Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 Sound Card : Driver issues
- Thread starter HEADRAT
- Start date
Associate
- Joined
- 7 Oct 2007
- Posts
- 750
i'm using this card with windows xp without any problems, but i'm not using SPDIF so i can't really help. Hope you get it sorted tho.
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Aug 2003
- Posts
- 20,160
- Location
- Woburn Sand Dunes
im interested - what do you find better about the xonar?
well it doesnt freeze for a start. drivers appear better also. Sounds better in gaming too imo
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Aug 2003
- Posts
- 20,160
- Location
- Woburn Sand Dunes
haha well, not freezing is definitely a good thing. i dont own a prelude btw - totally pointless cards to me - but i do have a xonar. its just interesting to see what peoples opinions are
haha well, not freezing is definitely a good thing. i dont own a prelude btw - totally pointless cards to me - but i do have a xonar. its just interesting to see what peoples opinions are
i agree- best soundcard i have had the xonar
haha well, not freezing is definitely a good thing. i dont own a prelude btw - totally pointless cards to me - but i do have a xonar. its just interesting to see what peoples opinions are
So how can the Prelude be pointless if you own a Xonar, aren't they very similar products?
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Aug 2003
- Posts
- 20,160
- Location
- Woburn Sand Dunes
on the face of it yes. what made the prelude a pointless card for me was the fact that people were raving about the analogue output quality and then using their cards with a digital hookup using DD or DTS encoding...why? your bypassing the best bit about the card lol. i bought the xonar because the analogue outputs are every bit as good and the card itself is a lot cheaper. plus it isnt plagued with x-fi related problems (i wouldnt say its perfect though). for me i think its a no brainer - i cant see the point of buying an expensive card with a decent analogue stage, and then using digital. what a waste lol.
Last edited:
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Aug 2003
- Posts
- 20,160
- Location
- Woburn Sand Dunes
Because it was the first card that could do DD or DTS encoding over optical, lol
no it wasnt, not by a long shot. i owned an x-mystique nearly 3 years before the prelude was made available. it only did DD encoding but hey, the x-plosion did both and that was released in 2006 as i recall.
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220980 I bought it June 2005
Last edited:
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Aug 2003
- Posts
- 20,160
- Location
- Woburn Sand Dunes
thats not right either. the other cards were doing it in vista before the prelude's release
I love my prelude (don't worry I'm on analog outputs 
) but I'm having problems with the microphone. It sometimes cuts out if I allow the computer to go on standby or start a game. Also, the 20db boost keeps disabling itself whenever I start up the computer.
Does anyone else have similar problems? I used to have the same issues with my creative X-FI card as well. The PC has been formatted since then so driver conflicts are out.
) but I'm having problems with the microphone. It sometimes cuts out if I allow the computer to go on standby or start a game. Also, the 20db boost keeps disabling itself whenever I start up the computer.Does anyone else have similar problems? I used to have the same issues with my creative X-FI card as well. The PC has been formatted since then so driver conflicts are out.
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Aug 2003
- Posts
- 20,160
- Location
- Woburn Sand Dunes
lots of people have those problems. it is purely down to azuentech and can be traced back even to the x-mystique and they never fixed it on that card either. dont hold your hopes up.
I love my prelude (don't worry I'm on analog outputs
Agreed. It puts digital to shame on a good setup.