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    AW 17 R3 onboard soundcard is pretty awesome

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by mew1838, Jan 8, 2016.

  1. mew1838

    mew1838 Team Teal

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    This Creative sound card is outputting more bass and clarity than my previous G73JH which had a Realtek sound card. Does anyone else think so?
     
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    wesg123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I wish I was in the same boat with the aw15r2, my nexus 6p has louder/better sounding speakers. I am wondering if its the speaker hardware being ****ty, or the soundcard hardware being ****ty, hoping its just the soundcard software being crap. Soundblaster.
     
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    I also have a 17r3 and think the SB is pretty good. It sounds better than my R2 did, but I then realized that it tends to crash often without you knowing it. I figured it out when I was watching a video on youtube. For some reason or another, I stopped the video, and restarted the computer. I then played the same video at the same settings and boom, I got the great sound back. This just may be something to look out for and I will probably uninstall all the software and just reinstall it, maybe that will fix it. I also think that it happens when it goes to sleep or hybernates and then wakes back up.
     
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