AuzenTech X-Plosion ok for gaming?

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I'm currently using a Audigy 2 ZS on Vista 32 which works ok except when I use a mic in msn and skype voices will often distort. It was fine in XP so guess it down to the shoddy Creative drivers?

So I thought I'd upgrade to a NON Creative card.

I've got quality 2.1 speakers and do movies, music and games.

I read good things about the AuzenTech X-Plosion which is the top end of my budget.

Is it fine for games as I read it's not so good for EAX?
 
You do realise Auzentech use creative X-Fi components and drivers... and the X-plosion doesn't support anything above EAX 2.0 either. :)
 
Only the Prelude uses the Creative audio processor, the other cards use C-Media chips.

EAX on Vista works fine via OpenAL, but that's only EAX5 as far as I'm aware. To get earlier versions of EAX to work you need to download Alchemy, which is free for X-Fi owners.

The X-Plosion only has up to EAX2.0 which means you'll be missing most of the fancy effects in games, but if you're on Vista with an Audigy you won't be using them anyway.
 
dd-encoding cards like the azuntechs just arent worth the money, at all. what you're paying for is a card with limited eax support and digital 5.1 encoding that adds latency to the sound and for the money, average connectivity. I piad £35 new for my x-mystique before they virtually doubled in price and stayed there. I'd never have paid full price for one, and i certainy wont pay even more for an x-plosion or the prelude.


esepcially concidering the sound on my motherboard does exactly the same thing ayway. dd/dts 5.1 encoding is over rated and the cards are over priced. the best you'll get for gaming is an x-fi over analogue:)
 
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