Bankie
2[H]4U
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2004
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I was recently going through some old hardware and found my old Aureal Vortex 2 sound card. As soon as I touched it my thoughts were flooded with the sounds of the footsteps, echoes, and environmental occlusion from Thief:TDP. EAX based titles feel so dead in comparison. With a X-Fi in my current rig I can't recall anything that is anywhere near as impressive as some of the software programmed with the Vortex 2 in mind. Sure, the X-Fi is head and shoulders above the Vortex in clarity but it can't even stand next to the Vortex's urinal when you're looking for immersion.
I might put my old Athlon XP 1800 together with this card and Win98 just for some sweet Thief:TDP and Thief2 audio goodness. Now I remember that there are more reasons for me to hate Creative than just their drivers. Damn, I miss Aureal.
CN: Aureal had the best 3d sound hardware ever created and went out of business, Creative bought the assets, game audio got boring.
I might put my old Athlon XP 1800 together with this card and Win98 just for some sweet Thief:TDP and Thief2 audio goodness. Now I remember that there are more reasons for me to hate Creative than just their drivers. Damn, I miss Aureal.
CN: Aureal had the best 3d sound hardware ever created and went out of business, Creative bought the assets, game audio got boring.