Oh, and those soundcards also have modded drivers, both lightweight and with sound mods :)
On 5 Jan, 04:03, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, your cpu is a very different story :) that explains the > performance you get on several games. > Software wise, FMOD is the best software renderer. Hardware wise, > OpenAL is the better option. Games went through a rough time between > the end of DS3D and the first version of OpenAL, but now with both > FMOD and refined OpenAL, gaming audio is quite fine. > I still recommend anyone who wants much better audio than those > onboard chipsets, to get a x-fi go usb, or a x-fi surround 5.1 usb for > both optical and 5.1 output. Any of those makes a world of difference > in audio, be it games, music or movies. > > On 5 Jan, 03:58, UncleFerassi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > @Tribal > > My specs are on my profile :) > > I have the 1.0 so I'm all good :D > > @Espi > > Thanks for the retexturing link :) I'll be sure to reinstall UT GOTY > > for my comp and try this sucker out. > > To the sound renderer topic, I prefer OpenAL because its 3D audio > > positioning work better than FMod. FMod however has a very good > > quality and has a really good working audio library. > > On Jan 4, 7:11 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The difference is that OpenAL enables audio acceleration. Of course > > > that the quality of both the audio hardware/chipset as well as the > > > driver, do make a lot of difference. Don't forget that some onboard > > > chipsets don't resample audio so well, so windows audio settings might > > > have to be lowered to gain both some fps and better audio overall. > > > > On 5 Jan, 03:09, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Meh I think OpenAL and FMOD sounded about the same to me, but I forget > > > > what the conditions were, but when trying to use Hardware audio on one > > > > of the 2 audio renders, it would have a (lot) higher pitch on all > > > > sounds (I'm thinking this was on XP on my 950GMA laptop with Realtek > > > > HDA) > > > > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:03 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Last time I played it, OpenAL wasn't an option yet. I always recommend > > > > > OpenAL for most users, as well as me when using my DAC instead of x- > > > > > fi. How's the quality of the OpenAL renderer? And I do understand you > > > > > using FMOD instead of the default audio renderer, it was kinda > > > > > finnicky :) > > > > > > On 5 Jan, 03:00, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> Yea, UT99 or the Goty version of it, also I cant use the Galaxy > > > > >> (default) audio render cuz it plays corrupted audio for some reason > > > > >> on > > > > >> 7 for me (other option is OpenAL also) > > > > > >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:40 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> > > > > >> wrote: > > > > >> > Luckily I was able to get a first version :) But anyway, if any of > > > > >> > you > > > > >> > guys have a second version, I posted a downgrade patch a few days > > > > >> > ago > > > > >> > here, on the first topic about gta sa online. > > > > > >> > Espi, is that for UT99?? That big of a pack must have kickass > > > > >> > textures :D I only disagree with FMOD, that while being quite nice, > > > > >> > still isn't match for audio hardware renderers, which can be > > > > >> > emulated > > > > >> > by now, at least at those audio hw tiers. > > > > > >> > On 5 Jan, 02:34, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> >> I downloaded san andreas a few days ago (I'm pretty sure its the > > > > >> >> first > > > > >> >> edition DVD) but yea steam/direct2drive/version 2.0 dvd's dont > > > > >> >> work I > > > > >> >> heard > > > > > >> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:26 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> > > > > >> >> wrote: > > > > >> >> > Hey Espi, do you happen to know about any high quality texture > > > > >> >> > packs > > > > >> >> > for UT 99? Despite me being a quake fan, it kinda went downhill > > > > >> >> > for > > > > >> >> > quite some time ago, and that UT, as well as 2004 are great :) > > > > > >> >> > Which version do you guys have of gta sa? Because multiplayer > > > > >> >> > only > > > > >> >> > works with the first version. > > > > > >> >> > On 5 Jan, 02:23, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> >> >> Yea I could host a server (my server pc is doing nothing at > > > > >> >> >> the moment > > > > >> >> >> cept hosting teamspeak 3 lol) > > > > > >> >> >> I was thinking about hosting a CS:S server or Gmod, or maybe > > > > >> >> >> OpenArena, UT Goty, etc idk lol > > > > > >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:18 PM, MAD_BEAST > > > > >> >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> >> >> > yeah men i always wanted to play something with the brothers > > > > >> >> >> > i > > > > >> >> >> > remember few months ago uncle wanted to join us in a KILLING > > > > >> >> >> > FLOOR > > > > >> >> >> > game unfortunatly it fails for the lack of cracked > > > > >> >> >> > servers.... > > > > > >> >> >> > thats why i have been looking for COOL and FREE games where > > > > >> >> >> > we all > > > > >> >> >> > could have fun it would be awesome! > > > > > >> >> >> > -- > > > > >> >> >> > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > > > >> >> > -- > > > > >> >> > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > > > >> > -- > > > > >> > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > > > > -- > > > > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
