Sound card

2006-02-08 02:19:03

#1

Ali: Official Hell Bound Turbo Action Club Member; +17|6931|Gütersloh, Germany

I think the only thing that sucks on my rig is the sound "card" (Asus P5WD2 Premium Motherboard On Board).
So I'm looking for a sound card which allows me to play BF2 with sound settings on High

Specs:
Asus P5WD2 Premium Motherboard (without Wi-Fi and TV)
Intel Pentium 4 830D (Dual 3 GHz)
2 x 1GB GeIL Ultra Dual Channel RAM
Radeon x850XT PE 256MB

I can play BF2 1280x1024, settings on high, 4 x AA.

2006-02-08 02:55:50

#2

SAS-Lynx: Scottish Moderator!!!; +13|6997|Scotland!!!

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Music. that lets me play with sound on ULTRA high an thats without editing stuff like u gota do with the graphics to get ultra high

2006-02-08 02:59:48

#3

Rakasan: Member; +7|7058|California, USA

Onboard sux, I use a ~$25 SB Live! card. Not sure what my settings are, but I can still hear ppl trying to creep up from behind to shank me. If you want to spend some cash get one of those SB Audigy ZS cards. I said f*ck that when I saw the price though.

2006-02-08 03:04:34

#4

notorious: Nay vee, bay bee.; +1,396|6968|The United Center

SAS-Lynx wrote:
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Music. that lets me play with sound on ULTRA high an thats without editing stuff like u gota do with the graphics to get ultra high

yeah, i use the same thing. it'll run about $100-$120US, but its awesome. this is coming from someone using an SB Live! 24-bit. i upgraded from using software decoding on lowest settings to hardward on ultra high. you wont regret it.

2006-02-08 03:08:29

#5

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6937

XFI series card pwns all sound card. there is practically no competition

https://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/203.46.105.23:21300/b_350_20_692108_381007_FFFFFF_000000.png

2006-02-08 03:12:59

#6

ResDog1: Member; +51|6986|Netherlands

X-fi wins hands down.
Get the el cheapo Xtreme Music version of the X-fi. The other versions have features a gamer does not need and the Fatality is just way too expensive for it's advantages (onboard sound memory that should theoreticly take some load off you processor and improve your games performance.)

2006-02-08 03:15:37

#7

ResDog1: Member; +51|6986|Netherlands

Extra tip... get a good headphone wirh the X-fi. I am using the Speedlink MedUSA 5.1 surround headphones....

There are several discussions in the forums about headphones (search), but in my opinion the X-fi MedUSA 5.1 combo is the way to go. (Or else the Icemat Syberia).

2006-02-08 03:19:19

#8

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6937

im using the logitech gamer one, its sound quality is so good that u can a differnce between speakers and the headphone even using intergrated sound card!

2006-02-08 04:40:12

#9

SAS-Lynx: Scottish Moderator!!!; +13|6997|Scotland!!!

Rakasan wrote:
Onboard If you want to spend some cash get one of those SB Audigy ZS cards.

better saving up to get a X-Fi card, there alot better.

2006-02-08 05:23:48

#10

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6937

SAS-Lynx wrote:
Rakasan wrote:
Onboard If you want to spend some cash get one of those SB Audigy ZS cards.
better saving up to get a X-Fi card, there alot better.

hell yeah! XFI blows the competition out of the water for its competitors

2006-02-08 05:26:06

#11

Ali: Official Hell Bound Turbo Action Club Member; +17|6931|Gütersloh, Germany

Thank you guys. Maybe I can wait until my birthday in may

Just curious, what's the difference between the X-Fi Platinum, Fatal1ty (sic!) and Elite Pro

2006-02-08 05:29:37

#12

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6937

not much, just go w/ the cheapest one, the difference is sound card memory. fatality one has a front panel for ur pc, but a waste of money

2006-02-08 05:34:02

#13

TC><Injecter: Member; +4|7049|Berlin, Germany

Everything which is above Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS (which is great too) is GREAT! But don't buy an external soundcard... You will have problems with EAX and the spoken stuff on BF2...

2006-02-08 05:45:38

#14

Zeibach: 110% NOOBTUBE; +11|6945|Germany

I think Audigy 4 is very good cost me 50€, makes real good sound, and i can also activate ultra high sound.
EAX 4.0 make it possible.

Hey SAS-Lynx what mainboard do you have NF 4 or intel.

2006-02-08 05:49:11

#15

Zeibach: 110% NOOBTUBE; +11|6945|Germany

Ali wrote:
Thank you guys. Maybe I can wait until my birthday in may

Just curious, what's the difference between the X-Fi Platinum, Fatal1ty (sic!) and Elite Pro

Fatal1ty,Elite Pro have 64 MB X-RAM, they say : "Increase your FPS"

The other two not. there is also X-FI Music

2006-02-08 06:48:56

#16

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6937

whats the point of "increasing ur fps" by soundcard when u can have uber-1337 vid card

2006-02-09 02:34:33

#17

-_{MoW}_-Assasin: Member; +13|6950|Australia

there is only one place where i see the X-Fi for VERY cheap

www.msy.com.au

2006-02-09 02:47:23

#18

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6937

too bad they dont have a proper webiste

2006-02-09 02:53:41

#19

-fe.lep-: Member; +8|6924

http://www.creative.com/products/produc … duct=14000

I use this on ultra high and it ownz, 64 meg of its own ram and a chip = to a p 3.4

When you fire a grenade at the wall in high quality sound mode (every other sound card uses 64 channels to produce this sound) you get the nice shot sound then Boom as it hits the wall. When you fire the same grenade at the same wall with Ultra high quality sound with the x-fi (this can handle and does use 128 channels) you get the nice shot sound, then the boom as it hits the wall, Then you here all the pieces of plaster from the wall hitting the ground all round you. Its a must if u got the cash!!!

Last edited by -fe.lep- (2006-02-09 02:54:35)

2006-02-09 02:58:37

#20

-_{MoW}_-Assasin: Member; +13|6950|Australia

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
too bad they dont have a proper webiste

true, theyre only a shop/warehouse, but their prices are rock bottom

2006-02-09 02:59:24

#21

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6937

-_{MoW}_-Assasin wrote:
cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
too bad they dont have a proper webiste
true, theyre only a shop/warehouse, but their prices are rock bottom

well its around 4000nt here in taiwan, thast around 200 aud, how much is the warehouse one?

2006-02-09 04:12:44

#22

-fe.lep-: Member; +8|6924

ResDog1 wrote:
Extra tip... get a good headphone wirh the X-fi. I am using the Speedlink MedUSA 5.1 surround headphones....

There are several discussions in the forums about headphones (search), but in my opinion the X-fi MedUSA 5.1 combo is the way to go. (Or else the Icemat Syberia).

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Sennheiser.html

Sennheiser PC165 Pro-Gaming

the ultimate gaming headset. I use it with my fatility.

2006-02-09 07:40:02

#23

BB|EyeSeePeeDude: Member; +0|6982

maybe someone in here could help me:

I have the X-Fi installed, it even shows up as an option in my audio section. The highest it'll let me go would be "Hardware/High/EAX"... As soon as I select "Creative X-FI/Low", I get the "incompatible hardware" issue. I have it set on Game Mode, everything enabled as per their website, etc. Any ideas? (*I know I'm not the first, but I haven't read anything on how to get around it*)

2006-02-14 00:58:49

#24

Ali: Official Hell Bound Turbo Action Club Member; +17|6931|Gütersloh, Germany

I ordered X-Fi Fatal1ty yesterday

2006-02-14 03:22:16

#25

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6937

BB|EyeSeePeeDude wrote:
maybe someone in here could help me:

I have the X-Fi installed, it even shows up as an option in my audio section. The highest it'll let me go would be "Hardware/High/EAX"... As soon as I select "Creative X-FI/Low", I get the "incompatible hardware" issue. I have it set on Game Mode, everything enabled as per their website, etc. Any ideas? (*I know I'm not the first, but I haven't read anything on how to get around it*)

drivers? hmm i say re-patch bf2 and see what happens

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Rakasan wrote:

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ResDog1 wrote:

BB|EyeSeePeeDude wrote:

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