How good is a Vortex 2 Soundcard in XP?

[RedShirt]

Does it have EAX, A3D, DS3D Support? Or is it just basic sound?

 

[Fandango]

My friend tried it, there seem to be no drivers for it that work so I guess its bad in XP.

 

[RedShirt]

Microsoft made the drivers themselves for it.... I know there are drivers... Just don't know what they can do

 

[PliotronX]

It works better than Win2k with the beta drivers. Supported 3D sound APIs work great under XP on my machine. Mileage may vary though, I've heard of some horror stories.

 

[Naths]

HORRIBLE! If you heard Vortex2 in Win98SE and loved it, you'll be dissapointed in XP!

Plain drivers. No quad (4 speakers). Sounds very bad.

Sound drops and cracklings but there is a fix to this sound drop using WPCREDIT - Try checking the VortexOfSound.com website for fix.

No Vortex control panel. Just plain bad sound - like your vortex 2 will sound like an AC97 from motherboard built in.

I suggest go dual boot - Win98SE or ME for games and WinXP for work.

Good Luck!