Razer Barracuda Soundcard

[MonkeyMeow]

Hey there ok i was going to buy the Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty although i have since seen this:

http://www.casetech.co.uk/Razer-Bar...and-Razer-HP-1-Gaming-Headphones-p-18626.html

All the Razer product's i have owned have ben amazing do you think this bit of kit will be worth it?

Little Review Here: http://gaming.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=4906

 

[FarFarAway]

Yeah saw this looks pretty good.

Might consider it if I fancy an upgrade to my Audigy ZS

 

[FragTek]

That card is probably heaps better than the X-Fi... /me not a fan of X-Fi cards at ALL. Overpriced POS.

 

[MonkeyMeow]

Just realised i'm not sure if this support's 5:1 speaker's?

 

[ai_01]

it supports 7.1

 

[MonkeyMeow]

Yeah but look at the back of it the only way it support's 7:1 is if you keep removing your headphone then use the converter cable's they supply (which they say lose's sound quality.

 

[FragTek]

Hrmmm... Get a set of optical/coaxial digital speakers

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Hrmmm... Get a set of optical/coaxial digital speakers

Yep, a decent set of 7.1s with a decoder'll do the trick .

 

[FragTek]

Z-5500's are the bomb diggity for the price!!

 

[Olisnip]

The razer sound card is optimised when used with the razer barracuda. I have got both and when used together. wwwwwwoooooowwwwww!! There is no match. Look at masongaming all spec on their. any other quires on razer porduct adn masongaming will always help.

Olisnip

 

[limqareb]

watch out but that sound card does not support EAX so there the weak point agains an X-Fi

 

[Olisnip]

Razer soundcard- ''Supports 7.1 CH digital audio playback for WinXP 64, WinXP ,Win2000 (Microsoft® DirectX V.9.0 above is required) and most industrial standards of PC 3D sound for gaming, including EAX™ 1.0&2.0, A3D™ 1.0, and DirectSound™''

 

[limqareb]

Razer soundcard- ''Supports 7.1 CH digital audio playback for WinXP 64, WinXP ,Win2000 (Microsoft® DirectX V.9.0 above is required) and most industrial standards of PC 3D sound for gaming, including EAX™ 1.0&2.0, A3D™ 1.0, and DirectSound™''

dont know then but iirc it didnt support eax?

 

[PV5150]

Hey there ok i was going to buy the Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty although i have since seen this:

http://www.casetech.co.uk/Razer-Bar...and-Razer-HP-1-Gaming-Headphones-p-18626.html

All the Razer product's i have owned have ben amazing do you think this bit of kit will be worth it?

Little Review Here: http://gaming.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=4906

The razer sound card is optimised when used with the razer barracuda. I have got both and when used together. wwwwwwoooooowwwwww!! There is no match. Look at masongaming all spec on their. any other quires on razer porduct adn masongaming will always help.

Olisnip

I own a set of Razer HP-1's and have had the opportunity of using them with the AC-1 sound card. Admittedly, the sound is extremely good...quite possibly the best I've experienced whilst gaming - period! For those who don't know, the AC-1 is essentially an Auzentech card based on an OxygenHD chip. Because the AC-1's C-Media CMI8788 audio chipset performs most of its signal processing in software, there’s very little hardware acceleration available, which means that your CPU will take more of a performance hit with the Barracuda AC-1. If performance and very good sound is what you're after then get the X-Fi Fatality and the HP-1's. Otherwise, get the HP-1's and the AC-1 in my opinion.

 

[Rastalovich]

Serious question - does any1 like EAX ?

 

[FarFarAway]

Played BF2 with an X-Fi? It sounds seriously awesome

If someone could come up with a gaming standard that got near as good I'd embrace it. Dolby and DTS are good, but licences are very expensive so games don't have them

 

[Rastalovich]

Meh, I`ve sat in a studio with it running, on a setup that I would definately need a mortgage to be even able to afford the screen and speaker outputs, yet alone the soundproofing.

But in terms of EAX itself, I find it fun to goof with, alien speach and whatever, but in actual games as effects vS just the samples I have had experiences where I`ve cringed hearing the effects as they`ve sounded so bad.

Maybe that`s more down to the games themselves other than EAX, I think if the game uses EAX.. and u don`t notice.. it`s doing a better job than if u can tell by the sound that it`s an EAX effect.

Take it or leave it, I dunno, I like the X-Fi only cos it`s a spawn of the older Live! cards. But would it influence me buying a card cos it`s not got EAX, I dunno.

I`m back in work on Monday, I`ll see if we`ve got any non-EAX cards lying around and setup 2 systems `n try out bf2 on them or something. Got some Radioman cards, but I don`t know how they hold up outside of their editing design.

 

[WC Annihilus]

dont know then but iirc it didnt support eax?

Nah, it just doesn't support EAX above 2.0