Reply 20 of 67, by mirh
Well, first of all you'll need hardware DS3D if you really want at least basic surround.
Given that you have no specific hardware check my post
Besides, I would buy a Xonar DG (3$ cheaper) all the time rather than that crappy software (or an U3 if you have space constraints)
wrote:Surround sound has taken a huge step backwards. Even A3D sounds does a better job compared what games offer these days on the PC.
Even A3D? A3D is the most accurate positional API ever created afaik. And that wrapper is just.. how could I say? A palliative. Reflections won't work properly.
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@Davros @NamelessPlayer
I guess you are both right. DS3D is still there, and "every DirectSound3D application act like DS3D isn't there when you're not using a wrapper under Vista onward" because every old application just specifically looked for the hardware path, that's no more. I wrote something here. Please criticize it, feedback is welcome.
@philscomputerlab
They actually seem to have taken down the entire developer website already an year ago.... without a replacement... (old website is still here though)
I think they surrendered definitively to any new audio technology and they just coast, continuing to sell the same products forever
I can't say this is not what they deserve...
@BuckoA51
HDMI or analog outputs have really nothing to do with positional accuracy of sounds..
Anyway HDMI will probably be better with the right equipment... though if you have a cheap amplifier (or headphones, like me) it's not going to improve audio quality
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