First post, by hifidelitygaming
The first time I played Thief the Dark Project, Thief 2 The Metal Age and System Shock 2 on a win98 system with a Sensaura card I was utterly and completely blown away. The accuracy of the 3d positional audio was such that I could hear EXACTLY where others were - whether they were one floor above me, two floors above me, three floors above me, one/two below me, etc. Behind one wall, two walls, etc.
I forget the exact card I used, but it was Sensaura, and it displayed a Sensaura logo and sound when it booted up Thief:DP. (it didnt display this for T2 or SS2 but the sound was obviously different and better than the soundblaster/creative awe32 crap in terms of positional accuracy)
Now i'm TOLD that it's either the same effect (or some might argue even better) for Aureal Vortex 2 A3D 2.0 cards. Has anyone tried both and could comment?
I am trying to build up an Ultimate Dark Engine Games rig, since the games are SO bitchy about anything modern (dual core and similar) and am trying to see whether to track down an A3D card or a Sensaura card, and which one. (Or even whether to track down both and decide myself being possible) Running XP would be nice (the state of Sensaura cards is very confusing to me - some say there are no XP cards, yet the Hercules GameTheater XP apparently ran it in the original 1.0 driver but it was removed afterwards.. plus it's listed as supported in semi modern 7.1 cards by some manufacturers, which cost the same/less as finding an old GameTheater) however if A3D is actually better then i'm more interested in A3D even if it means having to run win98.
If someone could recommend which cards provide the best Sensaura and A3D experience that's a plus as well. 😀