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Powercolor GameBoard DreamCode review
Posted by Julio Franco on May 2, 1999 - Page 3/3

Sound Quality
Along with the TNT chip, the DreamCode has also a Yamaha sound chip built-in that has got the Sensaura Positional audio feature, the truth is that I expected much better sound quality from this thing but I just got dissapointed, no, it's not THAT bad but I've been using a SB Live! for a while now and damn it kicks ass...

I wasn't able to test sound using Sensaura but overall the level of distortion in sound was a bit high, much more noticeable than in a SB Live! or a Vortex 2 card. I can say the sound is just ok, maybe on par with other low cost sound cards.

  • Using YAMAHA PCI 32-bit 724/740 Audio.
  • PCI Bus 2.1 Master for PCI Audio
  • Powered with Sensaura 3D Positional Feature
  • 64-voice XG capital Wavetable Synthesizer including GM compatibility
  • DirectSound, DirectMusic Hardware Acceleration, & Downloadable Sound (DLS) Level-1
  • Hardware Sound Blaster Pro compatibility & MPU401 UART mode MIDI interface

Conclusion
The GameBoard DreamCode is an excellent product aimed at the budget conscious gamer, not the hardcore one specially because of the lack of upgradability and an AGP slot. In my opinion Powercolor should consider adding an AGP slot in their future products, it'd kick ass to have a Voodoo 3 on board and have the AGP slot available for a future upgrade.

Again, if you don't have a lot of money to spend but you want a fast system for 3D Gaming, you can't go wrong with the Powercolor GameBoard DreamCode which should be selling for about $189.

3D Spotlight review score:
7/10


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