Strange speaker configuration

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Wonder if any of you have done it, but since I've got hold of another redundant pair of speakers, I've plugged it in instead of a subwoofer. Basically, the card is a typical AC97 integrated device with the holes for front, rear and central/subwoofer, so I plugged the "new" pair in as the subwoofer and placed the two speakers right next to each other under the desk. The front is big speakers from an audio set immediately on the left and right on the monitor, and the rear is small speakers on a relatively long cable behind my computer chair. That's some 2+2+2 and it looks like games make the difference between left and right central, so it doesn't behave like a single speaker.

My question now is, what kind of speaker configuration do I have then? Does it count as 4.1 or 5.1 or 6.0 or whatever for games, especially when the choice is limited?

 

Well, technically from the purpose of the sound card's plugs, it should be 4.1: 2+2+.1

But even though you've got the two 'semi-subwoofers' sitting right next to each other, they ARE still being provided separate channels from what you say...

[spock] FAAAA-scinating. [/spock]

You might get want to TRY each of these (I'd probably go with 4.1 and 6.0 first) to 'see' what kind of differences you get. Then just leave it set to the 'best sounding' option...but 6.0 'seems' like the most logical choice from what you mention experiencing.

 

Umm... It does look like Warcraft 3 makes the difference between left and right central, as if it were 6.0. Don't know about other stuff, haven't tried yet.

I was thinking about NWN2 settings, they have 4.0/4.1, Surround, 5.1, 7.1.

The soundcard utility seems to treat left central as centre and right central as sub, with the option to switch (and it looks like left is louder if they are separate - I'll have to find out if that's the case normally).