Battlefield 2 - Sound-Volume Problem

[Grumpy]

@GLH

As i asked before, do you get the "problem" also.

No, I dont.
I dont have onboard sound tho, I have an audigy 2 platnium sound card.

[kosmiq]

No idea if I have the problem. I select "same mod" in the browser and very rarely play SF anyway.

[GLH]

Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA

Oh god, GLH, an onboard sound card; how do you expect quality output from such a thing...? Get, at least, a SB Live! or Audigy instead.

Originally Posted by Grumpy

I dont have onboard sound tho, I have an audigy 2 platnium sound card.

Will a seperate Soundcard be so much better. My onboard sound is 7.1 and EAX compatible.
(My mainboard)

[kosmiq]

Well IMO almost all built-in soundcards sucks. Why? Because they are made of cheap components, uses CPU power to create sounds and the general quality of them are often bad.

I know of only 2 kinda good built in soundsolutions. The first one i Soundstorm that was about the same level as the Audigy 1. The second of is the SB HD Live! built into a few MSI m/b afaik.

The one used on Asus NF4 series is not good enough for me atleast. Thats why I got an X-Fi ExtremeMusic...

And even if the onboard sound looks flashy on the paper it rarely lives up to it. But I guess it is mostly about demands and what you have to compare with. If you think the built in is sufficient, don't put money into a separate one.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Avoid those Realtek integrated "sound cards" whenever you can. The AC97 was bad, and I see no reason why the others in the Realtek series would be better. (I agree with kosmiq: cheap is usually bad... )