On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 05:01:17PM -0500, millward wrote: > How bad is 2 ms latency? > I'm trying to decide upon a sound card and > I've noticed that the Creative Sound Blaster > Audigy 2 has a 2 ms latency, but offers > "hiss free" audio fidelity at 106 dB SNR. hmm. I'd look at independent test results before I believe any such SNR specs. it's possible that they've produced such a card ... it's also possible they've fudged the specs. as for the 2 ms latency... i don't think there's actually any difference between the cards there, I think they're talking about different things. An input -> output round-trip will invariably have some latency, and 2 ms is pretty close to the hardware limit. The "zero latency" feature of some "pro" cards means that you can monitor inputs before they go through the A-D / D-A conversion so you don't hear a smeary delay on the live parts. I don't know if the Audigy does this. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com Look! Up in the sky! It's UBER SUCTION KILLER MADE OF BUTTER! (random hero from isometric.spaceninja.com)
