Auzentech Prelude release date?

mattbill · 30 Aug 2007 at 17:35

good to see an ETA now.

Fatboy · 30 Aug 2007 at 17:59

The product is in the U.K and has cleared Cleared Customs. Booking in slot is booked so looking good.

DEFO · 30 Aug 2007 at 19:43

Fatboy said:
The product is in the U.K and has cleared Cleared Customs. Booking in slot is booked so looking good.

But OCUK offering retail version only, is that mean that there is no CD with drivers? Im asking because on AuzenTech support web isn't driver yet!!! Says coming soon

lay-z-boy · 30 Aug 2007 at 20:36

DEFO said:
But OCUK offering retail version only, is that mean that there is no CD with drivers? Im asking because on AuzenTech support web isn't driver yet!!! Says coming soon

Retail means it comes in a big box with loads of stuff (and a driver cd)

DEFO · 30 Aug 2007 at 22:26

lay-z-boy said:
Retail means it comes in a big box with loads of stuff (and a driver cd)

OMG i was thinking OEM, never mind im an *****. Gona make an order so

Order placed with OCUK , looking forward . Bye bye Creative, almost tho...

Deluxe1 · 1 Sep 2007 at 22:07

Not good news from what ive been reading people are still having the same problems as they had with x-fi cards.

Phil99 · 1 Sep 2007 at 23:26

Not surprising tbh. Same chip, same drivers. What did people expect? :confused:

It's like the nForce 4 having a flaw and people switching from ASUS to DFI to try and get around it - not going to make a difference!

Cuchulainn · 1 Sep 2007 at 23:50

As I said in post 14......same old, same old Creative stuff.

DEFO · 2 Sep 2007 at 08:58

Deluxe1 said:
Not good news from what ive been reading people are still having the same problems as they had with x-fi cards.

You are joking!? Oh no, i was thinking about them drivers, that they must be kinda same as for Creative X-Fi cards but on Auzentech Support page is no driver yet, so...
Anyway, any link for that?

Deluxe1 · 2 Sep 2007 at 11:48

A few people in this thread already have the card.

http://forum.ncix.com/forums/index....mid=116&pcbuilderid=0&overclockid=0&subpage=4

pallys · 2 Sep 2007 at 11:48

Just looks like a re-badged Creative to me...

Leporello · 2 Sep 2007 at 12:18

Thanks for this fascinating insight into your myopia Please post more.

mattbill · 2 Sep 2007 at 20:10

hmm reading about it makes me a little unsure now... i might cancel pre-order then wait for a bit until drivers etc have matured. im still not sure tho.

EDIT: changed my mind, I forgot about the 7 day returns policy lol

Phil99 · 2 Sep 2007 at 21:12

Well at the moment the drivers are going to be exactly the same as the current X-Fi cards, just this card will have higher quality analogue outputs. We still don't know what form the DDL/DTS support will take, whether it'll be a module that you install along side the Creative drivers, whether they'll mod the latest Creative drivers to include it and add options to a control panel, or come up with something completely different.

Judging by their previous cards it'll just be a mod of the current drivers, no other changes, but it's impossible to tell without asking them.

V F · 4 Sep 2007 at 13:23

Fatboy said:
The product is in the U.K and has cleared Cleared Customs. Booking in slot is booked so looking good.

Any status on that yet... I assume it's in by now?

Fatboy · 4 Sep 2007 at 14:29

No the due date is still tomorow.

Deluxe1 · 6 Sep 2007 at 00:11

Found another review this time sounds abit more promising:

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/hard...entech-x-fi-prelude-7-1-review.html#post18886

pallys · 6 Sep 2007 at 11:17

Hmm weird the Dolby Digital Live is not even enabled at release because they haven't the drivers for them yet :F
http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/misc/auzentech-prelude-71/

HEADRAT · 6 Sep 2007 at 19:20

So does EAX5 work under Vista?

Phil99 · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:49

Yes, via OpenAL (so no problem with it in BF2, BF2142, Quake 4 etc). Older games can use EAX1-4 using ALchemy, as long as the game is supported by it.