BF2S Forums X-fi Extreme Audio Sound Card OEM and Speed-Link MEDUSA 5.1 ProGamer

get a fatal1ty or something, or at least an extreme gamer!

mitch212k_2 wrote:

buLLet_t00th wrote:

OEM just means you don't get any audio cables and you'll only probably get a driver CD with it. It wont come in a pretty box with instructions either.

what do you mean by audio cables bullet? internal connectors or just external stuff i don't need?

mitch212k_2 wrote:

around £50-60 is the budget for a soundcard/headset ... what do you guys think of the two above?

With some you may get an optical cable or something like that, you only need the cables from your speakers though.

You dont need any internal cables, you just plug slide it into a free PCI slot and voila......nice sound!

That is soooo cheap for an X-Fi card.   I checked my local supplier and they absolutely do NOT recommend that card for gaming.  It's meant for basic, although X-Fi rated, audio and doesn't have all the "thing-a-ma-bobs" and "whatchamacallits" the better cards do.

I have the X-Fi platnum and it is awesome, I recommend the added funds to get at least the ExtremeGamer edition:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductI … tID=503577

ReTox wrote:

That is soooo cheap for an X-Fi card.   I checked my local supplier and they absolutely do NOT recommend that card for gaming.  It's meant for basic, although X-Fi rated, audio and doesn't have all the "thing-a-ma-bobs" and "whatchamacallits" the better cards do.

I have the X-Fi platnum and it is awesome, I recommend the added funds to get at least the ExtremeGamer edition:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductI … tID=503577

Yeah the XtremeAudio is garbage, just look for an XtremeMusic.

Last edited by _j5689_ (2007-06-25 16:15:10)

CommieChipmunk wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

ReTox wrote:

That is soooo cheap for an X-Fi card.   I checked my local supplier and they absolutely do NOT recommend that card for gaming.  It's meant for basic, although X-Fi rated, audio and doesn't have all the "thing-a-ma-bobs" and "whatchamacallits" the better cards do.

I have the X-Fi platnum and it is awesome, I recommend the added funds to get at least the ExtremeGamer edition:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductI … tID=503577

Yeah the XtremeAudio is garbage, just look for an XtremeMusic.

yep, xtrememusic works great.

I thought it was even cooler when I saw the micro hardware it was packin:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/content/265/3/

Nobody tells you this but the new XtremeMusic's have a heatsink on the Creative chip, mine did.  Be sure to plug it in using the 4-pin floppy power connector on the top of the card.  I'm not sure what it does but it probably gives the card more juice so it couldn't hurt.

Ok guys what about this combination instead?

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/127030/rb/0 - Kyle's Creative Soundblaster X-fi Xtreme Gamer Soundcard - OEM
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106186 - Speedlink SL-8793 Medusa 5.1 ProGamer Edition Headset - with USB power

mitch

Last edited by mitch212k_2 (2007-06-26 09:25:44)

You do not need such amazing sound cards. It's all bullshit. Unless you are going to be playing 7.1 surround sound speakers at high volume....then get your first choice. It's perfect.

Are you on an AGP or PCI board? :S (talk to u on ts WHORE! )

Martyn

mitch212k_2 wrote:

so what settings will it run at? and what happens if you set your sound too high for the card to handle?

The X-Fi XtremeMusic will run BF2 on the X-Fi setting which is 128 voices.  At present there isn't much that supports above 128 voices let alone up to 128 voices.

The only things i've seen that support 128 voices are BF2, WoW, and one or more of the Unreal Tournament 2K games.

WoW must be tweaked to use it though, as there is a glitch that prevents the game from using all 128 voices with hardware acceleration still enabled.

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs … ge.id=1008

Which can be fixed by doing this: Go to My Computer, select your hard drive that has WoW installed in it, click program files, click World of Warcraft, click on the WTF folder, then click on Config.wtf and add this:

SET SoundOutputSystem "1"

Last edited by _j5689_ (2007-06-26 20:16:39)

ya you should I bought the medusa headset with the Xfi music card and had all kinds of trouble with it.  Those headphones don't like the xfi chips.  you should check out their forums, tons of threads from people having problems with them.

mitch212k_2 wrote:

Ok guys what about this combination instead?

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/127030/rb/0 - Kyle's Creative Soundblaster X-fi Xtreme Gamer Soundcard - OEM
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106186 - Speedlink SL-8793 Medusa 5.1 ProGamer Edition Headset - with USB power

mitch

Don´t get the USB Version.It has an build in soundchip.You don´t even need a sound card to use it.I had this usb head a while ago and its bulls**t.Now I have your first combination of headset and soundcard(but my soundcard is the pro gamer edition).This combination works great.

Last edited by Rennkasper (2007-06-27 00:08:57)