Rico posted on Sep 18 2004 at 07:57 PM said:All I can say is my mobo is nforce2 and came with no 'out of the box' surround support. I didn't even know I could jack them into the line in and mic in ports. Until my friend had the exact same chipset. Anyways I upgraded my motherboard drivers (you could also upgrade your sound drivers - Realtek or something) and the 'nVidia mixer' appears. You select 5.1, do a test and set it up. Currently I have it set to 'clone' so music comes out of all 4 speakers (but not the middle one, in fact during testing the centre speaker is supposed to output white noise but instead beeps, it works during Doom 3 though).
So ... upgrade your sound or mobo drivers and it should become obvious. Or do what raven said and just set it in Windows, but doing that alone didn't work for me.
Steve-O posted on Sep 18 2004 at 08:08 PM said:Rico posted on Sep 18 2004 at 07:57 PM said:All I can say is my mobo is nforce2 and came with no 'out of the box' surround support. I didn't even know I could jack them into the line in and mic in ports. Until my friend had the exact same chipset. Anyways I upgraded my motherboard drivers (you could also upgrade your sound drivers - Realtek or something) and the 'nVidia mixer' appears. You select 5.1, do a test and set it up. Currently I have it set to 'clone' so music comes out of all 4 speakers (but not the middle one, in fact during testing the centre speaker is supposed to output white noise but instead beeps, it works during Doom 3 though).
So ... upgrade your sound or mobo drivers and it should become obvious. Or do what raven said and just set it in Windows, but doing that alone didn't work for me.
Ill try find some Drivers
No idea where to get any from hehe... the Sound card I have is a cheap £10 one but it does the job
the Sound cards model number I have is a L-8738-6C
time to look for drivers
thanks
the speakers are amazing btwthanks for recommending them
It's 6.1 channel, yes. Drivers are here:Axeman posted on Sep 18 2004 at 11:03 PM said:A lot of soundcards still dont support 5.1 - you sure yours does?
Rico posted on Sep 18 2004 at 10:11 PM said:It's 6.1 channel, yes. Drivers are here:Axeman posted on Sep 18 2004 at 11:03 PM said:A lot of soundcards still dont support 5.1 - you sure yours does?
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/download/OS-e-cmi8738_WDM_OS.htm
and include a multi-channel audio demo app.
generalnmx posted on Sep 19 2004 at 01:06 AM said:Sound Card technology is one of those rare things that cannot be improved that much unless you have super-sensitive hearing. And most people of our generation are half-deaf from listening to their music so loud
I still can't tell THAT much of a difference between a new $500 stereo system versus my old 4 Speakers + Subwoofer + Soundblaster Live! Value.
Steve-O posted on Sep 19 2004 at 10:24 AM said:generalnmx posted on Sep 19 2004 at 01:06 AM said:Sound Card technology is one of those rare things that cannot be improved that much unless you have super-sensitive hearing. And most people of our generation are half-deaf from listening to their music so loud
I still can't tell THAT much of a difference between a new $500 stereo system versus my old 4 Speakers + Subwoofer + Soundblaster Live! Value.
I can tell the Difference from my old £8 2.1 channel speakers and my new £40 Inspire 5.1 Speakres
The Old 2.1 speakers sound used to go all dodgy when turned up and I thought the bass was good on my 2.1
The New 5.1 are Amazing, and the new Sub compaierd to my 2.1's sub is 1000 times better