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Old Aug 16, 2004, 10:31 AM   #1
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Eax 5.0
Thanks to Eric for the email regarding this:

Apparently Creative are planned to unveil EAX 5.0 in October, for information on the 2 day conference, follow this link
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Old Aug 16, 2004, 10:42 AM   #2
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thank god most games still use eax2... and when I come to think about it...

EAX is pretty crap.... most games sound worse with it on
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Hmmm, will the new API work on current cards? *I wonder*...
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thank god most games still use eax2... and when I come to think about it...

EAX is pretty crap.... most games sound worse with it on
Wasnt Hitman 2 a good use of EAX?
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Clive Barkers Undying made awsome use to it, really gave it a good atmosphere.

Totally crapped myself playing that
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Wasnt Hitman 2 a good use of EAX?
maybe... never tried.

I tried ut2k3... made it sound awful, 2k4 is same, colin mcrae has some nice sound effect but its nothing you miss when you switch it off.
uhhhh
and you know me... I dont play many games...
counter strike counter strike.... (and source soon)
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never used EAX in my life… crapped out on my vibra 128… and use kX for my audigy now… i guess i could try it on my nForce soundstorm apu - just need a game that supports it
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I've always liked EAX though you do need a 5.1 system to get the full effect. I cant wait to see what 5.0 brings to the table.
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maybe it is Audigy3 with PCI-EXPRESS slot.
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Wasnt Hitman 2 a good use of EAX?
Kind of... I think it was better in the third one though Although I hate EAX, but love Hitman.
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I wonder if anyone owns A3D now and if they're going to make use of it? I prefered A3D back in the day but with no drivers or anything.....
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didn't Creative suck them up? I still have my Vortex2 card, had fun in Half-Life and kicking butt in CS 1.1
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creative has pretty became a complete monopoly... they've sucked up just about EVERY company... all that's really left is M-Audio (correct me if i'm wrong)... and a few smaller ones... Now if Yamaha could spit out one hell of a sound card.. man, they would wipe the floor....
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they've started in the consumer level, gaming supported (thru Sensaura) area too, Stick.
they make the Revolution 7.1 and 5.1 cards.

Turtle Beach came out with a new line a little while ago, but I didn't hear much about those afterwards. And I think Philips is maybe half-heartedly still around. There's a couple other less popular board makers using the VIA Envy DSP's, like AudioTrak and BFG . . . I think Chaintech (the mobo maker) even resleased one card. But I don't think any of those are big sellers like the Audigy.
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And damn hercules stopped making sound cards, I really wanted a digifire 7.1. Instead I grabbed an Audigy 2 ZX, it's a nice card but overall I think I would have prefered a Digifire.
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unfortuneatly hercules had to as creative bought out hercules's audio chip supplier...
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they bought out Cirrus Logic too? wow.
well they could have gone with someone else, right?
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Since when did Creative Buy out Cirrus Logic

Cirrus Logic stopped production of the CS4630 and CS4624 DSP a A LONG TIME ago.
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And damn hercules stopped making sound cards, I really wanted a digifire 7.1. Instead I grabbed an Audigy 2 ZX, it's a nice card but overall I think I would have prefered a Digifire.
Speaking as a former owner of a DF and still a current owner of a FortissimoIII (same thing), no you wouldn't have. The A2/A2 ZS is a much better sound card in every way except one - lack of on-board optical out.
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