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[Fredvdp]

I have played this game very often and always in stereo because my Integrated Realtek HD is unsupported. I have some spare money in a sock under my bed and want to spend some of it on a sound card. Does the game support all Soundblasters/X-Fi cards? I'm thinking of getting the Creative X-Fi Extreme Audio. Can anyone confirm whether this budget sound card is fully compatible with ME1?

[MaaZeus]

Yes. Though if you have Vista or Windows7 you need some INI tweaking (changing all generic software to generic hardware in audio related parts) and Creative Alchemy software to support EAX, and 5.1 too I think. Even though ME1 SHOULD support OpenAL, it doesnt work for some reason.

Modifié par MaaZeus, 19 septembre 2010 - 11:59 .

[Fredvdp]

INI tweaks? Haven't they included Vista and 7 support in newer drivers? Doesn't matter, I don't mind tweaking a little.

Modifié par Fredvdp, 19 septembre 2010 - 02:00 .

[Grimmace]

The tweaks were when Vista and Win7 first came out. All of the drivers for X-Fi cards are out and work fine with EAX and all other features. I have ME2 working with Creative Labs and Auzentech X-Fi cards with no problems. Alchemy is not needed for the ME games. You may want to go to the CL website and check out the drivers. They will tell you what they support. ME2 in 7.1 is awesome! So was ME1.

I remember the Extreme audio had a different driver than the other X-Fi cards, if you have the money, try for the Extreme gamer. I have one computer with the CL Extreme Music, and one with the Auzentech Prelude. Both are X-Fi cars and work great.

Modifié par Grimmace, 19 septembre 2010 - 02:30 .

[MaaZeus]

Grimmace wrote...

The tweaks were when Vista and Win7 first came out. All of the drivers for X-Fi cards are out and work fine with EAX and all other features. I have ME2 working with Creative Labs and Auzentech X-Fi cards with no problems. Alchemy is not needed for the ME games. You may want to go to the CL website and check out the drivers. They will tell you what they support. ME2 in 7.1 is awesome! So was ME1.

I remember the Extreme audio had a different driver than the other X-Fi cards, if you have the money, try for the Extreme gamer. I have one computer with the CL Extreme Music, and one with the Auzentech Prelude. Both are X-Fi cars and work great.

Surround perhaps, but I never got EAX to work without Alchemy. Go to the Citadel tower and stand in the bridge where you meet the council. Speak to your squadmates and it is echoing if EAX works.

[Grimmace]

Hmmm... My Auzentech card installs Alchemy automatically, so I may not have realized it was doing the work. I'll have to check it again.

[Fredvdp]

Grimmace wrote...

I remember the Extreme audio had a different driver than the other X-Fi cards, if you have the money, try for the Extreme gamer. I have one computer with the CL Extreme Music, and one with the Auzentech Prelude. Both are X-Fi cars and work great.

The webstore I'm looking at (Alternate.be) has some good deals on sound cards but some of those are PCI-e 1x cards. If I install one of those my GPU's fan is blocked and I don't want that. The extreme audio has a PCI version.

I'll look at other stores and see what I can find. Thanks for all the advice.

How's EAX on the Extreme Audio? The store I'm looking at says it hase software emulated EAX 5. Is there a huge difference between that and the regular hardware EAX?

Modifié par Fredvdp, 20 septembre 2010 - 09:24 .

[MaaZeus]

Fredvdp wrote...

Grimmace wrote...

I remember the Extreme audio had a different driver than the other X-Fi cards, if you have the money, try for the Extreme gamer. I have one computer with the CL Extreme Music, and one with the Auzentech Prelude. Both are X-Fi cars and work great.

The webstore I'm looking at (Alternate.be) has some good deals on sound cards but some of those are PCI-e 1x cards. If I install one of those my GPU's fan is blocked and I don't want that. The extreme audio has a PCI version.

I'll look at other stores and see what I can find. Thanks for all the advice.

How's EAX on the Extreme Audio? The store I'm looking at says it hase software emulated EAX 5. Is there a huge difference between that and the regular hardware EAX?

No, there shouldnt be too difference. It just eats up some CPU power, which is nowadays not a issue at all. Afterall, majority of nowaday games do sound postprocessing effects like echoes in software, leaving hardware accelerations and special features of good soundcards pretty much unused unfortunately.

Modifié par MaaZeus, 20 septembre 2010 - 02:25 .

[Fredvdp]

I have installed the Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio and after some tweaking I now have surround in ME1. The sound quality overall is also a lot better. I had to use the following fix to get surround: http://meforums.biow...32219&forum=127

Edit: After some testing I must say, EAX really improves the game experience. Characters now sound as if they are in an environment other than the recording studio. There were absolutely no effects on the voices when I was playing on integrated sound. Whether a character was indoors or outside they sounded the same. I should have upgraded ages ago.

Modifié par Fredvdp, 24 septembre 2010 - 01:02 .