alanschu

i think the leading comment on the black isle boards was "whoever did the forest design should be shot." taks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Haha. I was talking about IWD2 with my friend yesterday, and he used those exact same words.

Meh. Just be more focused. After a bit, I usually check through all my quests to see if there's anything that can be done in the area that I am in, and I just concentrate on that.

I think technically it would violate the EULA to resell a game. It hasn't really happened because companies are probably smart enough to realize that they can't really stop it, and that any attempts to stop it would be negative publicity.

That is one of my favourite intros.

Well, owning similar RAM will make overclocking possible. But I'm not sure if you would need to install them in pairs. If you plan on OCing your RAM (which I don't do), you should use similar RAM. But I don't see why you couldn't OC a single 1 GB module just as effectively as 2 512 MB modules.

Yup. I plan on getting the game.

Errr, I'm aware of CAS latency settings and whatnot. I don't see anything that comments on increased performance when adding RAM in pairs though. Am I just blind?

It seems as though the Sonigistix speakers came about because some dude came upon a flat (or many flats anyways) of Monsoon speakers after Monsoon was bought out/bankrupted/whatever. After some legal queries, it was determined he could legally sell them. It sounds like we just missed the boat on them actually. Some people on teh internets recently purchased some MM-700s.

I don't think so. As too leet for us said, it's a tutorial. They were showing us how to do everything in the game, which involves killing some people.

For $650 they better be ****ing unbelievable. Like "kill me now I'm in heaven" good. And invincible to boot! Though I think those are still Monsoon speakers :D Their tech support email address (now defunk) was monsoonservice@sonigistix.com. I'd imagine their expensive because they are rare.

Meh, I'm not even anti-Atari.

OMG! You are my new favourite person! EDIT: Doh. Some of these are only for home theaters though.

Fair enough. Moral scruples has little to do with it if you have no problems pirating a rented copy of the game. I don't agree with it, but rather than turning this into a debate about piracy, I'm going to drop it.

I think the big thing about it was that they were Planar. I'm doing a quick looksee myself

http://www.monsoonpower.com/ Part of the reason why I'm sad that my speakers are starting to wear out (static when I touch the volume puck and whatnot). Because I can't really replace them

Unfortunately, I think the company has gone out of business. I did a search for them initially, and found nothing

Assuming you haven't misplaces the DVD. Or if DVD media is still even remotely supported.

Why bother renting it to begin with?

You might be able to play them in 50 years with an old computer lying around, or an emulator that will emulate a 50 year old OS.

I believe it has more to do with pitches and air pressure rather than the actual direction of the sound. In fact, you should still be able to detect front and back noise with an average pair of headphones as well. IIRC, it's why speaker setups include headphones along with 2 speaker setup. Putting headphones on and having your computer set to 2 speaker set up will not result in the same audio as if you were just using headphones. My Monsoon MM-700 2-speaker setup does it as good (if not better...even in his opinion) than my roommates Creative Labs Inspire 4400 4.1 setup (no kidding...I am deeply, deeply saddened that the speakers are starting to wear out after 6.5 years of use). The thing about my speakers though, is that they are very directional. If I turn them, I can't really hear audio at all. They were designed specifically to be a 2-Speaker 3D sound setup. They are both flatpanel, and I guess the way the speaker vibrates helps to ensure that the sound coming out of them is as straight as possible, rather than in a semi-circle like most speakers. According to Monsoon's information, a big failing of standard 2-speaker sets is that the sound tends to reflect off a lot of things (My speakers are supposed to be at a specific angle, with their directions intersecting right in front of my face, forming an isosceles triangle). This is also why headphones can still work well, as interference is reduced. WHen I was buying speakers, I wanted 3D sound, but didn't really have much room for speakers behind me. When I heard about these speakers, I investigated and was absolutely amazed. My roommate couldn't fathom how I could still have 3D sound with only two speakers, and he had to actually sit in my chair to actually experience it. We tested it with that 3D sound tester most sound drivers come with. To make sure it wasn't because of our expectations, we loaded up a game of Star Wars: Battlegrounds and tested it out. At one point, we loaded up Counterstrike, and we tested the sound. To ensure I wasn't cheating, he removed the powercord from my monitor. He would run around me firing various shots, and I gave an estimate to where his location was. I didn't get any wrong. He was totally shocked when one time, he fired a shot and I hesitated for a second, and I said it sounded more like he had fired his shot off directly above me (he tried to be a sneaky bastard). In gaming I have never had a problem with my two speaker setup hearing if someone is running behind me. It really is quite bizarre and it's something that really must be experienced to actually be believed. Here was an old review.

Hmmm. I find with a good headset, the need for four speakers is less necessary, as it takes much less effort to simulate 3D sound.

I agree.

I didn't mind IWD2. I actually enjoyed the game for the most part, outside of the forest and the trials.

Mine still has two shelves. And some used ones as well. Though I haven't been there in a while, so it's entirely possible that that is changed.

Expanding in pairs is only really an issue if you have dual channel memory, since it doubles your memory bandwidth (and if you don't have a motherboard that somehow supports an odd number anyways, your computer won't work). I've never heard of an advantage of installing in pairs for any other reason than this though. How would they sync up better or anything like that? I can see if you have a motherboard that supports dual channel memory but still can operate in single channel if necessary. But naturally it will run better because you'll have more memory bandwidth.