Creative Sound Blaster Audigy

discussed in 262 posts, 2001-2007 · overall tone mixed

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Key threads

• Reinstalling NR2003 on a dual-core AMD system 2006-07-05 · 26 posts
  Don Burnette asked how to reinstall NR2003 on a new Athlon X2 system and hit sound-related crashes. Larry recommended AMD and Microsoft dual-core patches, and others suggested toggling 3D sound and checking Audigy drivers. Remaining lockups led him to replace the power supply.
• Asus A8V Deluxe onboard sound versus an Audigy 2 ZS 2005-02-09 · 19 posts
  Uwe Schürkamp asked whether the Asus A8V Deluxe's onboard sound could replace his Audigy 2 ZS for sims. Replies covered the loss of nForce2 SoundStorm Dolby Digital output and driver issues. Neil Charlton's 3DMark tests showed that the onboard audio cost far more frame rate than the Audigy, which settled the question in the Audigy's favour.
• Fixing distorted GPL sound with SB Live under Windows XP 2003-01-02 · 39 posts
  Haqsau sought a fix for distorted GPL sound on an SB Live under XP. Suggestions included driver changes, converting sound files, replacing the card with an Audigy or Santa Cruz, and lowering hardware acceleration. Setting acceleration to 'Basic' worked for him and others, at some frame-rate cost.
• Specifying a new PC for racing sims in 2006 2006-01-24 · 35 posts
  RocketMan, upgrading after seven years, asked about dual-core, AMD versus Intel and graphics for sims on a 24-inch monitor. Advice favoured a stronger graphics card such as a 7800GT, noted dual core gave little benefit for current sims, and discussed RAM, drives and sound. Several members then described their own new builds and he posted his final configuration.
• Best sound card to replace an SB Live 2002-12-16 · 20 posts
  A user with infinite-loop crashes asked for a better sound card than his SB Live. Larry and others strongly recommended the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, while some preferred the Hercules Game Theater XP or Audigy 2. Carl Ribbegaardh noted that infinite loops usually stem from chipset and graphics driver clashes.
• Advice on a Dell Pentium 4 system for racing sims 2002-03-02 · 21 posts
  A poster asked for opinions on a Dell P4 1.6 GHz system with 128 MB RDRAM and a GeForce3 Ti200. Most replies recommended building a system or using a local shop, choosing an AMD Athlon XP with at least 256 MB of DDR RAM, and dropping the SoundBlaster card. Several users shared their NASCAR frame rates with similar hardware, and a few defended Dell's reliability.
• Best sound card for racing sims 2003-02-17 · 42 posts
  Igor asked for sound card recommendations. Many avoided Creative cards because of driver problems, especially GPL crackling under Windows XP, and recommended the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz or Hercules cards, while others praised nForce2 onboard sound. The thread drifted into memories of first sound cards and Amiga and Atari machines.
• r.a.s. Live for Speed online races 2002-08-20 · 33 posts
  Regulars raved about Live for Speed online races hosted by David G Fisher, describing close, fun racing and using the horn. Posters shared fixes for lost sound with Audigy cards, a demo patch and windowed-mode crashes, and Australians set up local servers.
• Fixing NR2002 sound crackling on SB Live cards 2002-02-15 · 23 posts
  John Payne reported bad sound crackling in NR2002 with an SB Live and asked for a better sound card. Suggested fixes included enabling PCI to DRAM prefetch on VIA chipsets, changing ACPI or PCI latency settings, and editing the core.ini sound buffer settings. A new card did not help him, but lowering the buffer size in core.ini cured it with his SB Live.
• Troll calls GPL ugly and played only to show off 2001-12-27 · 59 posts
  'Emerson Lauda' claimed GPL was ugly with terrible sound and that people only played it to show off. Regulars defended its physics and pointed to graphics and sound add-ons, and Gerry Aitken exposed 'Sven', who then asked for help, as the same person. Sven admitted posting drunk while frustrated by sound and CPU-speed problems and thanked those who helped, after which posters shared add-on links.

Busiest threads

• Soundcard upgrade (5 posts about it)
• GPL on XP and Live! (5 posts about it)
• Reinstalling NR2003 on a dual-core AMD system (4 posts about it)
• Asus A8V Deluxe onboard sound versus an Audigy 2 ZS (4 posts about it)
• GPL Sound problems continued (4 posts about it)
• Suggestions for a new Video and Sound Card? (4 posts about it)
• GPL/Audigy 2 upgrade problems (4 posts about it)
• Fixing distorted GPL sound with SB Live under Windows XP (4 posts about it)
• Does GPL work okay with SB Audigy card? (4 posts about it)
• Specifying a new PC for racing sims in 2006 (3 posts about it)
• GPL XP Quesltion (3 posts about it)
• Best sound card to replace an SB Live (3 posts about it)
• GPL + XP + SBLive = BAD! How's Audigy? (3 posts about it)
• Advice on a Dell Pentium 4 system for racing sims (3 posts about it)
• Nascar 2002 (3 posts about it)

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Who talked about it most

Don Burnette · 13 Joachim Trensz · 9 Mark Davison · 9 Uwe Schuerkamp · 8 Steve Blankenship · 7 SimRacer · 7 Iain Mackenzie · 7 Morris Jones · 7 Dave Henrie · 7 Mitch_A · 4 Haqsau · 4 Doug Hook · 4 RocketMan · 3 Neil Charlton · 3 Byron Forbes · 3 Steve Smith · 3 Russell Spearing · 3 Four furry fiends · 3 Braddo · 3 Tom Pabst · 3

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