[mrdaveyk]

can some cards, more expensive cards change stereo sound.

what i mean is if a game etc gives out a stereo sound resulting in only a few (2) speakers working can some better cards manipulate the output to use all speakers,

i got a bit of the old jet lag so im having difficulty explaining what i mean sorry guys hehe

if so what cards do you guys recommend

[Fordy]

Ok, when you say all speakers I'll presume you mean either 5.1 or 7.1?

No card will split the sound between all speakers. However, the same sound should be outputted through all speakers, (ie Triple Stereo [5.1] or Quadruple for 7.1) this gives surround sound but isnt optimumly split into each speaker and its range, also this is not incredibly great for the subwoofer, it should be ok, however.

Hope that helps?

[mrdaveyk]

aye i got ya pal 5.1 set up i have

ill have to borrow a card to see if its just the fact ive got a cheap card. also may be due to the fact that cmedia have not yet released vista drivers for the 8738 card

[Fordy]

Originally Posted by mrdaveyk

aye i got ya pal 5.1 set up i have

ill have to borrow a card to see if its just the fact ive got a cheap card. also may be due to the fact that cmedia have not yet released vista drivers for the 8738 card

Did you listen to me or not?



It doesn't matter what card you have it will only spread the same signal to all speakers if it has been recorded in stereo.

[mrdaveyk]

yeh but the old 5.1 card i had in my old computer never had this problem, only on this card am i experiencing speaker cut outs when entering some servers that apparently push stereo (according to steam)