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hydraSlav
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:18:00 -
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Edited by: hydraSlav on 29/06/2006 17:20:15
So... i am preparing an article, and need some survey results. This survey is only for people currently playing without sound and that are at least 6 months into the game. Please do not reply if you are not in the above category, and please, no discussion of pro/against sound.
Questions:
1. How long have you been playing without sound? 2. What prompted you to turn sound off? 3. What were your computer specs when you turned sound off? (general specs, like P3, 512 RAM) 4. Did you upgrade your computer since you started playing EvE without sound?
Thank you for your time
p.s. no names will be used. You can post with an alt if you want even further privacy.
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Zaxx
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:20:00 -
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1) Since a sound bug caused crashes when uisng a certain module (think it was sensor damps, somebody should be able to confirm the date it's over 2 years ago iirc) 2) see above 3) 4 months old 4) yep |
Sebastien LeReparteur
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:21:00 -
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I have a 2.8 gzh and played with sound a few months only. I turn it on when doing AFK jumps or when waiting for a skill to complete.
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:21:00 -
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1) First day 2) Annoying warp sound, I had just got a new album and wanted to listen to it. 3) AMD 2800+ XP, Geforce 4 Ti4200, Creative Audigy 4) Yes. Currently: AMD 3400+ 64, Radeon 9550 (working as 9600 pro), Creative Audigy 2
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:21:00 -
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1. Since sometime in my first few weeks. 2. I had my own music, and while the in-game music is good, it gets boring after a while. 3. A few years. (P4, 2.4Ghz) 4. Yes.
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Mr Bondy
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:30:00 -
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1) 12 months + 2) Lag and problems with running 2 clients 3) P4 3.0GHz, 1 Gig ram 4) Yes i did, tried on new computer with sound - still made it laggy, found it didnt really add much to the game and i could live without it - turned it off again
MrB
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Tuang Pao
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:31:00 -
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No sound here. Been in game 6 months.
1) Played without sound four months now. 2) Poor sound effects and the sorry condition of the EVE sound engine forced me to turn off sound. The sound engine is extremely CPU dependent and poorly coded. Also, it's going on three years old. It's due for an upgrade that takes better advantage of current audio technologies. 3) AMD Athlon 2600+, 1GB RAM, Turtle Beach sound card 4) No upgrade as yet. My next upgrade is scheduled for August this year.
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Talori'i
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:32:00 -
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Edited by: Talori''i on 29/06/2006 17:32:28 1. Probably after my first month of playing. 2. Warp Sound was not allowing me to listen to my music, I lowered the volume and I couldn't hear anything but the warp sound. A few other sounds can be a bit on the loud side too. I like to hear my music and play the game its difficult though. Sound isn't exactly necessary for EVE unless you don't want to watch the screen the entire time. And running without sound allows me to run two clients. 3. P4 3.0 GHZ 1GB RAM, 9800XT, Audigy2 Dell-OEM 4. No
I am like 5 months and like 10 months into the game I think.
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Tachy
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:34:00 -
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1. a bit over 3 years 2. Crashes, lag and warp sound 3. 2400 Athlon, 512MB RAM, 9800 ATi, Creative Life player 4. Yes, completely (still no sound for the same reasons) --*=*=*--
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CrayC
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:35:00 -
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1. Longer than I can remember, which generally means more than a week. In this case, however, I think it's over 2 years...
2. The sound of me warping, while blowing out my speakers, initially. After having turned it on a few times, the new voices made me turn it off again.
3. AMD XP 1800MHz, 512mb ram, Soundblaster Live, GeForce 4 TI4600.
4. Yes. Still turned off!
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Suvetar
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:35:00 -
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1) since my first month 2) wanted to listen to internet radio 3) Barton 3200+, Geforce 5900 ultra, 1gb Ram, Audigy 2 4) yeah went to a 6800 ultra.
I didn't disable audio for speed, it never gave me a problem. but there are no audio clues that give you an advantage by having it enabled so I like to listen to the radio instead
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Scorpyn
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:38:00 -
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1. I don't remember. 2. I couldn't hear TeamSpeak with the warp sound, and it was part of troubleshooting my frequent crashes. 3. I don't remember. 4. Yes, but not the sound card.
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Ikvar
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:42:00 -
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1. Near when I started EVE. I then played with it on for about 6 months and then turned it off again.
2. It doesn't really add much to the game, you don't need it to play and I'd rather listen to music/Teamspeak/nothing.
3. Uber
4. Yes
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Gen Kumon
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:42:00 -
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1. Since about November. 2. In-game music was dull, as were sound effects. 3. P4, gig of ram, fairly recent soundcard. 4. Yes, but not in any way that would effect speed or sound.
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Righteous Fury
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:46:00 -
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1. I turned my sound off about 4 months into the game. I only ever use it occassionally now when I'm gatecamping while browsing the forums and need to hear activations.
2. I prefer my music library to Eve's (although some of the tracks are on my winamp playlist), in addition to the fact that sounds just get in the way of TS and also reduce performance.
4. AMD64 3200+ laptop, 1gb ram
5. Switched from lower-performance desktop to laptop
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Sochin
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Posted - 2006.06.29 17:48:00 -
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Edited by: Sochin on 29/06/2006 17:49:00 1. More then 2 years I guess.
2. Someone told me it decresed lag/increased FPS. I found this to be true. Also, sound is for the most part just a distraction in pvp, since every bit of information conveyed by it is also readily available on the UI. Also, it distract from Teamspeak.
3. Similar to what I have now. Athlon XP 3400+, 1gb DDR400 RAM, Radeon 9800 pro,
4. I added an Audigy 5.1 soundcard. I still play without sound because I'm used to it by now, and when I turn it on during pvp it tends to disrupt my concentration (damn targeting sounds are scary!).
Nemo me impune lacessit
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Bhaal
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Posted - 2006.06.29 18:04:00 -
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1) 2 years roughly 2) TS and Lag during PvP 3) AMD Thunderbird 1400, 512 MB RAM 4) Yes, twice... ------------------------------------------------ Current Hobby other than EVE
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Galk
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Posted - 2006.06.29 18:04:00 -
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Edited by: Galk on 29/06/2006 18:07:02 1) Since the exodus patch... was fine playing with sound before then.
2) Stand still lag when entering roid belts with 2 accounts with frequent crashes.. 1 or the other account in random order while mining... also unplayable frame rates in ds missions.
3) 2400 amd 1gig sb 5.1
4) Yes upgraded.. tried sound... same unplayable lagg in ds complexes while running 2 accounts.
Turned it off again... all was well.
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Ather Ialeas
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Posted - 2006.06.29 18:06:00 -
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1. Two weeks. 2. Noticed that I get +25fps when I turn sound off. 3. A64 3400+, 1gig 400MHz DDR Ram, gf6600gt. 4. Nope. ________________________________________________ My signature exploded :/ |
Annya Avishnaya
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Posted - 2006.06.29 18:09:00 -
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1. Since about 2 weeks after I started playing
2. I love my music and Nightwish > anything sound-related in Eve (no offense ). I tried playing around with leaving the sfx on while turning the ingame music off but it caused my music to change volume whenever stuff activated/deactivated which annoys me. Plus warping and laser beams give me a headache. Though I turn the fx back on once in a while when I'm doing guristas missions once in a while cuz it's funny to hear the constant missile explosions. That gets old after about 10 minutes too though and i turn it back off.
3. p4 2.26g, 512mb ram, geforce ti4600, turtle beach sound card.
4. no _________________________
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Originally by: mergblue open door. Step outside.
hell no its hot outside, besides jesus kills kittens and puppies when u afk jump in eve.
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Wrayth Osu
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Posted - 2006.06.29 18:11:00 -
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Edited by: Wrayth Osu on 29/06/2006 18:13:40 1) 99% of the time for the past 1.5 years 2) The warping sound is WAY too loud 3) n/a - I've never really used sound, so I don't know what if any impact it would have on my performance. 4) n/a - see above
The other thing is that if I'm not using TS / Vent, I'm listing to eve-radio, and I can't think of any other reason to have the sound on. _____________________________ Nukem from orbit... It's the only way to be sure. |
Caleb Paine
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Posted - 2006.06.29 18:14:00 -
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I play the game WITH sound, never had any problems with it. Yes I use TS, yes I listen to eve-radio at times. I might turn the volume of the game down to almost backgroundlevel. But playing without sound just feels wrong.
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Talidorn
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Posted - 2006.06.29 18:22:00 -
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There is sound? Oh yeah... I forgot that...
I turned it off day one, turned it on to hear what all the ppl complained about with the new voice, turned it back off...
I play on 4 systems... they range from a laptop to an alienware beast.
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Andros vonBek
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Posted - 2006.06.29 18:23:00 -
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1) I think I'm about 1 and 5, so probably no sound for a year and 3 months. I occasionally put the sound back on but it never stays on.
2) I tried running 2 clients at once way back in the day and was told to turn both clients' sound off. Sadly it didn't help cos my pc was too crap... I kept it off I think to avoid the evil OMGWARPWHOOOOSHRAWRZOOM sound which deafened me and would always stay super loud regardless of what I did with the sound settings. I never knew what the problems with the sexy/stoned chick voices were as I never heard them
3) Same as present - P4 2.5Ghz; nVid MX420 graphics; On-board sound, no idea of codecs or owt... AC97?, and a mighty 512Mb of RAM (Yeah I need to upgrade, see below)
4) New machine en-route as we speak... type... read... SOONÖ Filesize too big. Mail [email protected] for info - Cathath What happens if I do this? - Andros
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Go Team
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Posted - 2006.06.29 18:26:00 -
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playing since early-mid 04, had no sound since early mid 04, FPS increase and weird noises (also unbalanced sound lvls, warp noise, AI voice etc). Had a P4 1.8, 1.5 gig ram, FX5200 128mb, soundblaster live. Upgraded to a decent lappy and still don't use sound and i don't miss it, tried to play with sound and it annoyed me, so i turned it off.
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Pirlouit
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Posted - 2006.06.29 18:26:00 -
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1. Turned it off after two weeks playing 2. sloppy computer performance 3. Athlon 1800+, 512 ram and 9800 pro 4. added some extra memory soo nice for eve
The sound is not soo imersive in eve and when you play with TS, it is better to turn it off. Sometime i turn it on again but then again i don' miss it. Beside in space you are not supposed to hear noises in your capsule?
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Apertotes
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Posted - 2006.06.29 19:07:00 -
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1. one year (since i started playing)
2. lag when entering mission deadspaces, imposibility to just listen to the music (which i love) but turn off sound effects (specially explosions, incoming missiles and weapons firing). its either all or nothing.
3. P4 3066, 1024 mb, ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
4. no, but i upgraded some drivers, and recently i tried turning sound on again, but i only lasted 10 minutes, just until i entered the first deadspace and my screen froze during 40 seconds while the speakers went mad with laser sounds.
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hydraSlav
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Posted - 2006.06.30 13:30:00 -
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Thanks to all that replied
Any more replies?
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Rod Blaine
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Posted - 2006.06.30 13:35:00 -
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Edited by: Rod Blaine on 30/06/2006 13:35:28 1. about two years 2. lag and client/system instability 3. p2 1gh, 256mb, later pent 3.4gh, 512/1024 4. Yes, still need to have it turned off to have a stable cleint/system and reduce lag (especially when using multiple accs)
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D2O HeavyWater
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Posted - 2006.06.30 13:36:00 -
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Questions:
1. How long have you been playing without sound? Prob 2 years or so 2. What prompted you to turn sound off? My Pc is in the living room and the missus goes nuts. 3. What were your computer specs when you turned sound off? (general specs, like P3, 512 RAM) No idea. Nothing to do with why I turned sound off. 4. Did you upgrade your computer since you started playing EvE without sound? Yep got sommat nuttybustin now 64 bit CPU, 1 GIG of ddrII ram, 2 x 80g SATAII HD's in raid 0 stripe & 2 x 6800GT's in SLI.
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