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Roj <rojramsey@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Loss of support for any DirectX version over 6.1
>All EAX functions disappear
>Many games won't work with these drivers

Correct!  However you can switch between the two drivers easily.

Do you play computer games Roj?  Which of these features do you use on
a regular basis?

>Inability to use Soundfonts over 32Mb total - the regular drivers
>allow you to use half your system memory
>
>Potential system instability especially if the 32Mb Soundfont barrier
>is breached

This has always been the case with the Live too.  This limitation is
even benefitial in a preventative way.  Do your homework!

>Point blank - they are utterly useless to the target market for the
>card and 95% of the folks who would buy it.
>
>So essentially to sum it up:
>
>What we have here is a card that sounds better is potentially
>unstable and loses its primary consumer functions if pushed with these
>extreme niche market drivers or sounds relatively unimpressive
>compared to the competition and is more stable (tongue squarely in
>cheek - there's still the whole bug hog / busmastering issue) if
>regular drivers are used.

Your summary is unbalanced.. whilst the gist of it might have some
bearing in reality and is your most coherent argument to date, you
seem to have gotten it into your head that the Live! is some kind of
evil spirit and you must spout forth a stream of religious mantra in
order to quosh it.

Roj.. how many times do I need to agree with you that the Live! is not
perfect for you to get the message?

I never suggested the Live! is a giant-killer.. but there certainly is
a lot of nonsense being said about it.  [Not least of which : Mr
Krueger's erroneous globally propogated 'digital worse than analog'
crap].  The sound quality is pretty damned good, and most users will
not experience the problems you seem obsessed with.  The APS drivers
are not an ideal solution, but they show the capabilities of the
hardware in a better light and are working well for many people.

>And people should buy this thing instead of a Turtle Beach, a Hercules
>or a Philips...

When did I ever say that?  :-)


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