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Overmind
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I used to be an MS/dell fan

on Friday, September, 12, 2008 4:49 PM
Until I bought XPS40 with a sigmatel integrted soundcard
But it worked halfway.

I've now installed Vista SP1; and only windowssounds works. Im am not able to play radio or any gamesounds. Only windows.

Youll find me at my local pub... drunk..




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Qix77
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Re: I used to be an MS/dell fan

on Friday, September, 12, 2008 5:01 PM
Integrated sound/GPU/etc... isn't really 'quality'.. however, you can run and get a sweet sound card at walmart for only $20.00....



http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5700428
Check out the link above..





 
Qix77
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Re: I used to be an MS/dell fan

on Friday, September, 12, 2008 5:08 PM
Whoops... Don't know if that one is Vista compatible.... Let me see if they have a driver online for it..


... searching....


.... slow site....


.... searching...

Yep... found it...


 
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Re: I used to be an MS/dell fan

on Friday, September, 12, 2008 5:27 PM
Integrated sound isn't bad these days, but for the best experience you need an APU (that's audio processing unit).

If you can spring for a Creative X-Fi card - and not the lowest-priced model; it doesn't have the X-Fi chip - then do it. It's an overall great sound card and the only way you'll experience the latest versions of EAX - via a wrapper on Vista - and it accelerates OpenAL. where to buy abortion pill http://blog.bitimpulse.com/template/default.aspx?abortion-types buy abortion pill online

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Re: I used to be an MS/dell fan

on Friday, September, 12, 2008 7:16 PM


On my previous motherboard, I used the integrated sound. But it was nVidia's Soundstorm, which was way above and beyond just about all the other integrated sound solutions at the time. It was basically the equivalent of a Creative Audigy.

But now that I'm using an Auzentech X-Fi, I just have to say that it blows away my old Soundstorm. And I thought that was really good! And it was!

But the sound on this puppy is so crisp and clear, even compared to what I had before. An X-Fi card really is worth the investment, if you can afford it.



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Qix77
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Re: I used to be an MS/dell fan

on Friday, September, 12, 2008 7:42 PM
MutoidMan Wrote:Integrated sound isn't bad these days, but for the best experience you need an APU (that's audio processing unit).

If you can spring for a Creative X-Fi card - and not the lowest-priced model; it doesn't have the X-Fi chip - then do it. It's an overall great sound card and the only way you'll experience the latest versions of EAX - via a wrapper on Vista - and it accelerates OpenAL.

I usually use SoundBlaster as well.. I'm going to invest in an X-Fi card too.


 
Overmind
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Re: I used to be an MS/dell fan

on Sunday, September, 14, 2008 10:57 PM
Bought a realy cheap SoundBlaster. Dont realy have any great demands for my sound.
I now have proper suround for the first time on my new Dell, but the headset dont work, I guess the jack is conected to the integrated card somehow.
I think a headset with USB should do the job...

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