Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium vs. Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D

**Kain** · 10-10-11, 04:31 PM

Should I get the X-Fi Titanium now or wait for the Recon3D? What are the differences between the two?

EciDemon · 10-21-11, 02:48 AM

well the only thing really new i can see has to do with voice chat and voice cancellation for idiots who refuses to use headset to reduce feedback from speakers when talking.

Other then that, its just marketing ploy, the x-fi also uses 4 sub processors and with a bit of marketing spin you'd say thats a quad core.

It has plenty of inputs and outputs and that's good. even an amplified headphone out. I don't know if the x-fi titanium have that. My fatality champion does not on the card it self but on the front bay that came with it.

Many of the "sound enhancements" are best left disabled imo as they do more to distort audio then to enhance it. And I expect the new sound card will be no different.

The x-fi sounds good and clean and got no audible noise which is very nice I think. The Asio support is also good. And I think it'll be the same on the new card.

I don't think you would go wrong if you decided to buy a titanium now tbh. But be careful, X-Fi cards have had problems with crackle and pops and distorted audio. It doesn't happen for everyone and no one seems to have found the cause. My card usually do this if I boot up from cold boot, but will be ok again after a reboot. I dunno if they ever fixed that on newer revisions of the x-fi.

EciDemon · 10-21-11, 02:59 AM

oups doubble post

10-21-11, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EciDemon

well the only thing really new i can see has to do with voice chat and voice cancellation for idiots who refuses to use headset to reduce feedback from speakers when talking.

Other then that, its just marketing ploy, the x-fi also uses 4 sub processors and with a bit of marketing spin you'd say thats a quad core.

It has plenty of inputs and outputs and that's good. even an amplified headphone out. I don't know if the x-fi titanium have that. My fatality champion does not on the card it self but on the front bay that came with it.

Many of the "sound enhancements" are best left disabled imo as they do more to distort audio then to enhance it. And I expect the new sound card will be no different.

The x-fi sounds good and clean and got no audible noise which is very nice I think. The Asio support is also good. And I think it'll be the same on the new card.

I don't think you would go wrong if you decided to buy a titanium now tbh. But be careful, X-Fi cards have had problems with crackle and pops and distorted audio. It doesn't happen for everyone and no one seems to have found the cause. My card usually do this if I boot up from cold boot, but will be ok again after a reboot. I dunno if they ever fixed that on newer revisions of the x-fi.

I have the extreme gamer version (got it for pennies on the dollar) and with the beta win7 drivers it's been great so far. Had it for about 3 weeks, game quite a bit and listen to music a lot. No crackles and pops .....should I say "yet"?

AngelGraves13 · 10-21-11, 11:39 AM

X- Fi Titanium HD as it has an Audio Creation Mode with Bit-Matched Playback and 122 SNR

What more do you need?

Logical · 10-21-11, 04:08 PM

X-fi titanium HD is better than both...

**jcrox** · 10-21-11, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Logical

X-fi titanium HD is better than both...

My X-Fi Titanium sounds pretty sweet connected to my Onkyo 5.1 surround receiver with Yamaha speakers...

Pennyboy · 11-21-11, 05:41 PM

I'm loving my Titanium HD, i noticed a pretty big difference over my old PCI based X-Fi, sound is much crisper. I think either card would be great, sorry but not to sure what the new Recon's bring to the table?

10-10-11, 04:31 PM	#1
Kain Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Dubai, UAE Posts: 1,264	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium vs. Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Should I get the X-Fi Titanium now or wait for the Recon3D? What are the differences between the two? __________________ Intel Core i7-3930K Corsair Hydro Series H100 with 2 x Scythe GentleTyphoon 1850 rpm fans GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD3 16 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN Superclocked Signature Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD Crucial m4 256 GB Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB Pioneer BDR-206DBK Corsair Professional Series Gold AX850 Corsair Obsidian Series 650D Samsung SyncMaster S23A700D Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 Microsoft SideWinder X4 Logitech G9x Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-bit

10-21-11, 02:48 AM	#2
EciDemon Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,423	Re: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium vs. Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D well the only thing really new i can see has to do with voice chat and voice cancellation for idiots who refuses to use headset to reduce feedback from speakers when talking. Other then that, its just marketing ploy, the x-fi also uses 4 sub processors and with a bit of marketing spin you'd say thats a quad core. It has plenty of inputs and outputs and that's good. even an amplified headphone out. I don't know if the x-fi titanium have that. My fatality champion does not on the card it self but on the front bay that came with it. Many of the "sound enhancements" are best left disabled imo as they do more to distort audio then to enhance it. And I expect the new sound card will be no different. The x-fi sounds good and clean and got no audible noise which is very nice I think. The Asio support is also good. And I think it'll be the same on the new card. I don't think you would go wrong if you decided to buy a titanium now tbh. But be careful, X-Fi cards have had problems with crackle and pops and distorted audio. It doesn't happen for everyone and no one seems to have found the cause. My card usually do this if I boot up from cold boot, but will be ok again after a reboot. I dunno if they ever fixed that on newer revisions of the x-fi.

10-21-11, 02:59 AM	#3
EciDemon Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,423	Re: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium vs. Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D oups doubble post

10-21-11, 11:39 AM	#5
AngelGraves13 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,383	Re: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium vs. Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D X- Fi Titanium HD as it has an Audio Creation Mode with Bit-Matched Playback and 122 SNR What more do you need? Last edited by AngelGraves13; 10-31-11 at 01:33 AM.

10-21-11, 04:08 PM	#6
Logical Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,510	Re: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium vs. Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D X-fi titanium HD is better than both...

11-21-11, 05:41 PM	#8
Pennyboy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 642	Re: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium vs. Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D I'm loving my Titanium HD, i noticed a pretty big difference over my old PCI based X-Fi, sound is much crisper. I think either card would be great, sorry but not to sure what the new Recon's bring to the table? __________________ RIG Intel Core i7 2600k ASUS P8P67 Deluxe (B3 Revision) EVGA GeForce GTX 680 x2 SLI Corsair Vengeance 16GB CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B Corsair HX1000 PSU Intel 520 480GB SATA3 SSD Western Digital 2TB Caviar Black Edition Corsair Obsidian 650D Case Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD PCIe Logitech Z-680 5.1 Speakers Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard Razer Imperator BF3 Edition Mouse ASUS VG236H 23.6" 120hz LCD with nVidia 3D Vision Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)