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coll...@kai.ee.cit.ac.nz (Peter Collins) wrote:

>In article <43ogrf$b...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> sumco...@aol.com (SumCoolGuy) writes:
>>From: sumco...@aol.com (SumCoolGuy)
>>Subject: Mechwarrior 2 sound fx suck? Is it just me or are they really that bad?!
>>Date: 20 Sep 1995 03:45:51 -0400

>>Is it just me, or an the sound FX on this game really BAD. Not bad it
>>terms of the sounds themselves but bad in terms of QUALITY? I'm running
>>the game on a P-133 with a Soundblaster AWE-32. The sound effects and
>>voices sound really crap, ie. they pop sometimes, bot mostly they just
>>sound bad and their is a lot of "background" noise. I was wondering if
>>anyone else noticed this. It's really annoying!

>Try it in VGA mode and see if it crackles then, I noticed in SVGA on my 
>system it pops and wheezes etc, but in VGA it's better.



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Hmm....my copy of MW2 doesn't crackle at all.  I actually think the
sound FX is very good.  I have a P-120 and a Soundblaster 16 MCD.  How
close is your soundcard to your video card?  I have heard that if they
are too close, you can get interference from the video card.

Hope this helps.

-Charles