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What a Shame
by puseya | Jan 23 '01
Pros: Good Sound (A3D is amazing in space games)
Cons: Non-Compatibility with AMD Chips, Win 2K & Linux
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Turtle Beach & AMD (Reply to this comment)
by vicwang
"Turtle beach admit on their website that this card has compatibility problems with AMD chips"
I don't think it's so much a "problem with AMD chips" as it is a problem between the A3D chips in the Turtle Beach card, and the chipsets used in some Athlon/Duron motherboards. In this case it's the VIA KT-133 chipset. To my knowledge the Turtle Beach card is fine with other Athlon/Duron motherboards like the AMD-750, 760, or any of the newer DDR boards.
Personally, I have an Aureal SQ-2500 (which is pretty much identical to the Turtle Beach) and an Athlon motherboard using the KT-133 chipset, and I haven't run into any compatability issues to speak of.
-vicwang
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Jan 24 '01
8:52 pm PST
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