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Have Any Of You Gamed With DOLBY ATMOS?

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Siri

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I have an RTX 2080 TI hooked up to a 55 inch LG C9 - and my sound source (for the tv) is a Sonos Arc.

Only yesterday did I realize that sound can pass from my PC to the LG to the Arc, meaning that (for gaming) I don’t actually need my pc speakers anymore.

I also discovered that there actually are pc games that support Dolby Atmos:

www.windowscentral.com

Xbox One Dolby Atmos Games List

Dolby Atmos creates a realistic, immersive soundscape, but is not featured in every game. These are all Xbox One games with baked-in Dolby Atmos support so far.
www.windowscentral.com www.windowscentral.com

But you need this:

Gaming in Dolby Atmos

Unlock the ultimate gaming experience with the latest games and gear enabled with Dolby Atmos. Improve your gameplay and your competitive advantage with games in Dolby.
www.dolby.com www.dolby.com

I’ve only tried out Dolby Atmos with one of these titles, The Division 2 (a game that didn’t grip me), and the results were just phenomenal. I felt like I was bathed in sound that was... alive. And it looks like Cyberpunk will have Atmos as well.

What do you guys think about this tech?
 
Krappadizzle

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Is think they use something very similar in Hunt:Showdown? I've used what you have linked a while back, and in the games that support it, it IS fantastic. Just needs more native support. Tomb Raider was awesome with it.
 
Hostile_18

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No PS4 games support it as far as I know. I had hoped the PS5 would as I have a nice Atmos setup that is incredible for movies.
 
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Siri

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Krappadizzle said:
Is think they use something very similar in Hunt:Showdown? I've used what you have linked a while back, and in the games that support it, it IS fantastic. Just needs more native support. Tomb Raider was awesome with it.
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Tomb Raider! Yeah, I saw that. I’ll probably spend the weekend re-installing some of the games on the list, just to see how they sound with Atmos enabled. LOL.
 
Rikkori

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With a proper 7.1.4? Yup, incredible. Granted I will also say this: sometimes I wanna go back to just headphones because it becomes TOO much, like in Gears 5. Maybe I have a distaste for prolonged periods of constant loudness (with gunfire & explosions and whatnot) but I have come to find that there is such a thing as too much immersion. It's not like with a movie where there's some scenes here and there when it goes into overdrive but then gets cut off by just normal listening.

Even just overall surround sound experience I find it works better in some more tame titles from a sound POV like Assassin's Creed rather than big bombastic constant gunfights type of games. It's very subjective in the end.
 
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Siri

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Holy shit...

I just got water-boarded in Modern Warfare, and when they poured the water on my head I could actually hear it all around, as though I was in the water, actually drowning.

Then they shot one of my compatriots in the head. Simply awesome.
 
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It's amazing. It's not just the actual 'Atmos' effects as they are pretty subtle anyway depending on the content but just the pure quality of the sound is streets ahead of games that don't support it.

I'm really disappointed the PS5 doesn't support Atmos but hopefully their 3D sound translates to an Atmos system just as well.
 
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Siri

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adybrown said:
It's amazing. It's not just the actual 'Atmos' effects as they are pretty subtle anyway depending on the content but just the pure quality of the sound is streets ahead of games that don't support it.

I'm really disappointed the PS5 doesn't support Atmos but hopefully their 3D sound translates to an Atmos system just as well.
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Yes! Atmos sound is more alive.

God damn.... you put all this stuff together... HDR, Ray Tracing, Dolby Atmos, OLED technology, Gsync, 4K.... and you’ve got a really immersive experience.

This is an exciting time to be a gamer. God I love my hobby!
 
GHG

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midasmulligan said:
You need speakers above your head right? So, yeah, no
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You don't have to have them. Dependent on the quality of the speakers you have some can do a pretty good approximation. Obviously if you have the capability to get overhead speakers set up then that's best but it's not practical for everyone. I'd actually guess most people in this thread have "experienced" it via headphone approximations.

I've got a Sony HT Z9F paired with the rear wireless speakers and it does a really good job.
 
TriSuit666

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GHG said:
You don't have to have them. Dependent on the quality of the speakers you have some can do a pretty good approximation. Obviously if you have the capability to get overhead speakers set up then that's best but it's not practical for everyone. I'd actually guess most people in this thread have "experienced" it via headphone approximations.

I've got a Sony HT Z9F paired with the rear wireless speakers and it does a really good job.
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Most systems come with up-firing satellite speakers, or like you say, do some virtualisation of the sound by bouncing it off walls - no need to rip holes in your ceiling these days.
 
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nemiroff

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Yes of course, it's excellent. I have it on both my computer and the Xbox. The difference between Dolby Atmos and Windows Sonic is hard to miss.
 
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Siri

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Apparently Mass Effect Andromeda has Dolby Atmos AND Dolby Vision.

Really? One game supports Dolby Vision on the pc - I need to check this out after work. Too bad the h]game itself was such a letdown.

 
Nikana

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Siri said:
Apparently Mass Effect Andromeda has Dolby Atmos AND Dolby Vision.

Really? One game supports Dolby Vision on the pc - I need to check this out after work. Too bad the h]game itself was such a letdown.

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Didn't know this was a thing.
 
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Siri

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Nikana said:
Didn't know this was a thing.
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I’m assuming it isn’t. I think that the person posting in that thread linked to above was probably just experiencing HDR for the first time.

I have to admit that prior to buying the LG C9 I thought HDR was sort of a gimmick. Yikes! HDR is transformative, and costs zero frames. It’s amazing tech.
 
Aladin

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Atmos has been on samsung phones since ages. It does sound quite different, but i cannot decide if the non atmos sound is bad ! Resolution, Sound effects fly above my head.
 
MarkMe2525

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I love that this works on regular old headphones. I used to use the "sonic" mixer for awhile but upgraded to Atmos a few months back. I'm enjoying it.
 
Nikana

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Siri said:
I’m assuming it isn’t. I think that the person posting in that thread linked to above was probably just experiencing HDR for the first time.

I have to admit that prior to buying the LG C9 I thought HDR was sort of a gimmick. Yikes! HDR is transformative, and costs zero frames. It’s amazing tech.
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Couple Google searches shows it was indeed available in Dolby Vision and Atmos on PC but the vision support was super finicky.
 
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molly14

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Tried dolby atmos through headphones on PC, sounds fucking amazing, and the bass is incredible.Cheap pair of headphones too.
Interested to hear what Sonys solution sounds like soon.
 
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DJT123

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I have decent speakers and a tried Windows Sonic and it seems a bit shit, lol. I'm sure Atmos is amazing in comparison, though.
 
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Nikana

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DJT123 said:
My bad. I tried it with quality headphones. It didn't impress. Maybe should experiment some more.
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Gotcha. I tend to find Sonic vs Atmos to be different but I dont know if I would give one the edge over the other. Granted I maybe have tried it with 4 or 5 games. I have an Atmos home setup so I rarely use the headphones.
 
llien

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God forbid royalty free tech is used, it is absolutely gotta be some buzzwordy shit.
 
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DJT123

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Nikana said:
Gotcha. I tend to find Sonic vs Atmos to be different but I dont know if I would give one the edge over the other. Granted I maybe have tried it with 4 or 5 games. I have an Atmos home setup so I rarely use the headphones.
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Wow. Seems good for Sonic then. Maybe I really should check it out some more.
 
Nikana

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DJT123 said:
Wow. Seems good for Sonic then. Maybe I really should check it out some more.
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They use different techniques to get to the same result so they do sound different. I found Sonic to be a bit less dynamic but more accurate while Atmos has some deeper booms but sacrificed some of the accuracy.
 
DJT123

DJT123

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Nikana said:
They use different techniques to get to the same result so they do sound different. I found Sonic to be a bit less dynamic but more accurate while Atmos has some deeper booms but sacrificed some of the accuracy.
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I usually like fiddling with these sort of things but never really been a sound guy. Should be interesting, thanks for the info.
 
RasAlGhoul

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Yes. I find atmos to pretty underwhelming in film and games. And that’s on a 5.1.2 system. No headphones or soundbars here.
 
RasAlGhoul

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Nikana said:
Whats your setup like?
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Denon receiver, Klipsch reference II’s all around. And klipsch in ceiling speakers for my atmos.

It’s no bad. I just think it’s a very subtle thing and not drastically better than when I was just rocking the 5.1.

It’s a whole lot of marketing hype. And I bought the hype.
 
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Gamerasi

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The combination of Sennheiser rs 175, LGB7 and Gears 5 took the sound experience to the next level.

I'm excited for the performance of the Tempest sound engine with a dual-channel headset.
 
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Nikana

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RasAlGhoul said:
Denon receiver, Klipsch reference II’s all around. And klipsch in ceiling speakers for my atmos.

It’s no bad. I just think it’s a very subtle thing and not drastically better than when I was just rocking the 5.1.

It’s a whole lot of marketing hype. And I bought the hype.
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I will have to disagree that its marketing hype but I will say getting it tuned correctly is the issue. Every room is different.

Did you use a calibration tool?
 
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