Creative Alternatives Rated in PC Gamer

[confoundicator]

In the new PC Gamer they did a review of 5 non-Creative sound cards, but they didn't list the prices for all but one of the cards, so I googled them all to see how they stack up:

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Card____________________________________PCG_Rating____Price_
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Hercules GameSurround Muse 5.1 DVD__________76%_______$29.99
M-Audio Revolution 7.1______________________80%_______$99.00
Hercules Digifire 7.1 (firewire)_________________84%_______$79.99
Hercules GameSurround Fortissimo III 7.1_______90%_______$49.99
Audiotrack Prodigy 7.1_______________________92%_______$99.00

For comparison, at Newegg the Audigy 2 is $78 for the OEM box and $112 for the retail package.

The Hercules Fortissimo is clearly the best deal for people looking for a good alternative to the Audigy 2. This is for people who just want a quality, relatively inexpensive sound card for games and music (people who want digital editing or recording or whatever should read some threadz :tongue: ).

-peace

 

[Crashman]

My Aureal SQ2500 cost me $20 2 years ago and is probably the best $20 I ever spent on hardware.

Someone just released a crack to enable the hardware features missing in the XP driver, so now I'm happy again.

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[neveroldmilk]

As i know,the Audiotrack Prodigy 7.1 is professional at recording!But not in game.

 

[Dev]

Someone just released a crack to enable the hardware features missing in the XP driver, so now I'm happy again. [/qoute]

Didn't know that. Do they work well in 2k as well? I still have mine in one of my linux boxes. Maybe it's time to move it back into my windows machine?

Are they at Vortex of Sound?

Dev

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[Crashman]

You'll find information in the VortexOfSound forums, but you'll have to look on the second page I think.

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