[Abarbarian]

Is this a good card to get for the money . I know nowt about pc sound stuff so any input would be muchly appreciated .

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=SC-052-CL



Yes I know its for a PCI-E slot

[V_R]

Not bad, I think Flops has one of the PCI version?

[Abarbarian]

Thanks V_R was having a bit of trouble finding reviews on this card . Most of them are for different versions .

[V_R]

Technically it isn't a 'true' X-FI for reasons i cant remember atm, but that dont mean they are bad, i have the Xtreme Music and its great, miles above the on board audio.

[floppybootstomp]

Well, yes, I do have this card.

And I've read (on this Forum) that it isn't a true 'X-Fi' card though all the vendors say it is.

If somebody could give me links to these disclaimers I'd be very grateful. I want to see technical proof.

I have a feeling that it may be just sour grapes from the X-Fi Music and X-Fi Gamer card owners cos they are more expensive, for some reason, possibly because those versions don't do OEM but I ain't sure.

But what you want to hear is what it sounds like - correct?

It sounds good

Very very good indeed. And I'm fussy.

I have a 5.1 set of Hercules loudspeakers that I was never that impressed with, tbh, but the X-Fi Audio brought them alive.

They sound great - games, movies and especially music - WAV , mp4a and mp3 files - all sound so much better.

For the money best upgrade I've ever done, would wholeheartedly recommend it

The way Creative update your software is auto but if you search you can actually download the new drivers and software updates.

On a personal note, I may still upgrade my speakers cos if the X-Fi Audio made these fairly medium quality speakers sound good, I want to hear what they'll do to a nice set of Logi 5.1's

Hey, whatever the technical ins and outs of it - this card sounds great and is good value for money.

[V_R]

It was somewhere on the creative forums i read it, but cant find or remember the details, it may or may not have been true of course.

My Xtreme Music was OEM. This one

[Abarbarian]

Cheers guys . I eventualy found a write up on Creatives site and a review . Your input was very helpful .

[floppybootstomp]

I did search around for info on the X-Fi Audio and it was actually quite hard to find.

But I did find what could be the post V_R was referring to and if these allegations are true it would appear yes, the X-Fi Extreme Audio card uses an inferior chipset to the Gamer and Music cards. This would probably explain the lower price.

Which makes me more than a little cheesed off, tbh, cos I spotted 'X-Fi' liked the price and bought it, confident I was getting an X-Fi chipset.

However, if I am purely to let my ears decide then I'm more than happy. This card brought my system - and particularly my games - alive. It's good, very good but of course now I'm wondering whether the Gamer or Music cards sound better.....

Ok, here's the post on the Creative Forum: El Posto

And here's the article it links to:Jimmy Jimmy

Interesting to note that Creative haven't removed it.

Now, I'm not going to defend my Creative Audio card simply because I've bought one, if I've bought a turkey I'll be the first to admit it. However, I will say that the transformation to this card from the onboard Asus motherboard sound was quite phenomenal.

And there, my gathered throng, we have it...

[Abarbarian]

Hunted around a bit more and came up with this soundblaster site . This gives info on all modles though its lost on me . Seems as though the card is bottom of heap but still a very good buy for the money .



http://www.soundblaster.com/products...ct=15855&nav=1

http://www.soundblaster.com/products...ct=15853&nav=1

Ta fer input flopps .

[crazylegs]

Well flopps I would be pretty p****d off if I bought X-FI to find out it isn't X-FI

I buy most my stuff from Amazon, if I had bought this then it would definitely go back for a refund...

I know you say it sounds great but the principal of the thing would grind in me..

How long you had it and where'd you buy it...

Like you say, you will always be wondering now...