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There is a difference but I wouldn't say it's better. It's just... different. I've played AA on Windows XP and I used to own a X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty. The setup I have now is the best I've had.

You might notice a positive difference. You might like tweaking your audio so you can hear further and in the process destroying quality. You might like to have an advantage over others. My whole point is that it's wrong, unfair and costly to suggest people go out and buy an X-Fi because they'll pwn more. Ridiculous.

AA would be a better game if people played on default settings. Praise allah that Jonny & Possessed have a sense of fairness and try to make this game a better place without tweakers and glitchers.

Here's an idea; buy a hack. It's cheaper than a sound card.

well, if I remember correct, creative dominated in the soundcard market while aa was popular, everyone had it, and you didnt need to "tweak" anything in aa, just change the audio settings to hardware 3d, and put your bass down and treble up. buy a hack? i got my xfi xtreme gamer for 30$ from ebay, not so costly isnt it, tweakers/glitchers, all competitive players are using good sound and stable fps, yea sure its "unfair advantage"[/sarcasm]

surely, common sense is needed, top players outsmarting each other with different strats etc.. but we talk about sound here

with win7 i cant hear enemies around me 5m away, sometimes i hear them, its weird, so no common sense will help here, sure you know where to expect enemies but its the experience of a certain map.

somebody give spanky a snickers!

Bart
Fast comp good net sound its like car in f1  common sense aim reflexes thats drivers abilities.

What im saying is that Ferrari is better than Kia.u are saying that Schumacher in Kia can beat me in Ferrari.
2 difirent things.both true.
U are Schumacher of aao so u own even without sound.if its what u wanted to hear.
But for 60 honor noob xfi or onboard is HUUUUGE DIFFIRENCE.and ppl who move to xfi start understand the game.start move difirenret they totaly improve their gameplay by miles.
Than bart try to play onboard for a month vs some vets with sound and than tell me how its overrated.
Aao is sound game and anyone who say its not just dont wajt share his eq settings hahaha

Spanky
Do u use diffirent eq for music?to get best music experience?
In aao ppl use eq to get best gaming experience.
 Sound tweaks = sound settings TOTALY LEGAL CLEAN

Ppl who use macro graphic setings recoil ini mods and call it tweaks are basicaly cheaters.who just hide behind the word tweak

What I posted was info that with better soundcard better headphones and eq u hear more far and more details overall
U say that sc I recomended s shit nd some nonsence about sound quality.
With set I posted the quality will be better than onboard so whats ur point.
U should ve joined this thread with another concrete option.not with ur hate to xfi :-))

Spanky
Do u use diffirent eq for music?to get best music experience?

No. I listen to audio the way the sound engineer designed it. He/she knows a lot more than I do. I don't have a fully neutral system so I'm not getting original quality/tone but I strive to listen to things as original as I possibly can.

In aao ppl use eq to get best gaming experience.
 Sound tweaks = sound settings TOTALY LEGAL CLEAN

Ppl who use macro graphic setings recoil ini mods and call it tweaks are basicaly cheaters.who just hide behind the word tweak

What I posted was info that with better soundcard better headphones and eq u hear more far and more details overall
U say that sc I recomended s shit nd some nonsence about sound quality.
With set I posted the quality will be better than onboard so whats ur point.
U should ve joined this thread with another concrete option.not with ur hate to xfi :-))

Sound tweaking is the same as graphic settings. The devs didn't design AA so that users would be forced to lower bass and raise treble. The guys that recorded and mastered the sounds for the game know more than all of us on this website combined not to mention their equipment is far superior. It annoys me (and is cheating) when people start adjusting things to gain an advantage when those settings aren't even meant for that in the first place.


krlz, AA has decent sound. The AA devs didn't do a super great job taking advantage of all the enviornmental effects but the quality is pretty nice. Most maps do have ambient sounds if you listen for them, they're not very loud but they are there. I have no problem with people wanting quality and in all honesty, the X-Fi was my first real audio device but looking back, they're overhyped garbage and that's all I'm trying to say. To suggest it because it will make you pwn is misleading. It might work great in AA but most modern games don't even care about X-Fi and Creative makes tons of money on those cards because the components are garbage. Since the XtremeGamer X-Fi, there hasn't been worthwhile things added, they just repackage and market a new model every other year. The SNR might be better but overall the cards are still crap when you compare them with good quality cards even from ASUS. No internal card will be as good as an external audio device due to the EMI/RFI inside of computers. I could go on and on but if you really care about quality, browse over to www.head-fi.org and see their Computer Audio section.

tweaking = gaining adventage without using exterior applications

The problem is, gamma/contrast/brightness were NOT implemented to make it so you can see better in a darker map. They weren't even implemented by the devs, just a left-over option from Unreal. They are purely there to adjust your monitor if it's not calibrated. If you use keybinds to change gamma/contrast/brightness per map, you should be banned. The devs and beta testers already did the hard work of testing all the maps and here comes a keyboard cowboy thinking he knows more than them. You don't.

Same for sound. Nothing wrong with you wanting better hardware but when you buy a sound card just to have an equalizer to destroy the quality (and your ears) to jack up the treble, you're basically pushing the envelope and your excuse is "well it's a setting, not a hack".

It's all bullshit. You all should be glad I don't make changes to Assist, you'd be pretty well fucked for all of these settings. If you're looking for an advantage to make up for your skills in a free game, just buy a hack. Quicker & easier and it will make you feel great.

In my opinion, any Modification/Edit/Tuning done outside of ingame settings should be considered unfair.