Gamers - What Soundcard Are You Using?

Crikey quite a response from my question!
It seems 2 things are apparent.
Most agree Creative have generically crap driver/support but good quality.
The new Asus alternative seems to be the replacement of choice for gaming.

I think firstly I'll try to find the Daniel_K drivers. Every site I've found has no download. Seems as if they've all been removed for some reason??
Anyone got a working DL linky?? (for the X-Fi im sure it was an OEM card from here but time blurs these matters).
I think a new set of cans are overdue though. (I see there is a thread here for headsets).
If I can't get drivers going or can't be bothered with Alchemy etc I'll try a Xonar.

Last Question.

How do USB head sets sound and work?
Are they any good for convenience and pure gaming?? I don't listen to music or watch films on my pc so sound is purely for gaming.

Many thanks for all your input :)
 
I used to use an xfi xtreme music, but I've got so tired of the **** drivers (not only do they crash and burn all the jeffing time, but win7 doesn't even recognise it unless I download a hard-to-find module identification jobby) it now sits in my htpc - and the only reason it's there is so I can pass-thru my PS3 using optical in.

tbh, the onboard on my gaming PC is no worse than the xfi, and I certainly won't be buying another creative card again. tempted by a xonar though :)
 
Got an asus xonar DX here. Had a few issues with games with the onboard sound on my motherboard.
 
I think firstly I'll try to find the Daniel_K drivers. Every site I've found has no download. Seems as if they've all been removed for some reason??
Anyone got a working DL linky?? (for the X-Fi im sure it was an OEM card from here but time blurs these matters).

http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-Blaster/SB-X-Fi-PCI-Install-Disc-1-0-unofficial/td-p/556496

Yes it is 600MB (sadface from me when I had to emergency download it in peak time using up 3 days worth of bandwidth).

Haven't tried the link so not sure if it's one you've already tested as dead.
 
I used to use an xfi xtreme music, but I've got so tired of the **** drivers (not only do they crash and burn all the jeffing time, but win7 doesn't even recognise it unless I download a hard-to-find module identification jobby) it now sits in my htpc - and the only reason it's there is so I can pass-thru my PS3 using optical in.

tbh, the onboard on my gaming PC is no worse than the xfi, and I certainly won't be buying another creative card again. tempted by a xonar though :)

also have the xtreme music, and have had no trouble with it since switching to windows 7, which detects it and dls drivers automatically.
 
I use a Creative X-Fi but the only reason I got it in the first place was for EAX support (and the front panel which I find very useful) and since Microsoft changed the hardware abstraction layer with Vista EAX no longer works properly (though there are some work-arounds with ALchemy).
 
People say they are not audiophiles and just use onboard. Really.. it's only when you go back to onboard sound from something reasonable, you realise how bad onboard actually is in comparison.

A MASSIVE improvement to listening to CD's etc through an X-Fi, and much better in games (not taking CMSS into account, I just mean quality). Even a layman like me can tell the difference and appreciate it :-) )
 
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