Upgraded sweet

[MrVicchio]

Okay gang, Mr.V HAD a soundblaster!live Value card form wayyy back.. like whenthey first came out...

It lost its digital out and the mic port got stupid about 3 months or so ago...

Well... I was forced to use Headphones cause my speakers are digital only...


I installed the SoundBlaster Audigy II last night... OMG... sound is back, and its awesome...

HAD a $10 set of cheeseball HP from Radioshack.. got a 40 dollar set from Best Buy... with a nice mic...

SWEETNESS


Also... fro the last three years I have used a trackball, I loved it, and played CS with some success using it...

I got an optical mouse too... OMG... the difference is tangibale. It's like... wow. My sensitivity with the trackball was at 3.2 Its at 5.9 and rising with the mouse all ready... holy cow...

Mr.V just got danerous

[Ranger]

Now all you need is a 6.1 speaker set.

Optical Mice :rock:

[Civilian]

Very cool!

I had the same sound card on my old PC and have an Xgamer on my new pc, and I never realized how much difference a good sound card makes.

What kind of headset did you get?

Mmmmm upgrades, congrats! :clap:

[Navaron]

I was using this really crappy combo buy thing I got from comp USA, but my new comp has integrated 6.1 that sounds frikking amazing. It really does make a difference. I never understood why they would rate sound equally with graphics in reviews. I do now. Way to go Vic. Weren't you planning on a system upgrade sometime soon?

[MrVicchio]

That was the upgrade.
My system specs are:

WinXP Home
Pentium4 1.8gighertz processor
512megs DDR Ram
Audigy II Card
GeForce4 Ti 4600
Boston Aucustic 4.1 Surround Sound (My comps in the Master Bed Room Closet and well.. wife doesn't liek to hear my games so no need at present for big speaker system.. for now..)
Optical Mouse
DvD and CDR drives

[Zatrais]

Just a quick tip Navaron, using a intregated soundchipset for 6.1 surroundsound is a major hog on your CPU... not a good idea. Better to use a Audigy2, i got one and they ROCK! get used to surroundsound so fast =)

[Navaron]

Nope, I had heard that, but this chip uses just under 3.8% of the processor. With this much processor I don't even feel it. I might upgrade late next year to an actual sound card, but it won't be soon. Thanks though.

[Zatrais]

Whatchipset is it?

Never heard of a chipset that has built in 6.1 surround and uses under 4% of the cpu power to create surround sound.