Save Our Soundstorm! Please Vote!
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 10/06/2003 08:08 PM [ Print | 10 comment(s) ] · 2603 views
If you were drawn to buying nForce2 because of it's unique SoundStorm audio you might be disappointed to learn there will be no APU/SoundStorm integrated into future nForce3 products.
It was NVIDIA's decision to drop its unique integrated audio in favour of a (probable) totally separate product? Well, yes and no. Here's what our NV source has to say on the reason why:
In the land of nForce 3, there is only a single chip. That means that every single one must have all the features that are 100% guaranteed to sell. Based on this information, the decision was made to drop APU. If we made two different chips again that would be one answer. However, our customers (ASUS, MSI, etc.) continue to tell us that you (the end user public) don't want SoundStorm OR don't want to pay for it.
nforcershq.com
It was NVIDIA's decision to drop its unique integrated audio in favour of a (probable) totally separate product? Well, yes and no. Here's what our NV source has to say on the reason why:
In the land of nForce 3, there is only a single chip. That means that every single one must have all the features that are 100% guaranteed to sell. Based on this information, the decision was made to drop APU. If we made two different chips again that would be one answer. However, our customers (ASUS, MSI, etc.) continue to tell us that you (the end user public) don't want SoundStorm OR don't want to pay for it.
nforcershq.com
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spidedy Unregistered |
#48023 Posted on: 10/06/2003 08:56 PM
i didn't buy nforce2 because of sountstorm, i bought it because of the chipset. anyway , i dont care if they remove soundstorm all together it's quality and acceleration sucks. that is why my Real Soundcard SoundBlasre Audigy2 & 2z models in both of my gamming rigs just crush the soundstorm apu 100-1 |
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shaderboy Unregistered |
#48024 Posted on: 10/06/2003 09:09 PM
I wouldnt say that exactly. Its one of nvidias best products, but it has driver issues. Maybe thats why its being discontinued ? |
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Professor_Von_Murder Unregistered |
#48027 Posted on: 10/06/2003 09:12 PM
Keep it. It's the best integrated sound out there. |
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Chicken Unregistered Posts: 279 Joined: 2002-02-11 |
#48032 Posted on: 10/06/2003 10:46 PM
It's pretty flawed, the driver support is really bad, and on most motherboards it's run through a crappy Realtek ac97 chip for the physical connections anyway, which just degrads quality even more. |
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thomas997 Unregistered Posts: 11 Joined: 2003-04-21 |
#48042 Posted on: 10/07/2003 05:26 AM
It saved me almost 100$ long live soundstorm. Btw I use digital out which is not crappy at all, between the quality of an Audigy and an Audigy 2. That analog out is somewhat crappy.. about the quality of a SB live.. 
DD owns! |
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dlolos Unregistered |
#48043 Posted on: 10/07/2003 06:07 AM
Personally if it wasn't for sound storm I would have never bought my Asus A7N8X Deluxe. The sound chip uses less CPU cycles then even the mighty Audigy 2 and does Dobly Digital Encoding. If Nforce 3 doesn't have Sound Storm then forget it. I might as well get a Via or SIS chipset. |
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spidedy Unregistered |
#48046 Posted on: 10/07/2003 06:59 AM
ohh please, get a ***** clue asshole... i had ever single gen soundcard from creative and not one faild me from the original sb to the sb audigy2zs sound blaster is the best their is, the best their was & the best their will be and that is dann true..... no other sound card can match their performance the people that have problems with it are the stupid ones, END_USER ERROR is the problem don't blame creative just because you can't figure it out how it works, blame your-self. answer YOU ARE the STUPID END USER |
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shaderboy Unregistered |
#48047 Posted on: 10/07/2003 07:17 AM
Soundstorm is actually faster than all but the audigy 2 (and even then its faster sometimes). It has 90% of the quality as well. Its problem is cheap mobos and poor drivers. SB has trouble with with some mobos as well. Please take of your rose coloured specticals. |
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Jaybo Unregistered |
#48050 Posted on: 10/07/2003 11:15 AM
You mean I have to dig in my closet for my crappy sounding Audigy 1? Nooo... Soundstorm is the best integrated sound chip I have seen yet. Creative used to be king, they could be flawless if they do more in hardware and quit putting so much useless crap with their packages. |
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shaderboy Unregistered |
#48053 Posted on: 10/07/2003 12:29 PM
SOME nforce mobos give a bad sound, but not all of them. This isnt nvidias fault or the fault of soundstorm itself. You have to remember for the price of an audigy 2 you can have a whole nforce 2 mobo ! Its clear when soundstorm is 90% as good as an audigy2 that its much better value. |
