SoundStorm 2: SoundStorm Strikes Back? 123
An anonymous reader writes "Phoronix, a popular Linux-based hardware review site, has posted their beliefs on what they feel is the returning of NVIDIA's SoundStorm Technology. Even though sites have said SoundStorm is dead, Phoronix continues to believe otherwise about this long-discussed situation. They contend NVIDIA is currently working on a new generation of APUs for its upcoming Chipsets and they feel one of the audio technologies may be SoundStorm! The article can be read here, but it looks like only time will reveal if new audio features are being brought fourth in the new Chipsets."
"Dead"? Did you read the link? (Score:4, Informative)
That's hardly dead, especially when that article if from nearly a year ago. A year is a huge timespan in computing.
SoundStorm isn't a technology! (Score:5, Informative)
It's a "certification", a label that attest that the hardware follow certain specs and offer certain features (number and type of I/O connections, for example).
Re:Bose replacement (Score:2, Informative)
Suck it up, spend the 500$-1000$ for a home setup and move on.
You don't have to be an audiophile with 3000$ speakers just to get some decent quality sound. I bought a Sony amplifier+receiver which with proper gauge cabling [forget what gauge] for 900$ I can listen to my music and actually like it
Tom
Re:"Dead"? Did you read the link? (Score:1, Informative)
"By Fuad Abazovic: Monday 25 October 2004, 10:41"
That's a little over 10 months ago, or nearly a year.
Fuck Soundstorm (Score:3, Informative)
I have three of them. They rock. Best hardware I've purchased in years, since they let me junk shitty Asus boards (AFAIK Asus is the only company that ever fully implemented soundstorm to begin with) for Gigabyte and Soltek hardware that I'm much more comfortable with.
Here's [storageforum.net] a good summary of my experiences with the first card I got.
Re:Will this be applied to the new Shuttles? (Score:3, Informative)
If you're happy with AC97, good for you, but Soundstorm was a whole different experience, since it actually creates LFE and rear surround (well, in games anyway; for music I think it just echos the front speakers) from PCM sources. Anyone who has had a home theater setup connected to their computer has probably tried the "Dolby Pro Logic II" setting (also available on some Intel Motherboards, I think), which does sort-of create surround, but surround that's limited to primarily the center channel and front speakers. DPLII barely touches the surrounds and never fires your sub, making it rather less impressive.
Better Prices - $87 w/free shipping (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Eh. Audio innovation is dead, baby (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Will this be applied to the new Shuttles? (Score:2, Informative)
I own one.
Re:Eh. Audio innovation is dead, baby (Score:5, Informative)
The Audigy 4 has recently been surpased by the X-Fi. It's an entirely new architecture, both hardware and software.
Creative's EAX has been doing positional 3D audio with occlusion and reverberation for quite a while now. The Aureal was nice, sure, but Creative has had, and has, tech that accomplishes the same thing.