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Soundcards
It seems I want a new soundcard with some hardware acceleration.
City of X, which I seem to have started playing again, doesn't have any cap on the maximum number of sounds played. In complex situations - sound on, runs like a drain. Sound off, all fine.
Currently I'm using the motherboard's AC97, which I infer is not particularly shiny. What I'm hoping one of you can tell me is this - if I want to spend a modest sum of money, like about 30 quid, is there anything I can usefully buy? I'm guessing I don't need _much_ improvement, because this only seems to affect a small number of people with ancient or basic soundcards.
City of X, which I seem to have started playing again, doesn't have any cap on the maximum number of sounds played. In complex situations - sound on, runs like a drain. Sound off, all fine.
Currently I'm using the motherboard's AC97, which I infer is not particularly shiny. What I'm hoping one of you can tell me is this - if I want to spend a modest sum of money, like about 30 quid, is there anything I can usefully buy? I'm guessing I don't need _much_ improvement, because this only seems to affect a small number of people with ancient or basic soundcards.