Narrowed down to 3 cards...

MadAsHell · Jun 6, 2002, 11:14 PM

I have narrowed the choice for a new soundcard down to:

Turtle Beach Santa Cruz

Philips Acoustic Edge

Philips Seismic Edge 2

I currently have a 2.1 setup and will be going to 5.1.

I am looking mostly at a good gaming card. I play MP3 and do a small amount of DVD watching. Guess I need a decent all around card that sounds great in games and isn't a Creative!

Shoot me some opinions... would like to buy one tonight!

Necrosis · Jun 7, 2002, 01:24 AM

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Originally posted by MadAsHell
I have narrowed the choice for a new soundcard down to:

Turtle Beach Santa Cruz

Philips Acoustic Edge

Philips Seismic Edge 2

I currently have a 2.1 setup and will be going to 5.1.

I am looking mostly at a good gaming card. I play MP3 and do a small amount of DVD watching. Guess I need a decent all around card that sounds great in games and isn't a Creative!

Shoot me some opinions... would like to buy one tonight!

I say go for the Beach!!!

I switched from the Audigy Gamer and I love this card. Very simple to use, great quality and works wonderful in games. I think the TB's have better drivers in 2K/XP as well. Nice being able to play MP3's/CD's with virtual 5.1.

Funkybuffalo · Jun 9, 2002, 11:00 PM

I have an Acoustic Edge and love it. If the Seismic Edge is the model right below the Acoustic Edge it is basicly the same card without s/pdif in and out, so it is still a great card. Fully Dolby 5.1 and EAX 2.0 compliant and the QSound audio enhancers are great. I use them instead of dolby for my 5.1 DVD setup.

I don't think you can go wrong with any of those cards though.

MadAsHell · Jun 10, 2002, 09:57 PM

Well, got a deal I couldn't refuse on the Acoustic Edge.

This thing sounds worlds better than my Live! did!

Thanks everyone for your input.

Trunks0 · Jun 30, 2002, 12:10 PM

Good choice great card enjoy

Oh and somtihng I think you will be happy to know it you should be able to play the up coming games with full 5.1 sound(UT2003 and DOOM3 are both games that will feature DD 5.1 sound

)

WyreTheWolf · Jul 6, 2002, 08:28 PM

Acoustic Edge 6 speaker sound
Rythmic Edge 4 speaker sound
Sysmic Edge 2 speaker sound

All of them use the same core processor... but the features range from a basic stereo card to a kickin 5.1 surround sound card.

Jun 6, 2002, 11:14 PM	#1
MadAsHell DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Freeport, IL Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Narrowed down to 3 cards... I have narrowed the choice for a new soundcard down to: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Philips Acoustic Edge Philips Seismic Edge 2 I currently have a 2.1 setup and will be going to 5.1. I am looking mostly at a good gaming card. I play MP3 and do a small amount of DVD watching. Guess I need a decent all around card that sounds great in games and isn't a Creative! Shoot me some opinions... would like to buy one tonight! __________________ AMD Athlon XP 1600+ Epox 8KHA+ (KT266A Chipset) 256MB Mushkin "Cool" PC-2100 DDR ATI Radeon 8500 (Built By ATI) Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo 3 IBM Deskstar 75GXP 30GB HDD Lite-On 12/10/32 CD-RW Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM Antec PP-403-X 400w PSU Running Windows XP Pro SP1 and Mandrake Linux 9.0

Jun 9, 2002, 11:00 PM	#3
Funkybuffalo DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Huntington,WV Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0	Philips I have an Acoustic Edge and love it. If the Seismic Edge is the model right below the Acoustic Edge it is basicly the same card without s/pdif in and out, so it is still a great card. Fully Dolby 5.1 and EAX 2.0 compliant and the QSound audio enhancers are great. I use them instead of dolby for my 5.1 DVD setup. I don't think you can go wrong with any of those cards though.

Jun 10, 2002, 09:57 PM	Thread Starter #4
MadAsHell DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Freeport, IL Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Well, got a deal I couldn't refuse on the Acoustic Edge. This thing sounds worlds better than my Live! did! Thanks everyone for your input. __________________ AMD Athlon XP 1600+ Epox 8KHA+ (KT266A Chipset) 256MB Mushkin "Cool" PC-2100 DDR ATI Radeon 8500 (Built By ATI) Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo 3 IBM Deskstar 75GXP 30GB HDD Lite-On 12/10/32 CD-RW Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM Antec PP-403-X 400w PSU Running Windows XP Pro SP1 and Mandrake Linux 9.0

Jun 30, 2002, 12:10 PM	#5
Trunks0 Keeping an open mind Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver,B.C.,Canada Posts: 552 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	Good choice great card enjoy Oh and somtihng I think you will be happy to know it you should be able to play the up coming games with full 5.1 sound(UT2003 and DOOM3 are both games that will feature DD 5.1 sound ) __________________

Jul 6, 2002, 08:28 PM	#6
WyreTheWolf Wolfish Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cave; Ozark Mountains Posts: 2,111 Rep Power: 0	Acoustic Edge 6 speaker sound Rythmic Edge 4 speaker sound Sysmic Edge 2 speaker sound All of them use the same core processor... but the features range from a basic stereo card to a kickin 5.1 surround sound card.