Hi, need some help with this card. I can buy it but can this be a vortex 2 or it is crap? I ask the seller from some photos, but I dont know if it is a good one... Can someone tell me about this? I am not very good with sound cards and I must not keep the seller waiting to much 😀
Many thanks!!!!
Look at the chip marking:
Vortex 1 = AU8820
Vortex 2 = AU8830
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wrote:Look at the chip marking:
Vortex 1 = AU8820
Vortex 2 = AU8830
WOW! So it is crap? I can see AU8820B2 --> Vortex 1 right?
Yeah Vortex 1. Not crap but not as desirable as Vortex 2. I don't know too much about the differences. Use the search.
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I guess "chip" wise, the Vortex 2 (or AU8830) processes A3D 2.0 in hardware and little bits of A3D 3.0, whereas the Vortex 1 (AU8820) only processes A3D 1.0 in hardware, which sadly is the level also emulated by other slightly later cards such as anything by Creative (SB Live / Audigy / X-Fi). So the processing on the AU8830 is a little more unique. Do note though that 4.1 sound and digital out isn't guaranteed unless you have a Diamond Monster MX300 / Vortex SQ2500 / QuadZilla SQ2200. I was lucky and paid (a bit over the odds) £50 for a new OEM Aureal-made SQ2500 card from Russia which has the 4.1 surround + coax digital. - You may find these pop up from time to time. The Vortex Advantage (AU8810) was their final card but was designed to be a kind of high-end on-board audio as much as anything. It has a kind of mixed subset of features but depends a lot more on the CPU to do processing. I hope this helps.
wrote:I guess "chip" wise, the Vortex 2 (or AU8830) processes A3D 2.0 in hardware and little bits of A3D 3.0, whereas the Vortex 1 (AU8820) only processes A3D 1.0 in hardware, which sadly is the level also emulated by other slightly later cards such as anything by Creative (SB Live / Audigy / X-Fi). So the processing on the AU8830 is a little more unique. Do note though that 4.1 sound and digital out isn't guaranteed unless you have a Diamond Monster MX300 / Vortex SQ2500 / QuadZilla SQ2200. I was lucky and paid (a bit over the odds) £50 for a new OEM Aureal-made SQ2500 card from Russia which has the 4.1 surround + coax digital. - You may find these pop up from time to time. The Vortex Advantage (AU8810) was their final card but was designed to be a kind of high-end on-board audio as much as anything. It has a kind of mixed subset of features but depends a lot more on the CPU to do processing. I hope this helps.
Thank you for your kind help... After reading all the posts, I decided to skip this card...
