IL2 1946 & SoW Sound Cards v Onboard Chipsets

[hiro]

I can notice the diff between my onboard sound card and my sound blaster audigy.

I'd go with the OP.

The original sounds are excellent but I can tell some of them are reused for certain planes, and if you youtube the warbirds at airshows (with the original engine) you can notice the difference of the warbirds vs in game.

THe only issue I got is sometimes IL-2 will play with my 7.1 surround sound set up, but then cut out to only the bass, and 4 speakers (two back, two front) work few seconds to 20 secs after starting. Sometimes I can fix it by ctrl F2 to an enemy plane (or panning to the side to change the sound) or F2 outside or do F3, then it goes back to 7.1, the alternative is to exit to main menu.


It sucks though for my next build, the mobo I choose, only has two PCIe slots. So I could either go single video and sound or dual SLI thing . . . weaksauce. And the 3 PCIe cards hover outside of my price range / or for quads (going for first dual core build).

I always get ATX medium or full tower b/c mini atx lack of space pisses me off like fielding corsairs on a jeep carrier, and med or full you could put 10 fans around to keep it cool like the Fonze.



I'm more of the old school motherboards where the mobo's would have 4 PCI slots. But alas . . . at least mobo builders are putting decent inboard sound