Hey Tom, In all honesty man I wouldn't have a clue about what's hot in the 5.1/7.1 arena. My experience of surround sound stretches as far as being occasionally impressed by sfx at the cinema and more recently being impressed by a few PS3 titles at friend's houses. Technically though I don't have a clue, since music is the priority here, which means I'm on the lookout for low noise floors/quiet preamps/low latency/high throughput etc instead.
Sorry to not be more help... Scott On 12/27/09, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Scott, > Sad but true. Creative Labs has gone way down hill over the passed few > years, and their cards are nothing like they use to be. Recently I > purchased an Audegy for a system and after I put it in there was a lot > of background noise and it was clear the card was deffective. I ended > up having to take it back to Wal-mart,exchange it, and that card too > acted funny. To make a long story short after a couple of attempts I > stopped using Creative Labs cards and I put a Turtle Beach card in that > system. These days Creative Labs cards are so over rated it isn't funny. > Since we are talking about good sound cards what brands do you happen to > like for gaming? I'm looking for some high end cards to replace my > Creative Labs cards with that are high end and don't cost a small > fortune to own. I'm also a musician so I'd obviously want it for music > as well, but gaming, especially 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound support, is > high on my list of features. So I'd be interested in what you would have > to recommend. > > Cheers! > > > Scott Chesworth wrote: >> Hi Bill, >> >> Technically speaking youtube will sound fairly horrible no matter what >> you pipe it through, the original quality of your mp3's will play a >> massive part, which leaves us with better games performance as the key >> factor. I don't know a lot about products currently aimed at the avid >> home user because I tend to run anything that's important through the >> high-end interfaces I use to record music, but they'd be totally >> overkill just for games price-wise. One piece of advice I can give >> you though is don't be drawn in by Creative's marketting speak. These >> days, you'll pay over the odds for what is a very average card with >> fairly naff D to A conversion if you go with Creative, it always >> amazes me that people swear by cards that perform badly technically >> just because the brand used to be good when there are a miriad of >> alternatives. If accessible games titles are your main focus though, >> seeing as none of them yet really stretch the capabilities of a >> high-end card, I'd suggest considering setting aside a chunk of what >> you've got to spend for decent cables and either speakers/headphones >> depending on how you tend to play. >> >> Hth, headphones are more my bag, so if they get added to the spending >> list I can be more specific on those... >> Scott >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
