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SBLive Soundcards and Hardware Acceleration
Due to some past problems with SBLive cards, users of those cards who called into tech support were asked to turn "Hardware Acceleration" down one notch in DXDIAG. The last patch corrected those problems and most users should again increase hardware acceleration to maximum.
To do this
- Click "Start"
- Click "Run"
- Type "DXDIAG.EXE" and press enter.
- Click on the "Sound" tab.
- Increase the "Hardware Acceleration" slider to maximum.
Doing this should correct issues such as not hearing certain sounds or sound volume disparities.
The only users who may not want to do this are Windows 2000 users. Creative Labs is currently working on new drivers for Win2K, so you may wish to wait until these drivers are completed prior to increasing hardware acceleration.
Finally, all SBLive users should get LiveWare 3.0 from http://www.soundblaster.com/liveware/ After installing LiveWare, you will then want to REINSTALL the latest drivers for your sound card. The order of installation is important.
- The EverQuest Team
*SBLive Soundcards and Hardware Acceleration* Due to some past problems with SBLive cards, users of those cards who called into tech support were asked to turn "Hardware Acceleration" down one notch in DXDIAG. The last patch corrected those problems and most users should again increase hardware acceleration to maximum. To do this: 1. Click "Start" 2. Click "Run" 3. Type "DXDIAG.EXE" and press enter. 4. Click on the "Sound" tab. 5. Increase the "Hardware Acceleration" slider to maximum. Doing this should correct issues such as not hearing certain sounds or sound volume disparities. The only users who may not want to do this are Windows 2000 users. Creative Labs is currently working on new drivers for Win2K, so you may wish to wait until these drivers are completed prior to increasing hardware acceleration. Finally, all SBLive users should get LiveWare 3.0 from http://www.soundblaster.com/liveware/ After installing LiveWare, you will then want to REINSTALL the latest drivers for your sound card. The order of installation is important. - The EverQuest Team
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November 21, 2000 3:00 am
Patch Day* Today's patch addresses a few problems noted by customers since last week's big patch. The following changes were made: Fixed some problems with sound volume being set above the maximum or below the minimum. Fixed a problem that caused sound volume to be reset regardless of the slider…
November 15, 2000 3:00 am
Patch Day*** Today's patch includes the announced code-updates to use technology included with DirectX 7. You MUST have DirectX 7 or higher installed in order to play EverQuest. Please refer to http://everquest.station.sony.com/f_requirements.shtml prior to contacting technical support for…
October 13, 2000 7:00 pm
Important System Configuration Announcement*. As many of you know, over the past couple of months we've made numerous enhancements to the EverQuest client. In addition to things such as new /-commands and other changes of that nature, we've enhanced the UI itself to allow moveable and resizable…
September 19, 2000 7:00 am
Level 1 Character Purge* The Level 1 character purge announced several weeks ago will take place on Wednesday, September 27, 2000, at 7:00am PST (GMT-7). Any level 1 characters that haven't been played within the previous 30 days will be deleted. If you wish to keep any level 1 characters that you…