A Whole New Level of Realism

Sound cards have really changed the entire video game experience on computers. Companies like Creative Labs have developed cards that take 3D audio to a whole new level. Surround sound is one thing, but these cards manage to throw in a special filter. This filter does not just produce the sound from the proper direction, but mimics how the human ear would interpret the sound and then accurately reproduces it. The sound of a bullet bouncing off a metal door or the way we hear a voice in a tunnel or cave. All of these are made possible through the sound card and serve to create a sense of realism not found in gaming before. You feel as if you are actually in the tunnel and that is how a voice would sound in an environment like that. Sound is not only accurately reproduced and placed in the front, back or sides. Instead these sounds can be placed in very specific locations in the 360-degree plane, horizontally or vertically. No you will hear sound behind and above you. The realism will amaze you.