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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stealth on September 11, 2004, 11:47:34 pm
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i'm pissed at my damn integrated sound at the moment, even though it's nvidia nnforce, which is better than most, but every thing i do, even if it's just loading a webpage, the sound skips and slurrs... i mean i've got a more powerful computer than 99% of people out there, but even my damn laptop doesn't do that, and it's got less than a quarter of the overall power of my desktop. the only thing i can think why is because of my damn sound card.
so i need a new soundcard, and i want a top of the line soundcard. what do you recommend.
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Creative Labs Audigy 2 "insert version here"
Creative's drivers are crap, but they still make the best soundcard for the cash involved. You might also look at a Panasonic or something.
You might also check out what these guys (http://www.diamondcut.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB2&Number=3535&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1) are talking about, they seem to know what they're talking about.
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I've got a SB Live and it provides decent sound at an excellent price, but watch out for its driver issue.
And I used to have an integrated AC'97 sound solution in my desktop and it never did that, even when playing FS2. And this was on a Celeron. I think you might have some other wierd problem going on in there.
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SB audigy 2 Platinum ZS, (i think) it's a good soundcard, and it's way cheaper without the "livedrive" or whatever that thing is that fits in a 5.25" bay..
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Originally posted by Kosh
And I used to have an integrated AC'97 sound solution in my desktop and it never did that, even when playing FS2. And this was on a Celeron. I think you might have some other wierd problem going on in there.
"even when playing FS2". well FS2 is a 6+ year old game, of course my card plays FS2 perfectly, but when it comes to MP3s, and a lot of new games (max payne 2, doom3, ravenshield, etc.) sounc messes up in various ways (in MP2: characters talk REALLY fast, in ravenshield the crackling of the radios sounds distorted, etc.). i'm pretty sure it's the sound, and i've been wantinga new soundcard anyway :D
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I too am considering a new sound card. I used to play FSO on my system before a recent upgrade. Soundwise, I never had ANY problems. I had an SB-Live Value, but I was told that the integrated audio on my new ASUS A7V-600-X was better than the old card, so I agreed to use the integrated one. Now, FSO will often suddenly switch sounds and music into a loud buzzing noise that's REALY anoying. The general concensus from the FSO forums is bad drivers, but I'm running the very latest ones available for Win98SE. I'm putting an SB-Audigy2 (even OEM) on my birthday/Xmas list, and hoping that someone gets me one. Otherwise, it'll be in my PC sometime early next year, paid out of my pocket.
Later!
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hey, more opinions plz
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Sorry dude, I just have a SB Live! and it serves me fine. :)
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You could try updating the drivers for your onboard sound.
Usually that's the problem, or if you have something else conflicting with it stealing resources...
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I have the integrated nvidia soundstorm card as well... and as you all know, I'm running a duron 600 and 128 MB single channel DDR. Music never skips, or anything, even under heavy load. It's usually everything else that hangs...
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well i've downloaded the latest drivers, still the same thing.
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here's what my integrated nvidia nforce makes some games sound like:
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/stealth/hostedpictures/soundprblem.mp3
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