Posts by Roller

The bottomline of Windows 8 is crystal clear, there is a new UI forced onto users by default along with some features removed since Windows 7. However, restoring all removed features is easily done without adding any sort of overhead...

I'll just say the following (as pointed on the previous post), the currently highest quality OpenAL renderer uses up to 15% on a quad core CPU (which is far from negligible). 15% of CPU cycles is a rather significant performance hit,...

Quote: Originally Posted by genclaymore  Actually openAL does work in software, its is a open standard. It is not a hardware processing only feature.  Any sound card can use openAL thru software.  The only...

Believe me, I do understand what you mean. Audio hardware is also overpriced around here, and international orders aren't always desirable.   Just make sure you enjoy your card as much as you can

Relatively close results are to be expected, with the Essence STX being slightly better, as well as having swappable opamps, which allows for further customization.   Bottomline is, the Phoebus is a good card, just a bit...

Hum, I was under the impression the timer dropped to 1ms when in use, and custom settings were required to lower it to 0.5ms.   Do you happen to know of any method to lower it below 0.5ms?

Well, for gaming and gaming alone, the Xonar Phoebus will provide a more stable gaming experience than the Essence STX, due to better software compatibility, which I believe is what you got your Xonar Phoebus for.

Quote: Originally Posted by b4tm4n  @Roller Thats pretty sad for me to hear after investing quite an amount on it ._. Would i have benefited more from an Aune T1 or even Musiland Monitor 01 US in...

It should be noted that on supporting Windows OSes as well as supporting hardware (not all hardware is capable of), HPET is disabled by default and has to be manually enabled. It should also be noted that while HPET can help with...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kel Ghu  It's depressing to see developers abandoning OpenAL. No more true binaural 3D sound. Fortunately, only FPS is really affected... I don't agree here. Are you refering to CMSS-3D...