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Old Sep 28, 2006, 09:55 AM   #1
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Audigy 2 ZS or Fortissimo III

Hi ppl I have and audigy 2 Zs..latest drivers of youpax is the fortissimo III 7.1 any better?
will the fortissimo work on a amd k6-2 500 128ram?
is 20eur too much for this card (fortissimo)..it has returned of rma..
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what will you use the card for mostly?

listening to music or games?
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With that machine, the fortissimo III will produce the lowest cpu consumption and the lowest memory footprint (use less virtual ram and memory)...
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It sounds awesome too.. I have been using one for years and years.. since they first came out. 20 bucks is well worth it.
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Old Sep 28, 2006, 06:47 PM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #5
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it is for my amd k6-2 and it is mostly for listening ot music and soem ut99/old doom
of course i'll never buy an audigy for that proc..my audigy 2 zs here cost me about 35eur...but I love it...
the config is:
Amd k6-2 500 (5x100);FIC VA503+;2x64mb PC133@2-2-2-5;3Dfx Voodoo 3000 AGP;Asus CD/s500+Lg GCE-8160B;Seagate 40GB 7200rpms;Creative AWE32;DFI Lanparty nf2 Round Cables ;BTC9000+Logitech 1st pilot usb/ps2 mouse

is there any modded drivers for the fortissimo III?
the speakers would be one of these:
speakers will be one of those:
logitech s200 2.1
GENIUS 330W 2.1 w/Subwoofer Slim Black SP
Mercury SW-980 2,1 w/Radio

I think I'll go for the logitech what do you think?
edit:I can have a live! 4.1 for less...but the fortissimo III is better right?and I want to experience anything out o f creative world...
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The fortissimo 3 is way better and perfect for the games. Ut99 really works great with that card to, trust me, get the fort 3
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Yeah the Fort III is great for music.. and videos games etc.
Get any decent speakers and you'll be amazed at the sound.
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as it is only for my k6 I'll only get the 2.1 logitech...they will be given to me..
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I have had the same pretty inexpensive creative T 5400 5.1 speakers for a few years and they sound very nice with the Fort III. I am seriously impressed with them still. I have a full entertainment center in the living room.. but for in here (my PC room) these are perfect.
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and any modded drivers?or the original (2003 :S) are perfect?:P
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Nope.. no modded drivers AFAIK. The drivers are very straightforward and work pretty much flawlessly though.
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Any word on Vista drivers, btw?
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That's the problem.. I think as soon as you want to go X64 or Vista you are screwed with the Fort III.. I haven't tried, but I think it doesn't work and for legal reasons they can't or wont make any updated drivers.

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But with a k62 and PC133 ram.. Vista and X64 is out of the question anyway.
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But with a k62 and PC133 ram.. Vista and X64 is out of the question anyway.
Of course...it will be running 98SE with all updates
edit: apart from the fortissimo III what other cards will you recomend to me (older but 2.1 or more) ?any turtle beach?
other thing If I plug the 2.1 into my awe32 what will happen,because if it worked good I won't buy any ohter card..
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the fort 3 is probably the best card you could possibly every want, the drivers have always been pretty much perfect.

However someone recently got an email from hercules saying they were attempting to "create" a vista/x64 ready and supported driver for the 3 series of the cards (fortissimo 3/game theater xp/digifire)

But nothing REALLY official thus far on the website.

IMO, stay away from creative and turtle beach on that older machine.
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other thing If I plug the 2.1 into my awe32 what will happen,because if it worked good I won't buy any ohter card..
can anyone answer me this quickly before I buy the fortIII
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The Awe32 should work fine with a 2.1 set (just a single mini jack correct? )
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yep it is a single jack I think wtf I spent 20eur unnecessary )
the quality from the awe32 to the fortissimo is notable?I know that the awe32 is very old but a lot of ppl say it has a lot of quality...
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the fortissimo shines audio quality wise and much lower cpu usage then the awe32 from my experience...

the fortissimo shines most with surround sound modes.
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thnkx just a question why do we see ppl modding hardware and software for creative cards and no hercules?
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other thing..games like quake1 and doom (i think) have optimizations for my awe32..will I loose them swapping the awe32 for the fortissimo?
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The Fortissimo does quite excellent at running older games with the extra effects..

the only way to tell is to try it really.

Although Quake 1 and doom with my fortissimo using an updated engine, produces much better enviromental sounds anyways
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The Fortissimo does quite excellent at running older games with the extra effects..

the only way to tell is to try it really.

Although Quake 1 and doom with my fortissimo using an updated engine, produces much better enviromental sounds anyways
what engine do you use? I use in that system I think I use glquake 1.07..I must try 1.09 again
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No no, don't touch those engines lol.

go here: http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/

if you want a specific link to download and import the files needed..

do this:

Click download and then download the file listed as [COLOR=#0000ff]DarkPlaces engine Windows/Linux OpenGL build 20060725[/COLOR]

read the readme... hopefully you have no issues.

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well this card rox!!I have it for now with a pair of old teac 120w and the sound is so clear..wow!with the logitech s200 it will be awesome
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the recently bought fortissimo III..one strange thing if I play mp3 with the hercules media station II it is much louder than winamp....
where can I get the latest version of hercules media station?
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www.hercules.com is your best bet.

but imo, i usually recommend only installing the latest drivers, and none of the extras on the cd ( i don't install from CD... just download the latest from the above site)

by default, Winamp is setup with a volume output of 70%, you may want to adjust the slider there..

and yes... hercules cards sound damn good.
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well this mediastation uses much more cpu than winamp so I believe it has some kidn of optimization...and winamp@max is much much lower than this media station @max
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