The integrated Yamaha PCI
video card
In these days of 3D violence
PowerColor must have thought that a simple soundchip wouldn't be sufficient for todays
gamer. Therefor they have choosen the Yamaha YMF-724 which uses Sensaura 3D technology to
achieve 3D-positional audio capability. Now to be honest, i had never heard of it before
and its most certainly not as good supported as A3D and SB-Live. However is does
accelerate Directsound 3D pretty well.
The sound is pretty good. And no,
it cannot by far compete with a High Quality soundcard like SoundBlaster live, but its
good enough for the average gamer. Good full sound and clear bass.
The Yamaha YMF-724 makes use of
Sensaura technology. This can be seen as the same positional sound that A3D uses. However
not many games support it. I tested it with several games and the only full Sensaura
support i have seen came from PowerSlide.
Downs, the volume slider makes
some cracking noises while sliding, and i miss advanced buttons for settings like Bass and
Treble. Perhaps in future driver releases this will be solved. However its not a biggie.
I had a very hard time to find
updated drivers for the Yamaha, however i stumbled into their public ftp server which has
the latest drivers online.
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