Audigy 4 to xf-i will i notice it

andywhir · 9 Apr 2007 at 00:19

ok i got a Audigy 4 and i am thinking of getting a x-fi will i notice much is it worth the upgrade ??

what ye think i will mostly be using it for music and games.

it will be going with my aegos .

MeatLoaf · 9 Apr 2007 at 09:37

Should be a noticable difference

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kumar101 · 9 Apr 2007 at 12:27

Ive used both and X-Fi is superior.

X-Fi has a very complex Sound Processor and MP3s sounds very good, worth the upgrade in my opinion.

-Ad- · 9 Apr 2007 at 18:47

very much doubt it if your using mp3's and PC speakers. Might be better in games, but probably not noticable.

MeatLoaf · 9 Apr 2007 at 18:49

adfinni said:
very much doubt it if your using mp3's and PC speakers. Might be better in games, but probably not noticable.

Have you used an X-Fi?

-Ad- · 9 Apr 2007 at 19:05

nope, don't need to spend money on fancy gimiky sound processors and EQ varying programs.... My modded emu-0404 outputs my music and game sounds in gorgeous sounding 2-channel audio to either my arcam amp + speakers, or my tube headphone amp + grado's

kumar101 · 9 Apr 2007 at 19:50

I use an X-Fi Platinum through Linn Amps on Celestion SL6s speakers and it sounds very impressive. Also have a Pure Evoke-3 DAB connected via Toshlink and a high end Rotel CD Player on SPDIF.

These components are bit of an overkill for a PC setup but they are remnants from my previous 2.1 system rather then sell them off cheap I thought Id make use of them.

Serial45 · 11 Apr 2007 at 19:41

I moved from an Audigy 4 to an X-fi elite on release day, i noticed a huge difference, the onboard memory is being used by many titles too.
Well worth the move imho!

mi9tchy · 12 Apr 2007 at 02:27

the x-fi does sound better than most sound cards, but creatives software is horrible dont install it, just use the drivers and audio console for chaning modes.

IceShock · 12 Apr 2007 at 02:32

it wouldnt be so much noticeable on just random speakers unless there good quality speakers then a good quality card to go with it will have a better impact.

but if you have 5.1 or surround/3d headsets then a X-fi would impress you a lot

i went from 5.1 HD onboard audio on my asus p5w dh-deluxe which was AMAZING sound quality to a x-fi fatality FPS edition card.

i thaught well how better could it get than 5.1 HD onboard audio....

and the result was about 5 times better

as for the software... well if you like messing around with things like recording and MIDI making ETC, then its 100% usefull i found it verry verry handy for recordings etc for video projects etc...

but if your just a hardcore gamer who wants the little possible things, just install the drivers to run it and the audio console that comes with it anyway :cool: