Replacement for my XFi

Jonnygrunge · 16 May 2008 at 14:18

Guys I am still on Windows XP but I must say over the past year I have been less than impressed with my XFi fatal1ty Pro. The driver support from Creative is sh*te to say the least. I am contemplating an ASUS Xonar D2 (I take it the D2X is PCI-e) what would you guys recommend? PCI-e or the PCI model? Is it worth the ton twenty for the upgrade?

clocka · 16 May 2008 at 14:21

there is no difference in spec, just £20 for pci-e version.

Margaret · 16 May 2008 at 14:25

You could also save yourself some more moneys by going for the DX.

I'm not sure what the major differences are, the only ones I know of is that the DX doesn't have DTS decoding, EMI shield, lights at the audio jacks and it doesn't have a seperate optical port, it's built into the lineout.

All comes down to what you need, all of the Xonars have identical audio quality according to some reviews I read though.

aproctor · 17 May 2008 at 11:42

the drivers for xp are fine iirc? only vista there becomes an issue.

Jonnygrunge · 21 May 2008 at 09:04

The question ultimately is guys is it worth upgrading from my X-Fi fatal1ty to the Xonar or Xonar D2 on WinXP Pro?

Phatzy · 21 May 2008 at 14:24

worth upgrading from my X-Fi fatal1ty to the Xonar or Xonar D2 on WinXP Pro?

get the lower profile version if you using for gaming