Sound card? - Page 3

Yaboze · 03-14-11, 08:53 AM

I have the X-Fi Titanium. It's small, PCIe and shielded.

I have no issues at all with Windows 7 x64. No pops, nothing. What I like most is the optical audio in, because I have my 360 on my LCD using the MS VGA cable. I have the wire from my case going into the card (Intel HD compliant or whatever) and I can use the audio ports on the front of my case.

The only problem is that EVGA put the PCE x4 slot in a bad slot, so if I go SLI, I'll have to dump the card.

03-14-11, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by crainger

Well it can, but it's well out of the realms of gaming.

How so?

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Originally Posted by crainger

Remember Gravis Ultrasound? LOL The Disney Sound cards? Oh man. I remember even Tandy/Radioshack had one.

I never owned any of those but I remember reading about them in many a dos game manuals, god it would have been so annoying to have one of them. One thing that stands out a bit though was the Roland MT-32, which Sierra games used for all of their audio. I never actually owned one but when I tried playing those old games with an MT-32 emulator their sounds were WAY ahead of their time, it was pretty neat playing them with the audio effects as the creators intended.

The Disney one wasn't actually a card though:

Also the GUS from what I understand had better sound quality than all consumer level cards, and was the first to use wavetable synthesis, but again since it wasn't a creative card game support was hit or miss.

**crainger** · 03-14-11, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Rakeesh

How so?

Real life Opera Houses :

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That might change with my production of Starcraft 2 though. Opening in the Sydney Opera House this Spring.

**Rakeesh** · 03-14-11, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by crainger

Real life Opera Houses :

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Truth be told though, while I never go to concerts, I've had two music professionals (one friend, one teacher of a jazz history course I took) tell me that recorded audio is better than a live performance because its done in a controlled setting with no interference and multiple takes are done with the best one selected. The live performances are more about the social experience.

Again I wouldn't know though because I've never been to one.

**crainger** · 03-14-11, 08:30 PM

I think some random guy on nV News is far more qualified if I do say myself. :

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**XDanger** · 03-15-11, 03:49 PM

I've had no problems with my pci x-fi fatal1ty xtremegamer pro in x64 7

even though its very old.

**john19055** · 03-15-11, 04:26 PM

I used a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty and never had any problem running windows 7 64bit,but since the GTX 470 has a mini-HDMI ,I just hook it up to my audio reciever and run the sound out from it ,that way I don't have to mess with having a secound set of speakers just for my computer.

wheeljack12 · 03-17-11, 01:14 AM

one brand to stay away from is auzentech. I had two of their xfi cards (xfi pci and xfi forte pci-e). Got the forte because it has a headphone amp mic pre-amp or vice versa, I don't remember. as soon as I got to playing bass in a game, snap crackle pop. None of this crap happens with the pci-e shielded cards of creatives. I do also like the asus cards for the audiophile of course. With realtek's azalia on some boards if you get the dolby digital audio tab/option in the realtek control panel, you can emulate the cmss-3d of creatives. But it's a rare find as my last board was supposed to support it (gigabyte x58a-ud9, even came with the sticker) but it didn't. I know asus has something similar to cmss-3d. that tech is sooo needed today because game dev's wont program speaker output and leave it to the sound card manufacturers to do it. The only onboard solution I would use is the gigabyte g1 assassin and sniper with the creative 20k2 (pci-e creative cards use this). It would be nice for creative to license out their tech for more motherboards. It would put the mb at a premium price but would give me back a pci-e slot.

**crainger** · 03-17-11, 01:26 AM

I have a x-fi forte and I haven't had any issues, it has a headphone amp. It's sad you had problems as I've been very happy with mine. I do agree it would be nice to have full featured implementations in motherboards, not just the Creative software solutions you get with some. Then again, We might see more in GPU onboard sound.

hirantha · 03-17-11, 02:32 PM

Sorry to hijack this thread, but i have a question instead of a new thread i will ask here

now i had this card for close to 5 years ( Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card ) and its still working great

but i feel like replacing it.. is there anything out there that would sound better than this card?

**crainger** · 03-17-11, 05:17 PM

Not really. I'd keep it unless you need to move to pcie for whatever reason. Mine was SLI.

hirantha · 03-18-11, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by crainger

Not really. I'd keep it unless you need to move to pcie for whatever reason. Mine was SLI.

yeah crainger, i think i will stick with this untill they come up with EAX HD 6.0 or something

03-14-11, 08:53 AM	#25
Yaboze Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: United States Posts: 2,057	Re: Sound card? I have the X-Fi Titanium. It's small, PCIe and shielded. I have no issues at all with Windows 7 x64. No pops, nothing. What I like most is the optical audio in, because I have my 360 on my LCD using the MS VGA cable. I have the wire from my case going into the card (Intel HD compliant or whatever) and I can use the audio ports on the front of my case. The only problem is that EVGA put the PCE x4 slot in a bad slot, so if I go SLI, I'll have to dump the card.

03-14-11, 08:30 PM	#29
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	I think some random guy on nV News is far more qualified if I do say myself. ::

03-15-11, 03:49 PM	#30
XDanger Whaaat? Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,675	Re: Sound card? I've had no problems with my pci x-fi fatal1ty xtremegamer pro in x64 7 even though its very old. __________________ 2500K 4.4ghz,P8P67Pro,120gb Force3, 12gb Vengeance,HD6950,TX850v2,W7HP,LaCie Blue 22" crt COMMODORE 64 Silver Label 1Mhz/128D 4Mhz(Z80)

03-15-11, 04:26 PM	#31
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: Sound card? I used a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty and never had any problem running windows 7 64bit,but since the GTX 470 has a mini-HDMI ,I just hook it up to my audio reciever and run the sound out from it ,that way I don't have to mess with having a secound set of speakers just for my computer. __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

03-17-11, 01:14 AM	#32
wheeljack12 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hamilton,Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,031	Re: Sound card? one brand to stay away from is auzentech. I had two of their xfi cards (xfi pci and xfi forte pci-e). Got the forte because it has a headphone amp mic pre-amp or vice versa, I don't remember. as soon as I got to playing bass in a game, snap crackle pop. None of this crap happens with the pci-e shielded cards of creatives. I do also like the asus cards for the audiophile of course. With realtek's azalia on some boards if you get the dolby digital audio tab/option in the realtek control panel, you can emulate the cmss-3d of creatives. But it's a rare find as my last board was supposed to support it (gigabyte x58a-ud9, even came with the sticker) but it didn't. I know asus has something similar to cmss-3d. that tech is sooo needed today because game dev's wont program speaker output and leave it to the sound card manufacturers to do it. The only onboard solution I would use is the gigabyte g1 assassin and sniper with the creative 20k2 (pci-e creative cards use this). It would be nice for creative to license out their tech for more motherboards. It would put the mb at a premium price but would give me back a pci-e slot. __________________ asus p8z77-v lk mb, 8gb ddr3-1866 mhz ram in dual channel,intel core i7 3770k cpu,gigabyte gtx 560 1gb soc gpu, creative labs sb recon 3d pci-e,2x ocz agility 3 90gb ssd in raid 0,antec 650 watt 80 plus platunum psu,antec atx case, pioneer bdr-208 15x bluray writer,windows 8 64 bit oem, steelseries 6gv2 keyboard ,asus vg278he 27' 3d vision 2 lcd monitor, steelseries 6gv2 keyboard, steelseries sensei mlg editon mouse,xbox 360 wired controller for windows,lexar 16gb usb 3.0 flash drive, 3d vision 2 kit I'd rather walk with God in the Dark than shine in the light alone. coming soon:2x samsung 840 pro 256gb in raid 0,logitech z906 5.1 speakers,,(2x2x8gb) 32gb team xtreem 2666mhz ram, 32gb kingston datatravler workspace usb 3.0 flash drive,sound blaster z sound card, adaptec 6805e pci-e 2.0 4x sata 3 raid controller,lg 16x bd writer, PNY gtx 660 ti 2gb gpu, corsair vengeance k65 keyboard, intel core i7 4770k cpu, gigabyte ga-z87x-d3h mb

03-17-11, 01:26 AM	#33
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: Sound card? I have a x-fi forte and I haven't had any issues, it has a headphone amp. It's sad you had problems as I've been very happy with mine. I do agree it would be nice to have full featured implementations in motherboards, not just the Creative software solutions you get with some. Then again, We might see more in GPU onboard sound.

03-17-11, 02:32 PM	#34
hirantha SUC SUDO Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NY, Staten Island Posts: 2,211	Re: Sound card? Sorry to hijack this thread, but i have a question instead of a new thread i will ask here now i had this card for close to 5 years ( Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card ) and its still working great but i feel like replacing it.. is there anything out there that would sound better than this card? __________________ Intel i7 3770K 16 GB DDR3 Evga 670 SLI Look me up in AION and GW2 Game Tag: Famorak

03-17-11, 05:17 PM	#35
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Not really. I'd keep it unless you need to move to pcie for whatever reason. Mine was SLI.