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Re: 5.1 Surround Sound gaming and Win98SE

Posted on 2018-04-18, 22:52

The breakout box of the Hercules Game Theater XP does RCA out on all 5.1 channels, as well as digital/optical out, which probably does Dolby Digital 5.1/AC3. Sorry but probably it doesnt. The point if this thread is the difficulty of finding a card that ouputs DD 5.1/DTS 5.1 from optical, and …

Re: Which Older Rig?

Posted on 2018-04-18, 22:45

I realize from the start that neither of these following builds are anything near playing new games Hey! My main PC until 2 weeks ago was a Phenom II X6 with a 1050ti and it played lots of modern games quite well. And all I did was upgrade it to a FX6330 (everything else same), which gains me about …

Re: Aureal Vortex2 based card with Digital Out?

Posted on 2018-04-18, 07:55

[Montego II I2S jack] [2][4][6][8] [1][3][5][7] pin 6 is your S/PDIF output Use the Montego2 Quadzilla drivers instead and then unmute the S/PDIF playback output on the card and it works fine. Cool. I wonder if the mx300 is that simple...it has a big parallel port at the back. Its my preferred …

Aureal Vortex2 based card with Digital Out?

Posted on 2018-04-18, 04:45

Both the Diamond MX300 and Turtle Beach Montego II have alleged support for S/PDIF via daughterboards that attach via special headers, and which are rarer than the mystical Nvidia Voodoo6 6500 with hardware T&L and DX8 support. Does anyone know if it's possible to hack a generic S/PDIF bracket with …

Re: Best Sensaura Implementation

Posted on 2018-04-17, 22:59

Do you recommend headphones or a 5.1 system? I usually find headphones to be superior because of closed ear, snr being higher, etc. but in this case... 4 channel 3D might trump? A3D2 is specifically intended for headphones. Although I don't use them personally and I find it works fine. Sensaura …

Re: Best Sensaura Implementation

Posted on 2018-04-17, 20:01

If only I had more PCI slots... now I have 3 cards I feel I must have in my system: An SB Live SB0100 (because it has the best normal sound quality and compatibility with everything), an SQ2500 (cuz A3D 2.0, nuff said) and a Santa Cruz (because their HRTF is better). Originally I was planning on …

Re: Best Sensaura Implementation

Posted on 2018-04-15, 04:06

This is interesting. I think I have some of those cards lying around, would be keen to hear HL1 with EAX+A3D2.0 (chaotic wavetracing). Funny, about the Canyon3D you said this in 2016: > Automatically, however what I read about the Canyon3D is that it isn't a full Sensaura accelerator and doesn't …

Re: Best Sensaura Implementation

Posted on 2018-04-13, 00:38

A3D is not connected to DS3D, but it's close enough that a DS3D supporting card/driver can emulate A3D quite easily, and they did so. I think Thief1 is the stand-out A3D2 game, but there are others, including HL1. I remember someone saying that Thief2 started out claiming A3D2 support, but it was …

Re: Best Sensaura Implementation

Posted on 2018-04-13, 00:26

I admit to lacking a detailed understanding of how they work but I thought they piggybacked off A3D and EAX... so when directional 3D transfer functions are required and the game calls A3D to do it, it gets rerouted to Sensaura's HRTF tables instead... or is that completely wrong? It's not wrong, …

Re: Best Sensaura Implementation

Posted on 2018-04-12, 22:57

I've come across 2 cards that support Sensaura technology: The Diamond MX400 and the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz. Which is the better card? Also, despite what I have read about Sensaura, people generally do not recommend it over a Vortex 2 card, even though a3d 2.0 has quasi 4 speaker HRTF while …

Re: Geforce FX5800 Ultra - Serious, Serious £££

Posted on 2018-04-12, 22:41

I take the view that 2006 is the cutoff for retro computing, anything after that, starting with 2007 games like Crysis, should be played on a current day modern computer. I suspect PCs in 10 years from now will still be compatible with DX10 and games from 2007, and they might even be able to run …

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