Creative and WoW 2.2 - Page 6

Infirmary · 10-06-2007, 06:47 PM

People still buy soundcards..hrmph. Onboard audio gets the job done just fine. /shrug

Xurlitil · 10-06-2007, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Gamblor

M-Audio makes great stuff. Auzentech also. The little engine that could is still the Chaintech AV710 though. Better sound quality than a creative's crap AND it costs 20 bucks.

yep, I bought an AV710 for my home theater PC, flawless optical 7.1 channel output

Had a creative soundblaster card years ago, it sucked then and theyre still terrible now, their drivers are the worst

Zindan · 10-08-2007, 11:35 AM

THe asus motherboard that I bought when upgrading my system a couple months ago came with the ADI onboard sound, but I had also bought a Creative X-Fi (again) to replace my Audigy 2. The X-Fi turned out to be a total piece of shit, with the same random clicks / static going off at any time, so I took that back. Decided to try out the onboard sound, and it worked ok, even had Vista 64-bit drivers available, but sounded very "thin", so after a week and installed my old Audigy card. Works great, and sounds much better than the ADI onboard.

Considered buying a M-Audio card since I've heard nothing but good things about them, but I could never find Vista drivers for it, so I passed. Also looked at the Auzentech cards, but it seems their latest is going to be using the X-Fi engine from Creative, so my experience with X-Fi shit turned me away. So I'm staying with my Audigy, works great for me.

Kreugen · 10-09-2007, 10:17 AM

Well I got to hear it for myself this weekend and.. wow. I can sum up Karazahn as "URRGH.. ARRGH.. OOOHH. URRGH.. OOOH. AAARGH... RAAAHR.. OOOOH... OWWWW!" The loudest sound was the constant grunts of pain from whatever mob was getting beat on, even though I was standing 30 feet away spamming fireball. Sucks SO bad.

TheCutlery · 10-09-2007, 10:27 AM

So, a week in, does ANYONE use the Blizzard VOIP? My guild still uses the vent server we always have, and none of the pugs I've done will touch it either. The quality is shit, and the volume seems to be hard capped at 30dB

Did they really spend 4 months developing a VOIP system just to thoroughly fuck the sound system and make a feature that no one uses?

Sneaky · 10-09-2007, 10:35 AM

Never used it, never got asked to use it.

Pugs every day.

Plorkyeran · 10-09-2007, 11:20 AM

I've overheard parts of conversations by people who either forgot to turn on PTT or have the PTT the same as for Ventrillo. That's about it, and I've been doing multiple heroic pugs a day since it was activated.

Elidroth Renato · 10-09-2007, 02:59 PM

New drivers from Creative released on 10/7 fixed all my sound issues.

10-09-2007, 02:59 PM	#83 (permalink)
Elidroth Renato Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 154 +5 Internets	New drivers from Creative released on 10/7 fixed all my sound issues. __________________ Elidroth Renato Game Designer Everquest Sony Online Entertainment, LLC "I drank what?" ~Socrates

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10-06-2007, 06:47 PM	#76 (permalink)
Infirmary Big Brother Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In an Altiris database Posts: 22 +0 Internets	People still buy soundcards..hrmph. Onboard audio gets the job done just fine. /shrug

10-08-2007, 11:35 AM	#78 (permalink)
Zindan Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 280 -2 Internets	THe asus motherboard that I bought when upgrading my system a couple months ago came with the ADI onboard sound, but I had also bought a Creative X-Fi (again) to replace my Audigy 2. The X-Fi turned out to be a total piece of shit, with the same random clicks / static going off at any time, so I took that back. Decided to try out the onboard sound, and it worked ok, even had Vista 64-bit drivers available, but sounded very "thin", so after a week and installed my old Audigy card. Works great, and sounds much better than the ADI onboard. Considered buying a M-Audio card since I've heard nothing but good things about them, but I could never find Vista drivers for it, so I passed. Also looked at the Auzentech cards, but it seems their latest is going to be using the X-Fi engine from Creative, so my experience with X-Fi shit turned me away. So I'm staying with my Audigy, works great for me.

10-09-2007, 10:17 AM	#79 (permalink)
Kreugen Fires of Heaven Ancient Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,777 +44 Internets	Well I got to hear it for myself this weekend and.. wow. I can sum up Karazahn as "URRGH.. ARRGH.. OOOHH. URRGH.. OOOH. AAARGH... RAAAHR.. OOOOH... OWWWW!" The loudest sound was the constant grunts of pain from whatever mob was getting beat on, even though I was standing 30 feet away spamming fireball. Sucks SO bad.

10-09-2007, 10:27 AM	#80 (permalink)
TheCutlery 2k rating -- So easy a caveman could do it. Join Date: May 2003 Location: MN Posts: 1,557	So, a week in, does ANYONE use the Blizzard VOIP? My guild still uses the vent server we always have, and none of the pugs I've done will touch it either. The quality is shit, and the volume seems to be hard capped at 30dB Did they really spend 4 months developing a VOIP system just to thoroughly fuck the sound system and make a feature that no one uses?

10-09-2007, 10:35 AM	#81 (permalink)
Sneaky Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 179 -1 Internets	Never used it, never got asked to use it. Pugs every day.

10-09-2007, 11:20 AM	#82 (permalink)
Plorkyeran Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 692 +1 Internets	I've overheard parts of conversations by people who either forgot to turn on PTT or have the PTT the same as for Ventrillo. That's about it, and I've been doing multiple heroic pugs a day since it was activated.