Creative Soundblaster Platinum Review
“Loads of inputs, loads of outputs, loads of effect,...”
Written on: 12/10/2001 by Kurt Cobain.
Good Points
The best budget home studio package ever (especially the 5.1 version), surround sound, effects and you can sound like a chipmunk using a mic - how cool!
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General Comments
Loads of inputs, loads of outputs, loads of effect, great quality and the live drive panel makes your friends cry with envy!, Any questions???
Can be used with virtually any input or output device ever devised for sound, except a gramaphone maybe!
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6222_Simon Jones.'s Response to 4865_Kurt Cobain.'s Review
Written on: 24/11/2001
I bought my Platinum Live 5.1, 12 months ago and it has really changed my gaming experience. However, anyone thinking of installing this item should be aware that some games don't like it (i.e. Unreal Tournament) and certain varieties of Via motherboard chipsets are uncomfortable with it (I run a Soltek 75KA/KJ with a 900Mhz Athlon). There are chipset and software upgrades available though, at the respective websites, to overcome the associated problems (Msgsvr32 errors, screen freezing, crashing etc.) Since installing these upgrades I don't have these problems anymore, but to begin with my computer nearly went freefalling without a parachute.