amazing

[Sniper1432]

i got this $30 sound card from wal-mart and it's a hell of a lot better than onboard i play all high sound with EAX i really recommend this card for the price. It's called a soundblaster audigy SE 24 bit:)

[Stormy{CAN}]

Re: amazing

Glad you like it, but personally I wouldn't recommend the SE (Sucky Edition) to anyone, there is nothing on that card (EMU10K2) that makes it even vaguely resemble an actual Audigy. The SE has to do all processing in software as it doesn't have the hardware (the afore mentioned EMU10K2) on it.

All that card is is a renamed SB Live 24 bit, and Creative even went so far as to release the X-Fi Extreme Audio which is the same damn card all over again. If you really want to hear BF2 properly you need a normal Audigy/Audigy 2, 2 ZS, Audigy 4 or any X-Fi (will get you ultra high and EAX5 in BF2) other than the Xtreme Audio.

[megawhompertoo]

Re: amazing

i just bought an x-fi (music, i am too old to type extreeeeme) on ebay for $50, and sold my audigy 2 zs for $25.

and ^ is right. no hardware acceleration = not much different from a good onboard setup.

[Sniper1432]

Re: amazing

thats strange because I'm running the card on HW mode now :p and the sound is amazing, I can actually here ppl around me now and everything I cant put it on software because it will echo? but I dont lose any FPS on HW anyways :p

[=98=]

Re: amazing

Ooohhhh... stay well clear of any hardware with SE in. It usually means "well i look at sound like the real model, but i secretly lack the most important aspects of it". Creative used a similar tactic when making their X-Fi XtremeAudio. Whilst you might expect that an X-Fi contains an X-Fidelity chip (and damn right you should!), the XtremeAudio actually contains a completely different processor. In fact its more similar to a Sound Blaster 24 bit Live!