Powered by Aureals own Vortex2 AU8830 audio processor chip, the Vortex2 PCI features a 3D/2D audio acceleration engine, professional wavetable synthesizer, 10-band equalizer and digital game port. Vortex2 is the only processor that accelerates A3D 2.0, the most advanced positional 3D technology available today.
Theres more to creating realistic audio than just positioning sounds in space. In the real world, sounds bounce around and are absorbed by objects. Aureal Wavetracing examines the geometry of the virtual world and tracks reflections and occlusions (the blocking of sound) as sounds travel through space. This process closely simulates the real world, meaning that sounds can reflect off walls, leak through doors, disappear around corners, or even appear suddenly over-head as you move from a closed room into the open. |
