04-07-2002, 06:49 PM
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Admiral
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Audigy...worth a $50 upgrade?
The basic audigy...I would be getting it for the 192 recording support.
How does it perform in games? How stable are the win2k drivers?
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04-07-2002, 07:18 PM
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Admiral
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Well the performance is greatly noticeable if. . . you have good speakers to output to. About the drivers, not sure on 2k, I have it running on xp and they are fine. I would assume though being creative and the w2k drivers for the live! is good. . . why not for the audigy on w2k. I haven't heard of any driver issues either on w2k with the audigy.
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04-07-2002, 11:46 PM
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As expected the Audigy has the best EAX implementation. Audigy W2K drivers are just fine.
---------- Kind of a shame about the MX300 since it was a great card for its time. I tried my MX300 under Win2k but it wasn't fully functional since Aureal died before the drivers were finished. Time to upgrade. |
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04-08-2002, 12:01 AM
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Can't believe there are people who still keep MX300 card.
 It's sad that Aureal went out of business. Their sound cards are superior than Creative Labs IMO. |
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04-08-2002, 10:50 AM
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Admiral
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ya...
Until last fall, I've was nothing be pleased with my Vortex2 card. Unfortunately, the support has fallen off and games tend to not like it-and I miss good 4-speaker audio in games. (I'm putting off Serious Sam2 until I get a better card.)
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04-08-2002, 11:10 AM
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Yes, it works as a standard FireWire port.
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04-08-2002, 11:15 AM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
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But is it worth the upgrade to Audigy if I already have the Live! Value?
I have cambridge soundworks speakers. |
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04-08-2002, 11:17 AM
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04-08-2002, 11:37 AM
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I have given up on creative until they can get their act togethere concerning their dirvers.
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04-08-2002, 01:16 PM
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Admiral
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question...
I thought I knew...now I not so sure...
The connectors... Does the Audigy have a Line out-forward and Line out-rear? The reciever that I use has a 5.1 component input (i use for 4 speaker) and dolby prologic from two channels. I do not have a digital connector on my reciever that I would use to connect to the computer. |
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04-08-2002, 06:31 PM
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Admiral
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Update: went to store...
...checked card-not only does it support analog 4-channel, it also supports analog, component center and subwoofer. I'm buying this card.
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04-08-2002, 09:15 PM
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