FreedomEclipse
~Technological Technocrat~
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System Name | Codename: Icarus Mk.VI |
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Processor | Intel 8600k@Stock -- pending tuning |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Strixx Z370-F |
Cooling | CPU: BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 {1xCorsair ML120 Pro|5xML140 Pro} |
Memory | 32GB XPG Gammix D10 {2x16GB} |
Video Card(s) | ASUS Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition |
Storage | Samsung 970 Evo 512GB SSD (Boot)|WD SN770 (Gaming)|2x 3TB Toshiba DT01ACA300|2x 2TB Crucial BX500 |
Display(s) | LG GP850-B |
Case | Corsair 760T (White) |
Audio Device(s) | Yamaha RX-V573|Speakers: JBL Control One|Auna 300-CN|Wharfedale Diamond SW150 |
Power Supply | Corsair AX760 |
Mouse | Logitech G900 |
Keyboard | Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ |
Ive had a bit of time to think about it and basically come down to the opinion that surround sound gaming is dead and has been dead for a long time or held in a cryogenically frozen/comatose state unable to decide if its dying or completely dead....
Most of the sound card makers from days of yore at least on the PC gaming market are long gone and have slowly been boiled down to two existing pillars of existence... Creative and Asus but everyone knows that Asus didnt really enter the sound card market until very late in the game and by that time with the death of Hardware Acceleration with the advent of Windows Vista. It was only a matter of time when the market became a featureless barren land.
Without hardware acceleration, sound cards are partially meaningless when it comes to gaming. Having a dedicated sound card might be a little better but onboard sound has also come a long way in the last few years.
Creative -- one of the last bastions when it came to audio in PC gaming has shifted focus more on other audio products rather than soundcards, even though they still make soundcards. Soundcard tech just hasnt moved. EAX is dead, DirectSound is dead, OpenAL is still alive but it might aswell be dead because creative has no desire to get it working properly and getting more games to support it.
searching for 5.1 speakers or 7.1 speaker sets for PC like the logitech Z5500's and its successor drew up very few hits, Creative dont really do 5.1 speakers anymore though they might have an extremely limited range Logitech have a few 5.1 speaker sets whereas the rest of the hits seem to be from Edifier and the usual rubbish from brands like TRUST and GENIUS
With the explosion of the Hi-fi audio and Audiophiles and the 'redirection' of the previous years speaker manufacturers pushing more or deeper into the headphone market. It it seems that the consumer market have abandoned surround sound gaming and play with a 2.1 or 2.0 speaker or headphone setup.
Asus's sound cards were never that great for gaming IMO. they couldn't reach the same pinnacle as creative did even without hardware acceleration. with their GX feature which worked like 'creative alchemy' was only a cheap imitation and i suffered many issues when using Asus cards back in the day when it came to gaming on older EAX supported titles.
Do you think that Soundcards or surround sound will become a thing again when it comes to PC gaming?
Or is the industry at a point where it doesnt matter anymore as developers use different technologies and most consumers dont have space for a surround sound setup??
Id like to hear your thoughts.
Most of the sound card makers from days of yore at least on the PC gaming market are long gone and have slowly been boiled down to two existing pillars of existence... Creative and Asus but everyone knows that Asus didnt really enter the sound card market until very late in the game and by that time with the death of Hardware Acceleration with the advent of Windows Vista. It was only a matter of time when the market became a featureless barren land.
Without hardware acceleration, sound cards are partially meaningless when it comes to gaming. Having a dedicated sound card might be a little better but onboard sound has also come a long way in the last few years.
Creative -- one of the last bastions when it came to audio in PC gaming has shifted focus more on other audio products rather than soundcards, even though they still make soundcards. Soundcard tech just hasnt moved. EAX is dead, DirectSound is dead, OpenAL is still alive but it might aswell be dead because creative has no desire to get it working properly and getting more games to support it.
searching for 5.1 speakers or 7.1 speaker sets for PC like the logitech Z5500's and its successor drew up very few hits, Creative dont really do 5.1 speakers anymore though they might have an extremely limited range Logitech have a few 5.1 speaker sets whereas the rest of the hits seem to be from Edifier and the usual rubbish from brands like TRUST and GENIUS
With the explosion of the Hi-fi audio and Audiophiles and the 'redirection' of the previous years speaker manufacturers pushing more or deeper into the headphone market. It it seems that the consumer market have abandoned surround sound gaming and play with a 2.1 or 2.0 speaker or headphone setup.
Asus's sound cards were never that great for gaming IMO. they couldn't reach the same pinnacle as creative did even without hardware acceleration. with their GX feature which worked like 'creative alchemy' was only a cheap imitation and i suffered many issues when using Asus cards back in the day when it came to gaming on older EAX supported titles.
Do you think that Soundcards or surround sound will become a thing again when it comes to PC gaming?
Or is the industry at a point where it doesnt matter anymore as developers use different technologies and most consumers dont have space for a surround sound setup??
Id like to hear your thoughts.