Which of these cards is better

humax · 22 Nov 2012 at 00:18

Hi guys

Which of these is better. the Auzen X-Fi Prelude or the new Creative Sound Blaster Z.

Had the Auzen X-Fi Prelude for a while now so i was thinking it might be time for a change,do you think its worth buying a Sound Blaster Z to replace the Auzen X-Fi Prelude

Marsman · 22 Nov 2012 at 00:32

I'd say the Prelude. I would be very surprised if the Z/Zx is better. If it were me though, I'd wait for reviews. So far there have been very little. The few people that have bought a Z have been impressed with it, and it seems a definite improvement over the Recon3D. Coming from a Prelude though, is a different story.

humax · 22 Nov 2012 at 00:59

Thanks Marsman i will do as you say and wait for some reviews on it first

melmac · 22 Nov 2012 at 13:56

humax said:
Thanks Marsman i will do as you say and wait for some reviews on it first

The prelude was/is a good card, are you just suffering from upgraditus?

humax · 22 Nov 2012 at 14:01

melmac said:
The prelude was/is a good card, are you just suffering from upgraditus?

I think i might be

Its just that i have had the card a long time so i was thinking that there might be better cards out there now.

melmac · 22 Nov 2012 at 14:08

lol I know that feeling.

I have the creative Z and am very happy with it. But I am not sure it will be much of an upgrade for you.

Just hold onto it for another 6 months or so until you see what new sound cards are coming out. With hardware accelerated audio supposedly been brought back with windows 8 there might be better cards coming along.

humax · 22 Nov 2012 at 14:30

melmac said:
lol I know that feeling.

I have the creative Z and am very happy with it. But I am not sure it will be much of an upgrade for you.

Just hold onto it for another 6 months or so until you see what new sound cards are coming out. With hardware accelerated audio supposedly been brought back with windows 8 there might be better cards coming along.

Don't you just hate having to wait

. But your right, think i will give it some more time and see what comes along later on

Thanks Mate

Winston · 23 Nov 2012 at 11:15

Problem I'm having with the prelude is lack of drivers for win8

humax · 23 Nov 2012 at 17:15

Hi

I never knew there where no drivers for Windows 8 :mad:

and i was thinking about moving over to Windows 8 as well. Think i will hold off for now and see if they bring out any drivers for it.

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BrianB · 23 Nov 2012 at 17:25

There isn't much to gain from upgrading dedicated sound cards. Only reason I would upgrade my Audigy is to get an optical out and also the drivers aren't great on Windows 8. Even with custom ones.

Sound has been high quality for a long time tbh, tv's are catching up but we've had good sound for ages.

delta0 · 23 Nov 2012 at 17:30

There are drivers for the creative X-fi series. They work perfectly.

humax · 23 Nov 2012 at 17:57

delta0 said:
There are drivers for the creative X-fi series. They work perfectly.

Nice one,that's good to know

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