PM>  Hmmn... compare that to my relatively generic MPU-401 wavetable card
 PM>  plugged into a nifty Kenwood Pro-Logic amp and enough speaker power
 PM>  to cause hard drive glitches.  Annoying overkill connected to a sorry
 PM>  sound card.  :(
  I think an AWE64 Gold might help there.  Beyond just being a 
nicely-enhanced sound card (compared to the AWE32, at least), it also has 
gold-plated connectors!  The clarity on my new machine is astounding, though 
I cheated and got a gold-plated input cable as well.  I'm not absolutely sure 
if this would help your machine, but it couldn't hurt.  :-)  Duke Nukem 
Forever's rocket launcher hits will boom in perfect clarity!
 PM>  Nobody is always happy.  All part of the game game.   BTB, if you're
 PM>  looking for a tell-it-like-it-is computer magazine, you might want
 PM>  to check out Boot.  Lots of fun for the hardware fans, especially.
  But, as you've mentioned (and as is quite obvious from the covers), it's 
primarily a hardware magazine.  While their attitudes towards gameplay are 
probably unbiased, they may take more of a liking to games with good use of 
hardware (especially 3D hardware).
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