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    Battlefield BC 2....Sound is OUTSTANDING!!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by OneCool, Mar 5, 2010.

  1. OneCool

    OneCool I AM NUMBER 67

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    Graphics = great
    Gameplay = great
    Single Player story and game play = Good to Great
    Multi player = I havnt tried yet :cool:

    Sound = OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!

    Im only using 2 fronts,Center and Sub and it blows my mine how well the game makes use of reverb,echo,bounce...its just awesome :D

    IMO best ever in any game. :biggrin:
     
    OneCool, Mar 5, 2010
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    aznguyen316 Rock Chalk Jayhawk

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    I agree and that's not even with a full stereo system. Been using headphones HD555's and Hd238's both sound great.
     
    aznguyen316, Mar 6, 2010
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    Pommie Notebook Deity

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    The HDR sound they use is nothing short of brilliant. I've never played a game that immerses you as well as BF:BC does! With a full surround sound setup, plus a big screen, its an incredible experience.

    I can't wait to play the second one!
     
    Pommie, Mar 6, 2010
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    Change the type from Hifi to war tapes /drool
     
    CooLMinE, Mar 6, 2010
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  5. OneCool

    OneCool I AM NUMBER 67

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    +1 for that :D
     
    OneCool, Mar 6, 2010
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    Shadowfate Wala pa rin ako maisip e.

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    Will try war tapes.

    You missed the 99% of the game by NOT playing the Multi :D
     
    Shadowfate, Mar 6, 2010
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  7. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Make sure you set the sound quality to "high" in the .ini file. For some reason it defaults to "low" for a lot of people. It will sound even better.

    The settings.ini file is located in My Documents > BFBC2 folder.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 6, 2010
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    huiman84 Notebook Consultant

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    Sound quality is pretty amazing in this game, but is anyone else having issues with voip? I never hear anyone talking in game and I don't think my mic is working in game either. I know my mic works because I use vent at the same time and that works.
     
    huiman84, Mar 6, 2010
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I'm pretty sure the in-game voice chat is broken right now.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 6, 2010
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  10. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes this game has the best soundeffects ever in a computer game. Bad Company 1 which I bought for my PS3 also has excellent sound.
    Too bad I finished Bad Company 2 single player in about 5 hours.
     
    Magnus72, Mar 6, 2010
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  11. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

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    I love this game, it performs on average about 55 - 65 fps at high settings with 80 fps the highest seen in game, AA disabled and HBAO enabled at 1600 x 900. The dialogue is hilarious sometimes, the battles are just crazy. Taking down an entire house with an RPG never gets old and the change of pace is great. I have only played Single Player.

    The graphics and the sound are really excellent and the environment effects are too. If you disable HBAO you will get something like a 40%+ boost in fps in exchange for loosing a lot of atmosphere.

    No surprises here but this game uses all 4 logical and 4 Physical Cores to very high levels with 1 Core always at 99-100%.

    By the way, I was getting graphical glitches and artifacting so changed modes to Dx9 as McShadycakes suggested here and the problem has completely gone now. Dx9 still looks great too!
     
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  12. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    HBAO only works in DX10 and DX11. DX9 performs way better than DX10.
     
    Magnus72, Mar 6, 2010
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