Run Fatality card in hardware or software mode?

drakaun

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Ok,until recently I use to run on mobo audio.Now I have a Creative Fatality card...in audio options of games you have to choose hardware mode and sometimes hardware or software mode .do I choose hardware? lol Like GRID has an option to turm hardware mode on or off.
 

technology-sponge

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Yes, choose hardware mode, and if also available, enable EAX/3D hardware acceleration.

Hardware mode will use your x-fi to do the processing. Software mode uses the cpu to do it (and with lower quality/accuracy too)
 

drakaun

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Awesome :) thanks for the reply.Felt kind duh! asking, but I've never had a sound card...I had no clue what I was missing!! thanks:)