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Interesting article , something everybody should read if considering a sound card just for gaming. It looks like HW acceleration is what really makes the difference here.
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Maxvla said:i love when they compare sound cards by frame rate instead of their real purpose...
chalk this up as one more pointless review floating around the net.
dicecca112 said:but he didn't test soundstorm. Said it was dead, but I read an article that it's coming back.
Darth said:Well the purpose here was to see which card offered the best performance. They stated their purpose for this review quite specifically. What exactly is the "real purpose" of a sound card to you anyways? It may differ to other people so maybe this review might help others who are interested in a sound card for gaming.
Anyways, they simply noted an observation:
Timm pointed us to a couple of threads over at Shacknews suggesting that CS: Source runs at much higher frame rates when sounds are disabled. Of course, no one wants to run a game with no sound, but it raised the question: do some sound cards perform better in CS: Source than others?
And they decided to explore it further. Nothing wrong with that is there?
Syx said:Audigy's do sound great for gaming though
Azzkiller said:So do Chaintech's M-audio's Turtlebeaches and others
jammin hit it on the head. they are testing sound cards based on frame rate instead of sound.. which is their real purpose.Darth said:Well the purpose here was to see which card offered the best performance. They stated their purpose for this review quite specifically. What exactly is the "real purpose" of a sound card to you anyways? It may differ to other people so maybe this review might help others who are interested in a sound card for gaming.
Anyways, they simply noted an observation:
Timm pointed us to a couple of threads over at Shacknews suggesting that CS: Source runs at much higher frame rates when sounds are disabled. Of course, no one wants to run a game with no sound, but it raised the question: do some sound cards perform better in CS: Source than others?
And they decided to explore it further. Nothing wrong with that is there?
exactlystratcatprowlin said:Well,maybe they should have mentioned that all the cards dont sound the same so dont buy one based on these tests alone.Some people could be misled.