Audigy 2 ZS Vs CMedia 8768

Jakstaar2007 · 23 Oct 2009 at 20:12

Can somebody tell me which sound card is better as i am debating which one to put in.

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1
Vs
C-Media CMI8768 7.1

(ProSound 7.1 PCI Sound Card with Coaxial Digital Out) 1st result on google.

Thanks!

C64 · 24 Oct 2009 at 13:31

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

Guest2 · 24 Oct 2009 at 14:34

C64 said:
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

This. My Audigy 2 zs lasted many years and still sounds great

Marsman · 24 Oct 2009 at 17:18

Definately thirded, if thats such a word.

If Creative got their act together and got the Vista drivers sorted that is. My Audigy SE, which uses different drivers to the 2 ZS I believe, worked fine with Windows 7 drivers aslong as I used analogue speakers. If I tried to use my digital 5.1 speakers, the drivers fell flat on their face, if they had one.

Jakstaar2007 · 24 Oct 2009 at 18:27

Could someone point me to the correct drivers for Windows 7 x64 (that they used) and what software should i be looking for. As when i installed the card yesterday, all of the drivers that i clicked to download said that the server location had changed, and i couldn;t find what software to use.

The drivers that Windows 7 automatically downloaded for it didn't work properly. When i went to configure the card in the Control Panel, it only said stereo and one other option, whereas i use 5.1 surround sound. So i have reinstalled my other sound card 'til i can find the correct drivers and software.

Cheers!

C64 · 24 Oct 2009 at 18:28

the audigy 2 zs is virtually as good as an xfi xtreme music

PermaBanned · 24 Oct 2009 at 19:16

I was actually looking at a sound card with that chip in...

Guest2 · 24 Oct 2009 at 20:34

C64 said:
the audigy 2 zs is virtually as good as an xfi xtreme music

correct. Im sure the xfi music uses the same chip as the audigy 2zs. but with some other software crap added on top

Monkeynut · 24 Oct 2009 at 21:11

Guest2 said:
correct. Im sure the xfi music uses the same chip as the audigy 2zs. but with some other software crap added on top

The X-Fi Xtreme Music uses an X-Fi chip. Not the EMU chip that is on the Audigy.

Jakstaar2007 · 24 Oct 2009 at 22:51

so is there any software i can download for the audigy 2 zs as that is what i am missing?

AbsenceJam · 24 Oct 2009 at 23:02

C64 said:
the audigy 2 zs is virtually as good as an xfi xtreme music

No, X-Fi uses new architecture and sheds some of the horrible functionality like forced resampling that the previous cards (incl Audigy) had.

Marsman · 25 Oct 2009 at 01:52

Audigy 2 ZS driver

Top one. With the Windows 7 driver for my X-Fi, it was more an updater tool. It included the driver, but also selections for which software, control panel, alchemy etc. I don't know if it will be similar for the Audigy 2 ZS.

Jakstaar2007 · 25 Oct 2009 at 09:56

Great, thanks, will try that one and let you know how it goes!

BloodyL · 25 Oct 2009 at 09:57

AbsenceJam said:
No, X-Fi uses new architecture and sheds some of the horrible functionality like forced resampling that the previous cards (incl Audigy) had.

And thank gog for it, finally we have the ability of bit perfect output, no more 44.1Khz to 48Khz upsampling trash.

The Audigy and Cmedia chipsets will both follow the AC-97 standard and totally screw up the sound by upsampling, so it is entirely up to you, the Audigy *should* be better on paper.

james.miller · 25 Oct 2009 at 10:00

AbsenceJam said:
No, X-Fi uses new architecture and sheds some of the horrible functionality like forced resampling that the previous cards (incl Audigy) had.

i was sure my old xtreme gamer didnt do that lol

Jakstaar2007 · 25 Oct 2009 at 11:10

Marsman said:
Audigy 2 ZS driver

Top one. With the Windows 7 driver for my X-Fi, it was more an updater tool. It included the driver, but also selections for which software, control panel, alchemy etc. I don't know if it will be similar for the Audigy 2 ZS.

Working great now. Thanks for the link!

Marsman · 25 Oct 2009 at 14:13

Great stuff, glad to hear it's sorted.