic. Heres my positive review for Vista, > > >> > Like Angelic said, Vista is a pretty bad OS made from Microsoft but > >> > most good stuff about gaming and features comes from Vista. I mean > >> > without Vista, There be no Windows 7 and Directx will still stay at 9 > >> > or 10. Aero theme looks pretty cool too. In fact having Vista > >> > sometimes makes me look cool having a sickass PC. Vista is also has > >> > security 5x better than Windows XP. What I didn't mention earlier on > >> > my post is that my experience from Windows XP I like have a shitload > >> > of virus's (Excuse my language). From Koobface virus's to BSOD (Blue > >> > Screen Of Death). I got to admit I never had any problems with Vista > >> > having virus's. Just the performance makes me lag. Overall my > >> > experience from Vista is meh, 6/10 Windows XP 8/10 Windows 7 9/10 > > >> > On Dec 30, 10:54 am, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > lol..i not gonna take back my word on vista... > >> > > but tribaljet do have a point.. > > >> > > as im not gonna take back my words, i do have words to back it up :) > > >> > > Vista is still a bad OS imo, BUT some of the features do really make it > >> > > worth step for microsoft, like the ability to handle alternative memory > >> > for > >> > > cache, readyboost which exist starting in Vista, do really improve > >> > > performance of everyday computing (mostly noticeable in browsing and > >> > > some > >> > > light - medium resource usage games)...not to mention better VM > >> > management > >> > > resides in Vista kernel...at the same time the kernel security of Vista > >> > > which 7 inherits is far more superior that XP despite having a larger > >> > > footprint, and that base kernel is applied in 7 which till now still > >> > secure > >> > > for most non massive damaging malicious software...DirectX 10, vista > >> > brought > >> > > it when first launch and that my friend is no doubt a revolution to PC > >> > > gaming, the effects are much real, the API it selfs is much faster than > >> > > DiectX 9 API..the same API applied in 7 where DirectX 11 are not so > >> > > much > >> > > different than DirectX 10, but added DirectCompute and other stuffs > >> > making > >> > > it better..again it's all starting from vista no doubt... > > >> > > the thing about Vista that i do not like is the way the indexing > >> > > service > >> > > behave..it is still indexing even users are using the system, even on > >> > > background so users cant really notice it consumes somewhat a large > >> > portion > >> > > of resource, which imo the main cause of slowdowns in vista, oh and > >> > > dont > >> > > forget the indexing service start working on indexing files the moment > >> > the > >> > > system start and that is even before u login to desktop..ok, other > >> > > things > >> > > again, despite having a better and more secure kernel than XP, other > >> > parts > >> > > of Vista is just nonsense, ActiveX and Group Policy security is > >> > > hackable > >> > and > >> > > do have it's loop holes compared to 7 (again 7 is far more superior > >> > > that > >> > > vista no doubt)..also as far as DirectX 10 onwards is a great stuff, > >> > > the > >> > > fact that they remove 3D sound / A3D / EAX support is just > >> > disappointing.. > >> > > let's talk about GUI, no doubt Aero is a good step in windows GUI, i > >> > > have > >> > no > >> > > problem with Aero, but the fact that Vista GUI is messed up and > >> > > somewhat > >> > > clotted is undeniable to me, but that's just me, and again 7 win with > >> > more > >> > > cleaner interface, but still using the same Aero engine as Vista did, > >> > > although they did modify 7 window rendering to make it more efficient > >> > > and > >> > > resource friendly.. > >> > > oh and dont forget the readyboot(correct me if im wrong about this > >> > service > >> > > name) service have it advantage on replacing XP old prefetch system, > >> > > but > >> > in > >> > > Vista, there are some flaws until they fixed it in 7, readyboot > >> > > clutters > >> > the > >> > > startup cache too much that the hard drive have a hard time loading up > >> > most > >> > > of the startup item and other services as well... > > >> > > there are soo much positive things that i may miss to say, but there > >> > > are > >> > > also negative things that i dont like about vista, despite saying that, > >> > it's > >> > > all up to users opinion...as for me, again, im not gonna take my words > >> > that > >> > > bashing Vista earlier, but i have made my point above ... :) i am > >> > apologize > >> > > but that's my opinion... :) > > >> > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:34 AM, tribaljet <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> > > > And what are your thoughts on the matter? > > >> > > > On 30 Dez, 18:33, lolattheotherguy <[email protected]> > >> > > > wrote: > >> > > > > lol no offense but that sounds absolutly "end-user" talk. More like > >> > an > >> > > > > opinion. > > >> > > > -- > >> > > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > >> > -- > >> > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > -- > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
