X-Fi Stability
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Hate to say this about a creative product, but mine has been completely stable - I bought it about 2 months after it came out and have used it every day since. Certainly a contrast to the last creative card I had (SBLive!) which had some really nasty issues. Just for info the X-Fi has been used in nForce 3, Radeon eXpress 200 and nForce 4 Ultra mobos with no problems.
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I've not had any issues with mine with latest drivers. Have been using it since March.
Bought mine a few weeks after release, not one problem at all! 
Didn't they change the design on newer models, i.e. cutback? Does the new card have a heatsink over the chip or something like that?
Anyway, no problems, not like my Audigy2 which was a dire card, the software would crash the PC every other day. lol.
Didn't they change the design on newer models, i.e. cutback? Does the new card have a heatsink over the chip or something like that?Anyway, no problems, not like my Audigy2 which was a dire card, the software would crash the PC every other day. lol.
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Cant get mine installed never mind working without lockups and thats trying to install it on two different computers running different motherboards and chipsets. Creative customer support have been great ... at getting my teeth clenched! If you go X-Fi hope your one of the luckier ones mate.
DirtyJester said:
Have you tried clearing the CMOS, re-flashing the BIOS', trying a different PCI slot, formatted and re-installed Windows?
Where does it hang and lockup, during boot or in Windows/Games?
Are you installing the CD drivers or Web drivers?
Is the system overclocked?
I was just about to go through the checkout with my X-FI Fatal1ty X-treme Gamer and thought I'd check the forums to see what's the low down on these cards, I'm now in two minds as £98 seems a lot and i'd like some quality assurance before hand. My system is listed below;
AMD Socket AM2 4200+
MSI NEO-F Motherboard
Antec 500W PSU
1GB Corsair PC6400 DDR2 Ram
Seagate Baracuda 320GB Sata HDD
ATI Radeon X1950 Pro
AMD Socket AM2 4200+
MSI NEO-F Motherboard
Antec 500W PSU
1GB Corsair PC6400 DDR2 Ram
Seagate Baracuda 320GB Sata HDD
ATI Radeon X1950 Pro
if you do want a CL just get X-Fi Xtreme Music, same card but does everything you need it to do. X-Ram is just a gimmick. BF2 supports X-RAM, afaik but that's it. Possible problems is of course a risk, do some research if you can get refund if it crackles.
I feel the X-fi is a poor product now, i havent been doing anything intensive with it, havent had it out of the case and throwing it around or anything, but for analoug, the Rear channels are all distorted on it, nothing could solve it, its fine with optical, but direct is the best for gaming, and i cant be having crappy distorting in games, i am refunding it, looking for a cheaper alternative now.
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Hi Firegod sorry didnt see your reply til now m8y.
To answer your questions Ive tried installing on two different computers. One an Asus A8V-E deluxe (flashed to latest bios 1012) the computer is overclocked (amd 4000+ @ 2.7ghz) but I have the pci and pcie slots all locked in bios. Ive tried it in both PCI slots middle and bottom (cant use top cause of X1900 GT IceQ cooler unit) with the same result .. lockups on installing always at 70% as well. Second system I tried is a Gigabyte DS3 clean install of windows xp pro with sp2. this would also lockup when installing the drivers and actaully ended up powering down and continually rebooting until I removed the card .. makes no diff. if I use the supplied CD driver or the webdrivers same result. On both systems I disabled onboard and even tried uninstalling AC97 drivers. I left the card back to the shop it was purchased (NOT OCuk) for testing and turns out the test computer was blue screening its little heart out. Computer Tech guy has to consult with other technicians and Im calling on Sat for a refund or card return. Today I also recieved an email from Creative Tech help ... they want me to RMA it which I will do if I dont get a refund as in this case it does appear to be a faulty card. Oh and the computer tech guy also mentioned that the Driver CD that came with it was bad ... he couldnt even copy it to harddrive without a constant fault. Thanks again for your help m8.
To answer your questions Ive tried installing on two different computers. One an Asus A8V-E deluxe (flashed to latest bios 1012) the computer is overclocked (amd 4000+ @ 2.7ghz) but I have the pci and pcie slots all locked in bios. Ive tried it in both PCI slots middle and bottom (cant use top cause of X1900 GT IceQ cooler unit) with the same result .. lockups on installing always at 70% as well. Second system I tried is a Gigabyte DS3 clean install of windows xp pro with sp2. this would also lockup when installing the drivers and actaully ended up powering down and continually rebooting until I removed the card .. makes no diff. if I use the supplied CD driver or the webdrivers same result. On both systems I disabled onboard and even tried uninstalling AC97 drivers. I left the card back to the shop it was purchased (NOT OCuk) for testing and turns out the test computer was blue screening its little heart out. Computer Tech guy has to consult with other technicians and Im calling on Sat for a refund or card return. Today I also recieved an email from Creative Tech help ... they want me to RMA it which I will do if I dont get a refund as in this case it does appear to be a faulty card. Oh and the computer tech guy also mentioned that the Driver CD that came with it was bad ... he couldnt even copy it to harddrive without a constant fault. Thanks again for your help m8.