Simulated Surround Sound

bumblebee_tuna · 03-22-2007, 04:28 PM

With my current card, I'm given the ability to similuate surround sound with regular stereo headphones but, in that case, would I need to set in-game settings to 5.1 or headphones?

computermaineack · 03-23-2007, 04:56 AM

I would think headphones/stereo, because the simulated surround sound will take stereo/headphone output and make it seem as though it is 5.1, even while still being 2.0. If you set your game to 5.1, it will output it as if there are five speakers, so you won't hear most of the sound because the majority of the sound comes through the center speaker, which you obviously don't have on headphones.

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computermaineack Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,239	I would think headphones/stereo, because the simulated surround sound will take stereo/headphone output and make it seem as though it is 5.1, even while still being 2.0. If you set your game to 5.1, it will output it as if there are five speakers, so you won't hear most of the sound because the majority of the sound comes through the center speaker, which you obviously don't have on headphones. __________________ "Former Clinton advisor Dick Morris said, "Hillary Clinton will be the next President, but she'll be the worst President we've ever seen." After hearing this, President Bush said, "Wait a minute, I'm not finished yet."" -Conan O'Brien CPU: Q6600 G0 Mobo: eVGA 680i NF67-A1 Case: Antec P180B GPU: eVGA 8800GTS G92 512mb HSF: Tuniq Tower 120 RAM: 4gb DDR2-800 Corsair XMS2 4-4-4-12 PSU: Antec True Power Trio 550w

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