what to go for?

Adam Schofield1 · 18 Jul 2008 at 00:20

im getting a new Hi Fi system soon, and im going to be hooking it up to the comp, but i like my sound quality and i dont think on board will do. im looking to spend up to 75 on a sound card, i was looking at the creative x-fi's but i dont know what to go for as there are 3 similar ones.

what should i go for? :confused:

Adam.

bledd · 18 Jul 2008 at 00:53

asus xonar is what everyone will say

split · 18 Jul 2008 at 00:59

Most of the cheap X-Fi's aren't real X-Fi's anyway.
I'd say the ASUS or a second hand X-Fi (real one)

The Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music Soundcard SB0460 used to be on sale at OCUK for £45 odd and wasn't bad cards at all.
These can be found second hand, and it's fully supported in Vista.

goujon945 · 18 Jul 2008 at 01:00

Got an x-fi extreme gamer and im happy with it, but im no audiophile! Agree with above the xonar seems to be the card of choice these days.

james.miller · 18 Jul 2008 at 01:22

split said:
Most of the cheap X-Fi's aren't real X-Fi's anyway.
I'd say the ASUS or a second hand X-Fi (real one)

The Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music Soundcard SB0460 used to be on sale at OCUK for £45 odd and wasn't bad cards at all.
These can be found second hand, and it's fully supported in Vista.

only the extreme audio isnt a 'real' x-fi.

Adam Schofield1 · 18 Jul 2008 at 01:32

which xonar because there is a 60 pound one aswell?

james.miller · 18 Jul 2008 at 01:33

xonar dx > *. not because its the best, but because its so close to the d2 and d2x in performance that you wont hear it and its a LOT cheaper. ite the best value for money soundcard out there.

....if you have a pci-e slot of course.

Adam Schofield1 · 18 Jul 2008 at 01:35

right so is EVERYONE agreeing i should go for the xonar because i could get a x-fi gamer fatality for 60 pound rather ran 100?

Adam Schofield1 · 18 Jul 2008 at 01:37

james.miller said:
xonar dx > *. not because its the best, but because its so close to the d2 and d2x in performance that you wont hear it and its a LOT cheaper. ite the best value for money soundcard out there.

....if you have a pci-e slot of course.

and you must go on overclockers forum a lot because everything ive looked at today ive seen your jonny bravo sig

split · 18 Jul 2008 at 01:40

So why did they stop making the X-Fi Xtreme Music Soundcard SB0460?
I bought that when it was fairly new, and it was £45 odd I think.

I like that card as it does have What U hear in XP and Vista and it something I use.
When I asked Creative what cards do they sell now that has these features this was answer.

Both the X-Fi Platinum and Fatal1ty Champion Series have the "What U Hear" recording option in Vista or XP environment. There shouldn't be any difference in music production as both cards uses the same chipset. If you are into music production, I would suggest taking a look at the EMU systems too.

Now thats a big price hike for one feature that used to be standard.

Now its been said that this feature has been disabled to stop recording but never confirmed.

Adam Schofield1 · 18 Jul 2008 at 01:48

split said:
So why did they stop making the X-Fi Xtreme Music Soundcard SB0460?
I bought that when it was fairly new, and it was £45 odd I think.

I like that card as it does have What U hear in XP and Vista and it something I use.
When I asked Creative what cards do they sell now that has these features this was answer.

Both the X-Fi Platinum and Fatal1ty Champion Series have the "What U Hear" recording option in Vista or XP environment. There shouldn't be any difference in music production as both cards uses the same chipset. If you are into music production, I would suggest taking a look at the EMU systems too.

Now thats a big price hike for one feature that used to be standard.

Now its been said that this feature has been disabled to stop recording but never confirmed.

i remember those cards, i was tryna find them before but thought i was imaganing things