X-Fi Extreme Music

Jasebta · 10 Aug 2007 at 23:29

This has probably been asked a thousand times, but what kind of improvement would I see over onboard sound (DS3) if I buy a X-Fi Extreme Music?
I use some cheapy 2.1 logitech speakers and sennheiser HDR 120's at the moment.

Would I see a larger improvement by buying better speakers/headphones or by getting the sound card?

Also, what comes with the Extreme Music as it's OEM? Can I still download and use Creative's latest drivers?

(my excuse is that the search button's gone)

C64 · 11 Aug 2007 at 00:16

Huge improvement with soundcard eveything from games to music will sound better think of it like going from mono to thx surround sound.
Just bought a music oem comes with the official drivers/software disc.
Yes latest drivers are fine.

Jasebta · 11 Aug 2007 at 00:41

Ooo, great, thanks.
Is the warranty normal?

MeatLoaf · 11 Aug 2007 at 08:11

Yes its a year, i recently RMA'd an OEM card to creative no problems at all

Tripnologist · 11 Aug 2007 at 13:55

I didn't think there would be that much of a difference but my fiancee and I have the same speakers on our computers. She has onboard sound and I have an X-FI Music. Listening to the same songs on each computer, you can hear a huge difference.

Jasebta · 11 Aug 2007 at 14:13

Great, thanks, I'll put mine on order then

The Halk · 11 Aug 2007 at 15:11

I just replaced my onboard sound with a competing card. The difference is incredible.

No static, no noise, and stuff sounds better.