asking for suggestions sa sound card

[rayfloyd_170]

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asa kaha ta kapalit ug creative Audigy karon.. halos bisan asa nlng ko ni ad2 wala naman nagbaligya...

[limes]

well they said na ang creative igo ra nila gipa bati ang audio tungod ana ilang enhance daw kuno. based on some reviews ni add ra na ug crisp sa sound which would sound better or worse depending on your own hearing sad. enhancement ray naka mahal ana nila nya dili sad worth it ang increase sa speed kay if you have a quadcore bases processor murag di naman cguro na nimo ma notice ang increase or decrease sa performance.

[toinker]

kung Altec Lansing VS 3251 lng imo gamitan 4000-5000 para sa soundcard is not worth it. ang imo speaker same ra na price sa imo soundcard. 8 channels man pud ang onboard na sound ng MSI P965 Neo-F

Pero kung mag gamit ka ug mga speaker na dagku. pareho sa ako setup na 2 Pioneer 100w speakers powered by its original amplifier, 2 Sony 90w speakers powered by its original amplifier, then custom na subwoofer and center. pero wla pa lng ko kapalit ug soundcard. tigom pako.

aw BTW kung mahilig ka magdula ng FPS na dula ug apil ka sa mga tournament ok ra pud nang soundcard sa headset. kay mas accurate ang footsteps ng kontra.

[jiro]

the lowest soundcard id buy is the discontinued Creative SB X-fi Xtreme Music which cost around 8k.
Nah. it's not worth it. i think, id rather go for the built-in audio.

I cant tell the difference between the built-in sound and the Creative Audigy in terms of music and game.

The only difference i could think off is the sound of silence.
Built in audio tend to "buzz" when silent and the expansion soundcard tend to do it a little "silenter" or totally quite at all.

so if you have this buzzing sound when silent and find it annoying, go ahead and try your luck with an expansion soundcard.

The only thing i like about the x-fi soundcards are the EAX support for games. I'm still curios on what it could do. I still want to experience it myself.

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X-Fi Xtreme Audio
The entry-level model of the X-Fi series, the Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio, does not actually have the EMU20K1 chip but is a re-branded Audigy SE, using the same family of chips (CA0106-WBTLF), and even the same drivers.[8] Thus, not only is all of the X-Fi–related processing performed in software, but it also lacks basic hardware acceleration just like the SB Live! 24-bit, the Audigy SE and other budget Soundblaster models. The X-Fi Xtreme Audio does not use the same drivers as the rest of the X-Fi family, some games do not recognize it as being "X-Fi capable hardware", and the device's hardware profile resembles that of older Live! and Audigy cards.
Furthermore, users have reported that it slows down some applications and games, and that rear sound in games (all) is muffled and of profoundly low quality.[15][16][17] Thus, even if the card is marketed as part of the X-Fi line, it does not belong to it technically, just like the Audigy SE doesn't technically belong to the Sound Blaster Audigy series. The card is not marketed as supporting the "X-Fi Gaming Mode" (but is still marketed as "X-Fi"), and there are no official implicit or explicit statements regarding its having hardware acceleration or not.

X-Fi Xtreme Audio (PCI Express version)
On top of the Xtreme Audio's rear sound problem in games, the PCI Express version of the X-Fi Xtreme Audio suffers from the inability to record from a Microphone while simultaneously recording "What U Hear", which is possible in all other cards. The reason for this is unknown, but the issue is that the Windows audio Playback Control panel doesn't allow you to view the Mic channel when looking at your Playback Control sliders (activated by double-clicking the Windows Volume Control button). In the Windows audio Playback Control panel, the Mic can only be viewed in Recording Control, and there is no Mute/Unmute checkbox associated with it. The Creative Mixer shares the problem in a different way: you can unmute the Mic, but it becomes muted again once you switch to "What U Hear" as your recording source. Thus, on the PCI Express version of the Xtreme Audio (only) it is impossible to record your Mic and "What U Hear" at the same time, because you cannot get the Mic to output to the speakers while "What U Hear" is enabled.

Sound Blaster X-Fi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For anyone considering the new X-Fi Xtreme Audio - Guru3D.com Forums
Jimmy’s Junkyard Blog Archive X-Fi Xtreme Audio = Audigy SE

The X-Audio is basically a re-badged SBLive 24 bit/Audigy LS/SE/DE/Value in that it doesn't not have the X-Fi processor on it (as already mentioned) and has to do all processing in software. It also has its own drivers. Another thing is that the X-Audio does not support Game mode, which the rest of the X-Fi's (including the X-Gamer) do.