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iCeh

iCeh

iCeh

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Hi all,

I recently upgraded to Vista, and still having a Sound Blaster Live! card the sound is... well... ship.

I've been looking at the 'Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music' as well as the 'Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer', after a bit a search it seems the Music one is better and the fact that the OEM version is cheaper than the Gamer Retail, I was thinking about going for the Music.

My problem is, I've tried searching for whether it's good for Vista or not. Doesn't Vista use OpenAL or something? Will I get full surround sound (I use the 5.1 Headphones) with the Music Card on Vista?

Thanks in advance.
 
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FrannoBaz said:
vista doesnt support EAX... and please edit your post. Swearing is not allowed on these forums... X-fi soundcards with vista should provide full surround sound with the latest drivers.
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Thanks (and post edited).

However, I'd really like a definite answer as I don't want to throw away ~£50 on something that doesn't work well with my machine. :)
 
Thanks a lot for the reply guys, was very helpful. :)

My current sound card is slotted (that a word?? ^^) at the bottom, so that was some dumb luck. :D

Looks like I may as well get it, and have a look for the ALchemy software. ^^
 
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