Just Ordered my Sound Card

gmen5681 · 10-28-2006, 04:05 PM

I just ordered my new sound card, i decided on the CL XtremeGamer with the X-RAM. here is a link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102005

im pretty excited, im hooking it up to the Logitech Z5500.

[-0MEGA-] · 10-28-2006, 04:10 PM

Sweet, hopefully it works well. And hopefully you dont hear the popping sound.

gmen5681 · 10-28-2006, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

Sweet, hopefully it works well. And hopefully you dont hear the popping sound.

what popping sound?

[-0MEGA-] · 10-28-2006, 05:14 PM

In some games and music you may hear popping and crackling coming from the speakers. The only time thats happened to me was when I was playing Flatout 2.

gmen5681 · 10-29-2006, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

In some games and music you may hear popping and crackling coming from the speakers. The only time thats happened to me was when I was playing Flatout 2.

what card do you have? i see it says X-Fi in your sig, but what one specifically?

im about 95% sure that the poppign sound that you hear would be your speakers, not the actual card itself. the card is just processing the signal and sending it to the speakers.

**The_Other_One** · 10-29-2006, 04:59 AM

FlatOut 2 makes funny noises on my PC as well. It's probably just a flaw in the game itself, and not hardware.

[-0MEGA-] · 10-29-2006, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by gmen5681

what card do you have? i see it says X-Fi in your sig, but what one specifically?

im about 95% sure that the poppign sound that you hear would be your speakers, not the actual card itself. the card is just processing the signal and sending it to the speakers.

I have the XtremeMusic. And no, its not the speakers. My old sound card(s) worked fine, and if you read reviews of the X-Fi line, you will see that almost 50% or more users who have that card hear popping and cracking, but not all the time.

The problem is most likely driver related, and not actually hardware related.

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Originally Posted by The_Other_One

FlatOut 2 makes funny noises on my PC as well. It's probably just a flaw in the game itself, and not hardware.

It's not flatout 2. With my Audigy it sounded fine, but not with the X-Fi.

**The_Other_One** · 10-29-2006, 05:50 AM

Well, FlatOut 2 is the only game I've noticed that made funny noises on my machine, which is why I beleive it's software... However, I don't have any other hardware to prove it.

damientbayless · 10-29-2006, 06:36 AM

As Borat says "varay nice yes"

10-28-2006, 04:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
gmen5681 banned Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 74	Just Ordered my Sound Card I just ordered my new sound card, i decided on the CL XtremeGamer with the X-RAM. here is a link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102005 im pretty excited, im hooking it up to the Logitech Z5500.

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[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,400	Sweet, hopefully it works well. And hopefully you dont hear the popping sound. __________________ Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.83GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (840/2332) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-850 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11593

10-28-2006, 05:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,400	In some games and music you may hear popping and crackling coming from the speakers. The only time thats happened to me was when I was playing Flatout 2. __________________ Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.83GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (840/2332) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-850 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11593

10-29-2006, 04:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
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10-29-2006, 05:50 AM	#8 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,307	Well, FlatOut 2 is the only game I've noticed that made funny noises on my machine, which is why I beleive it's software... However, I don't have any other hardware to prove it. __________________ Urban De-Development * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT * C2D T5250 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100 * G4 1.33GHz \| 512M RAM \| 40G HD \| Radeon 9200

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